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A key role for retrograde neuromodulatory signalling in motivated behaviour is shown through dynamic endocannabinoid release within a thalamostriatal circuit that regulates behavioural engagement during reward seeking.

This Ph.D. student discovered the benefits of novels after shifting his extracurricular reading habits

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Naked mole rats live in colonies characterized by having a single breeding queen. It emerges that a queen-associated chemical helps to maintain this reproductive hierarchy.

Museum researcher describes several new species from specimens collected decades ago from Antarctica

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Fellowship Hosting Opportunities in Biological and Behavioural Sciences job in Bethnal Green, London, E1 4NS with Queen Mary University of London. Salary: £40,000–£70,000 per annum (depending on fello...

Monoamines such as serotonin, dopamine, and tyramine regulate physiological and behavioral processes in bilaterian animals, but the evolutionary origi…

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Abstract. Neuropeptides derived from larger precursor proteins are neuronal signalling molecules that regulate physiological processes and behaviour. Some

Background Food ingestion is fundamental for animal survival and growth, with the cessation of feeding upon nutrient fulfillment being tightly regulated by a variety of satiety factors. Notably, sulfa...

Biological immortality of marine tissues offers previously unexplored potential for ethically unconstrained biomedical and aging research.

A number of new early monofenestratan pterosaurs have recently been described from the Late Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation of Southern Germany, greatly expanding our knowledge of the diversity and evolu...

Why the link between immune infiltration and tumor control varies so strongly across tissues remains unresolved. We propose the “immunometabolic gatekeeping” framework, whereby tissue-intrinsic metabolic activity and waste-handling capacity shape anti-tumour immunity. In high-flux tissues, metabolic stress impairs immune surveillance, decoupling infiltration from control and allowing tumor outgrowth. This framework explains cancer paradoxes—including T cell prognostic heterogeneity, hereditary and pediatric tumor tropisms, sex-biased tumor incidence, and cancer-resistant species—and suggests metabolism-aware strategies for cancer prevention and immunotherapy.

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The spines of sea urchins can generate a voltage when water moves around them — a phenomenon that could be used to design underwater flow sensors.

Experiments on Drosophila show that an evolutionarily conserved photoreceptor that senses light outside of the retina can regulate responses to direct visual cues.

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A group of researchers tinkered with the neuropeptides in the brains of leafcutter ants, leading them to demonstrate radically different behaviors.

A neuropeptide and spinal neural circuit that encode and transmit pleasant touch sensation have been identified.

Background The neurohormone kisspeptin regulates reproductive maturation and function in mammals by stimulating hypothalamic production and release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone. However, little i...

After nearly three decades at Queen Mary, Professor Chris Faulkes retires as a cherished teacher, researcher, and mentor. Renowned for his pioneering work on naked mole-rats and mammalian social evolu...

A large network of interconnected neurons serves as the basis of brain function and of behavior. Methodological advances have enabled the reconstruction of large-scale and even whole-brain connectomes...

Long-read sequencing in 18 unicellular eukaryotes reveals that 6mA is widespread across eukaryotes and is enriched at transcriptionally permissive regions, which are also marked by H3K4me3.

A sea urchin is a head with a brain-like organization and a vertebrate-type retinal signature.