The mediodorsal thalamus is a higher-order thalamic nucleus with a central role in the maturation and function of prefrontal cortical circuits. Developmental dysfunction of this region has been implicated in the cognitive deficits associated with neurodevelopmental disorders, but the molecular…
Heidi Ledford reports for Nature from Seattle, Washington. By the time a baby is born, its brain has lost large numbers of neurons with genetic abnormalities.Credit: Getty Around the time of birth, the developing human brain mysteriously tidies up…
Brain scientists led by Sebastian Haesler (NERF, empowered by IMEC, KU Leuven and VIB) have identified a causal mechanism of how novel stimuli promote learning. Novelty directly activates the dopamine system, which is responsible for associative learning. The findings have…
A tennis player might describe the ball seeming to slow down just before a shot. A musician might feel time passing differently when absorbed in a performance. Researchers are investigating whether preparing to move helps shape these changes in our…
Compared with fixed backgrounds and feature-matched backgrounds, STABLE-BAG improved the alignment between the explanation baseline and chronological age, reducing the calibration gap. The attributions it produced remained stable across the cohort while preserving calibration wherever age-matched peers were sufficiently dense…
Deleting Ptprd changes excitatory and inhibitory neuron markers and disrupts synaptic transmission in the postnatal mouse somatosensory cortex.
Researchers have created the first multi-omic atlas of the developing mouse thalamus, revealing that sensory and motor-associated neuronal lineages diverge at very early stages of embryonic development.
'Teacher, I did it!' A child who couldn't do something no matter how many times they practiced until yesterday suddenly cries out with joy one day. The moment you rode a bicycle for the first time. The day you memorized…
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A multi-omics study of cold-shock-induced triploid large yellow croaker embryos found comparable developmental timing and broadly preserved transcriptome organization, with localized transcriptional differences and extensive methylation remodeling.
How brains grow and age: neurodevelopment in the womb and childhood, the adolescent brain, neurogenesis and plasticity, and the biology of the aging brain.
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