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Your latest update from The Transmitter, an essential resource for the neuroscience community, dedicated to helping scientists at all career stages stay current and build connections. Read more: https://www.thetransmitter.org/

    FDA describes 'objectionable conditions' at New York State Psychiatric Institute

    FDA describes 'objectionable conditions' at New York State Psychiatric Institute

    The facility's institutional review board failed to report a 2021 incident and "serious and ongoing noncompliance" by a principal investigator, according to a letter released by the federal agency this week.

    • 6 min
    Breaking down the winner's curse: Lessons from brain-wide association studies

    Breaking down the winner's curse: Lessons from brain-wide association studies

    We found an issue with a specific type of brain imaging study and tried to share it with the field. Then the backlash began.

    • 7 min
    Wild and free: Understanding animal behavior beyond the lab

    Wild and free: Understanding animal behavior beyond the lab

    Technological advancements have made it possible to study animals in more natural settings, but researchers are debating what that really means and whether natural is always better.

    • 8 min
    Knowledge gaps in cephalopod care could stall welfare standards

    Knowledge gaps in cephalopod care could stall welfare standards

    The U.S. National Institutes of Health wants to regulate research involving cephalopods. But there aren't enough rigorous studies to base the regulations on, veteran cephalopod researchers say.

    • 10 min
    Nobel Prize winner Thomas Südhof retracts study

    Nobel Prize winner Thomas Südhof retracts study

    The retraction follows an editorial expression of concern that the journal applied to the paper in October, seven months after it was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

    • 3 min
    Newly found hypothalamus circuits shape bullying behaviors in mice

    Newly found hypothalamus circuits shape bullying behaviors in mice

    Activity in the tiny brain region helps submissive rodents learn to avoid aggressors, and aggressive mice to curb their attacks, according to two recent studies.

    • 6 min

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