How prefrontal circuits build lasting memories and shape the ways experience guides behavior.

Pouget et al. identified distinct CA1 neuron ensembles active during specific moments of fear learning and uncovered the core engram essential for memory formation.

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A leaked draft of a Trump administration proposal includes an approximately 40 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health’s budget and a major reorganization of its 27 institutes and centers.

Synaptic plasticity underlies learning by modifying specific synaptic inputs to reshape neural activity and behavior. However, the rules governing which synapses will undergo different forms of plasti...

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Animal models of memory retrieval trigger retrieval with cues and measure retrieval using behavior. Coulter et al. developed a neurofeedback paradigm that rewards hippocampal activity patterns associa...

Decoding the motor system through the use of multiphoton holographic optogenetics.

While the ability of an animal to rapidly learn to detect and avoid threats is critical for survival, previous research has focused on post-learning time periods. A new computational study now reveals...

This edition of Null and Noteworthy—the first for The Transmitter—highlights new findings about the auditory steady-state response in people with schizophrenia that, all within one study…

In November 2019 I attended the meeting of the Psychonomics Society in Montreal, and took the opportunity to arrange an interview with Brenda Milner, for my history project. When I arrived at the Mon...

NIH Program Officials (POs) are responsible for the programmatic, scientific, and technical aspects of NIH programs. Having a clear understanding of what POs can and can’t do for you will help you m...