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The Transmitter is a new publication for the neuroscience community that offers news and analysis of the field.
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The Transmitter is an essential resource for the neuroscience community, dedicated to helping scientists at all career stages stay current and build connections. The publication aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance research. As part of that mission, The Transmitter offers a steady stream of up-to-date news and analysis of the field, written by journalists and scientists.
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- 2008
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Machine-learning models can predict a neuron’s location based on recorded bursts of activity, a new preprint suggests. By Holly Barker https://lnkd.in/e5ftytyt
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Some people who received cadaver-derived human growth hormone may not have Alzheimer’s as previously suggested, according to a new Perspective article. By Shaena Montanari https://lnkd.in/eDkaSSEr
Skeptics challenge claims of Alzheimer's disease transmission via growth hormone
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The Transmitter rounds up efforts to improve equity and diversity both within the field and in research projects. By Daisy Yuhas https://lnkd.in/e3wJbpBF
Creating a more inclusive autism research community
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The authors of a 2022 auditory perceptual learning paper retracted their study last month after other researchers identified methodological errors. By Shaena Montanari https://lnkd.in/e4PVRvCc
Task swap prompts data do-over for autism auditory perception study
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A surprising wave of findings in mice suggests that light and sound flickering at 40 hertz clears the brain of Alzheimer’s-disease-linked plaques. Several companies are hoping to prove it works in people. By Shaena Montanari https://lnkd.in/eujuPu4a
Putting a bright idea to the test
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El investigador de la cognición de insectos Martin Giurfa ha hecho su trabajo en varios continentes, pero Argentina nunca está lejos de su mente. Lea más sobre el investigador, su trabajo y el concepto de hogar. Escrito y traducido por Gina Jiménez https://lnkd.in/eki9P5iU
Martín Giurfa y la idea de hogar
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Pacinian corpuscles sense high-frequency vibrations from meters away and send the information to a different circuit than other touch signals, according to a pair of new studies. By Calli McMurray https://lnkd.in/e7D_6gqn
Touch sensors detect subtle environmental vibrations, send information to auditory midbrain
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With neuroscience datasets and scientific collaborations growing in size, Gaelle Chapuis and Olivier Winter explain why neuroscience needs to create a career path for software engineers. https://lnkd.in/eM8d9TCt
Neuroscience needs a career path for software engineers
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Why tau clumps in specific brain regions, such as the cortex and the hippocampus, has remained a mystery, but the answer may have to do with a previously overlooked variant of the protein called “big tau,” according to a preprint posted 31 July on bioRxiv. By Charles Choi https://lnkd.in/eHwV_uvZ
Supersized version of Alzheimer's protein avoids clumping in brain
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