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Adrien Peyrache
13 days ago
Stoked to see this paper finally out! It answers two big questions: where visual objects are encoded in the brain, and how head-direction cells get oriented using visual landmarks. Super fun collaboration with
@mace-lab.bsky.social
and Stuart Trenholm.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Steve Ramirez
16 days ago
Good morning everyone! So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
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How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past
Buy How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
https://www.amazon.com/How-Change-Memory-Neuroscientists-Quest/dp/0691266689
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Spencer LaVere Smith
17 days ago
After your SfN in San Diego, drift 130 km up the coast to Irvine for a bit more:
cncm.medschool.uci.edu/2025-special...
Go ahead and register now.
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Molecular & Cellular Cognition Society
19 days ago
Check out the meeting lineup for
#MCCS25
! It's going to be an incredible day. Don't miss out, register now:
event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages
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Brokoslaw Laschowski
19 days ago
Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience.
#neuroAI
#compneuro
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Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Professor-Computational-Cognitive-Neuroscience-ON/595247717/
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Vinny Costa
24 days ago
This is an exquisite demonstration of using intracranial recordings in humans to validate our findings that amygdala neurons encode the value of exploring in NHPs.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Rate and noise in human amygdala drive increased exploration in aversive learning - Nature
Human exploration is driven by two distinct neural mechanisms, a valence-independent rate signal and a valence-dependent global noise signal.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09466-1
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Philip Bump
28 days ago
News from Canada: The Toronto Blue Jays have broken their single-game dollar hot-dog sales record.
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Ciarán Murphy-Royal
about 1 month ago
🚨Another PI job opening in the Neuroscience dept. at
@umontreal.ca
! 🚨
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with Université de Montréal | 12843808
Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry involved in the production of complex behaviors
https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12843808/professor-at-the-rank-of-assistant-or-associate-professor-in-the-field-of-neurocircuitry-/
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Such a cool technique! Activity history tracing!
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Asaf Gilboa
2 months ago
Happy to share our study showing a new role for ventromedial PFC in prospection.
tinyurl.com/e7kudkby
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The ventromedial prefrontal cortex and Intention Representation in Prospective Memory
Prospective memory (PM) consists of (i) a retrospective component, comprised of memory for intentions and for the cues that should trigger an action, …
https://tinyurl.com/e7kudkby
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Hadley Bergstrom
2 months ago
Vassar College is seeking a biologist with a focus on Developmental Neurobiology on the tenure-track. Please spread widely!
vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vassar...
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Tenure Track
Department Biology Vassar College is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Decisions conc...
https://vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vassar-External/job/Poughkeepsie-NY/Assistant-Professor-of-Biology_R00030614?jobFamilyGroup=71e2c39500161003e7c502c9a45f8212
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The Transmitter
2 months ago
This month’s "Launch" newsletter features an essay by Sheena Josselyn on the importance of reading (but not too much), Q&As with
@agonru.bsky.social
and
@drewkesner.bsky.social
about their new labs, the latest job openings and more. Subscribe to receive the newsletter each month:
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Newsletters and alerts
The latest news and perspectives on the neuroscience topics that interest you most, direct to your inbox
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Tiziana Metitieri
2 months ago
Happy birthday Brenda Milner! 🧠🎉 Today is her 107th birthday, she's a legend, a superhero.
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Yeah Andrew!!!! Félicitations
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3 months ago
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Jibran Khokhar
3 months ago
If you missed out on a spot at the other neuroscience/psychoactive drug GRCs this summer, we still have spots open at the Cannabinoid GRC with an exciting program ranging from clinical to pre-clinical to big data to society! Register today!
grc.org/cannabinoid-...
RT please!
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Ciarán Murphy-Royal
3 months ago
Call for an Assistant / Associate Prof. just opened at the
@crchum.bsky.social
in the Neuroscience Axis !
www.chumontreal.qc.ca/en/emplois/a...
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Assistant or associate professor-researcher in Neuroscience related to neurological disorders and/or neural regeneration and precision health
Description The Neuroscience Research Axis of the CRCHUM and the Department of Neuroscience of the UdeM are inviting applications for a position of assistant or associate professor-researcher in neur...
https://www.chumontreal.qc.ca/en/emplois/assistant-associate-professor-researcher-neuroscience-related-neurological-disorders-andor
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Ali Salahpour
3 months ago
We have a new faculty position in our Dept. Please kindly share and repost
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Jibran Khokhar
4 months ago
The 2025 GRC on Cannabinoid Function in the CNS: Cannabinoid Neurobiology: Bridging Basic Science, Big Data, Biomarkers and Bedside Applications Across the Lifespan final program is here! Spots are going fast! Register soon for trainee talks! Reshare please!
grc.org/cannabinoid-...
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Iva Zovkic
4 months ago
New preprint! In 2014, we showed that histone variants are new regulators of memory and ever since, we wondered if histone H2A.Z contributes to Alzheimer's. Using human brains and 5xFAD mice, we found that it depends on if you're male or female. Summary below.
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Opposing effects of H2A.Z on memory, transcription and pathology in male and female Alzheimer's disease mice and patients
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that disproportionately impacts women, but underlying mechanisms for sex-divergent outcomes are unknown. Here, we show that the hist...
https://www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2025.05.28.656659v1
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John Rubinstein
4 months ago
🇨🇦🚨Job Alert🚨🇨🇦 Canada Excellence Research Chair (C$5 or C$10M, 8 yr budget) U Toronto, Dept of Biochem/LabMedPath *Was just told they're looking for a structural biologist using cryoEM* (related to infectious disease?) Are you an established PI ready to move to 🇨🇦?
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2026 Canada Excellence Research Chair Opportunities | Research & Innovation
https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/canada-research-chairs/2026-canada-excellence-research-chair-opportunities
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Canadian Association for Neuroscience
4 months ago
Meeting chair Matt Hill presenting keynote lecturer Paul Frankland happening now
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mark cembrowski
4 months ago
fantastic day at the 2025 Neural Circuits and Behaviour Satellite meeting! great talks by trainees Xin Zhao, Govind Peringod, Luca Pancotti, and Peiying Wen, and congrats to Govind for his top trainee talk award! so cool to see all the great circuits and behaviour work across the country
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Quanta Magazine
5 months ago
In 1984, Francis Crick described a biological conundrum: Memories last years, while most molecules degrade in days or weeks. “How then is memory stored in the brain so that its trace is relatively immune to molecular turnover?” he wrote in Nature.
www.quantamagazine.org/the-molecula...
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5 months ago
Our latest work extends ketamine’s antidepressant action and highlights the importance of a specific form of synaptic plasticity in the effects
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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EPFL Brain Mind Institute
5 months ago
Congratulations to
@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social
professor
@carmensandi10.bsky.social
on winning the 2025 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award -
www.ecnp.eu/news/press-o...
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Love this! Many gems dropped. Human intelligence is a low bar for intelligence!
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5 months ago
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The Transmitter
5 months ago
In this episode of “Brain Inspired,”
@braininspired.bsky.social
talks with
@deanbuono.bsky.social
about why he thinks integrated information theory is unscientific and how timing is a fundamental computation in brains.
#neuroskyence
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Dean Buonomano explores the concept of time in neuroscience and physics
He outlines why he thinks integrated information theory is unscientific and discusses how timing is a fundamental computation in brains.
https://www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspired/dean-buonomano-explores-the-concept-of-time-in-neuroscience-and-physics/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20250423-bi-pod-dean
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Angie Voyles Askham
6 months ago
I'm heading to
#cosyne2025
to report for
@thetransmitter.bsky.social
! Do you have neuroscience news? An exciting paper coming out, updates on a controversy in the field, or concerns about how current events are affecting your science? Reach out so that we can chat!
#neuroskyence
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André Picard @picardonhealth
6 months ago
University of Toronto names Melanie Woodin as school’s first-ever female president, by Joe Friesen
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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@theglobeandmail.com
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University of Toronto names Melanie Woodin as school’s first-ever female president
The current dean of arts and science will be the university’s 17th president and will succeed Meric Gertler, who has served in the role for more than 11 years
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-university-of-toronto-names-melanie-woodin-as-schools-first-ever/
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Michelle Monje
6 months ago
#Cancer
research needs
#neuroscience
and neuroscientists. Sharing some thoughts on
#CancerNeuroscience
, together with Frank Winkler.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cancer research needs neuroscience and neuroscientists - Nature Neuroscience
The nervous system can drive the initiation, growth, spread, and therapy resistance of cancer, and cancer can manipulate the nervous system in ways that further support disease progression. Tumors gro...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01925-2
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BrainFacts
6 months ago
Brenda Milner’s work with patient H.M. provided groundbreaking advances to our understanding of memory. #WomensHistoryMonth @theneuro.bsky.social
www.brainfacts.org/in-the-lab...
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Brenda Milner
Brenda Milner’s work with patient H.M. provided groundbreaking advances to our understanding of memory.
https://www.brainfacts.org/in-the-lab/meet-the-researcher/2025/brenda-milner-031725
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The Transmitter
6 months ago
We are excited to announce that nominations are open for our “Rising stars in neuroscience” 2025 report. We seek to feature early-career researchers who have made outstanding scientific contributions and demonstrated a commitment to community-building. Submit a nominee here:
bit.ly/4bsoBXD
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The Transmitter’s ‘Rising stars in neuroscience’ 2025
Recognize early-career researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the field. Selected nominees will be featured on our website and in our annual book.
https://bit.ly/4bsoBXD
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SfN Journals
6 months ago
Read about the life and career of Patricia Smith Churchland in the
#HistoryOfNeuroscience
in Autobiography, Volume 13. Access the complete series free to download in the link below.
www.sfn.org/about/histor...
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Steve Ramirez
6 months ago
in our new lab work, we find that: natural forgetting & induced amnesia share common impaired neural dynamics this work was funded by multiple
#NIH
grants that supported students, postdocs, & the science, all with the goal of healing disorders of memory & the brain
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Brian Levine
7 months ago
Thrilled to see this paper out in
@naturehumbehav.bsky.social
after years of work by Drs.
@diamondn.bsky.social
and
@stefsimpson.bsky.social
, with Drs. Stuart Fogel, Daniel Baena, and Brian J Murray!
@baycrestfoundation.bsky.social
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Josh Johansen
7 months ago
Check out a new lab paper from Mayumi Watanabe's thesis work showing how different subregions of medial prefrontal cortex differentially regulate extinction of aversive memories through projections to the locus-coeruleus-noradrenaline system:
doi.org/10.1038/s413...
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Bidirectional emotional regulation through prefrontal innervation of the locus coeruleus - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Bidirectional emotional regulation through prefrontal innervation of the locus coeruleus
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-025-02944-y
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Luca Kolibius
7 months ago
New manuscript published! ✍️👀 Concept neurons evolve from index neurons through overlapping memories. Check it out here:
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
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On the origin of memory neurons in the human hippocampus
The hippocampus is essential for episodic memory, yet its coding mechanism remains debated. In humans, two main theories have been proposed: one suggests that concept neurons represent specific elemen...
https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(25)00031-2
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Canadian Association for Neuroscience
7 months ago
Congratulations to Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler who are awarded The Brain Prize 2025 for pioneering Cancer Neuroscience: Disease-driving interactions between the brain and brain tumours. Find out more about the 2025 Brain Prize winners at
www.thebrainprize.org
@brainprize.bsky.social
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Tomás Ryan
7 months ago
Early registration closes tomorrow:
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Monika Schönauer
7 months ago
New preprint from our lab on memory incorporation into dreams! 🧠 💭 💤 Palmieri et al. Incorporation of complex narratives into dreaming
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Incorporation of complex narratives into dreaming
Reactivation of waking neuronal activity during sleep holds a functional role in memory consolidation. Reprocessing of daytime memory in dreams might aid later memory performance in a similar way. Num...
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.11.637675
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Daniel Drucker
7 months ago
Nine weeks of once weekly semaglutide studied in a RCT reduces alcohol intake in individuals with moderate alcohol use disorder
@jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder
This randomized clinical trial assesses the effects of subcutaneous semaglutide on alcohol consumption in adults with alcohol use disorder.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2829811
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Toronto Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Consortium
7 months ago
TC3 is partnering with CCIC to co-host the “Canadian Cannabis Research Summit” on Apr30-May1, 2025 in Toronto.Registration awards for TC3 trainees.Special discount codes for TC3 faculty.Reduced reg rates for TC3 community. Abstract Submission Open
tinyurl.com/mry2h9d6
. Details
tinyurl.com/yds3jam6
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Sylvie Lesuis
8 months ago
🧠 What makes a memory stick? Not all neurons join a memory engram—only a select few. Our new study shows that the AMPA receptor subunit GluA1 keeps this process sparse and efficient. Without it, too many neurons activate, but memory gets worse! 🔗https://bit.ly/3CAx6TD
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Monika Schönauer
8 months ago
New preprint from the lab! 🧠 💤 🚨 Roüast et al. Random auditory stimulation disturbs traveling slow waves and declarative memory.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Random auditory stimulation disturbs traveling slow waves and declarative memory
Sleep plays a crucial role in memory consolidation, and various methods have attempted to enhance this process by using auditory stimulation to modulate slow waves or trigger memory reactivation. Howe...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.06.636865v1
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Matt Hill
8 months ago
Two back to back papers on cannabis exposure to rats, both lead by Savannah Lightfoot! 1st paper: the impact of cannabis vapor on neuroendocrine responses to stress
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
2nd paper: the impact of cannabis vapor on fear learning
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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John Rubinstein
8 months ago
Come be my boss! We're looking for a new Program Head for the Molecular Medicine Program at the Hospital for Sick Children. Toronto, Canada (the deadline has been extended from Jan 31) Please Re-post.
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/667223/p...
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Program Head - Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute - Toronto (City), Ontario (CA) job with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Research Institute | 667223
Provide leadership and mentorship to members of the Molecular Medicine Program and influence the scientific direction of the Research Institute
https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/667223/program-head-molecular-medicine-the-hospital-for-sick-children-research-institute/
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Ciarán Murphy-Royal
8 months ago
Come join us
@umontreal.ca
- We're looking to recruit a Professor in the field of neurobiology, with a focus on linking neurodevelopment to neural circuit function and dysfunction.
#neuroskyence
#neuroscience
🧪 See ad below -
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
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Principal Investigator in neurodevelopment/Assistant Professor - CHU Sainte-Justine Azrieli Research Centre/ Université de Montréal - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
https://www.fens.org/careers/job-market/job/121728
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Mathieu Lupien
8 months ago
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Assistant Professor - Biomedical Discovery Research
Assistant Professor - Biomedical Discovery Research
https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Assistant-Professor-Biomedical-Discovery-Research/588055717/
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Serena M. Dudek
8 months ago
AAAS members- be sure to vote! Ballot chock full of Neuroscientists!
@marinap63.bsky.social
@sjo09.bsky.social
among others!
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JJ
8 months ago
while the complex interactions among bodily systems and neurobiological substrates of aging make its study intimidating, it also provides ample opportunity to illuminate fundamental new discoveries and ways of thinking.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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The neuroscience of aging: Shining a candle in the dark
Aging is inevitable. While healthy aging is the goal, old age is frequently accompanied by disheartening effects on physical function, cognition, and overall well-being. Additionally, while the causes...
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(24)00917-6
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