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Bumblebees Can’t Taste Pesticides in Their Nectar
In a behavioral experiment, bees consumed the same amount of food, regardless of whether the solution contained pesticides or not, even when the pesticides were at concentrations high enough to “make the bees very ill.”
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When We Perceive What Others Do, Our Brain Sees What We Expect
New research has shown that our perception of what others do depends on what we expect to happen more so than previously thought.
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New Compound Outperforms Pain Drug
A small molecule drug, one of 27 million screened in a library of potential new drugs, has shown promise as a painkiller, outperforming gabapentin for treating four types of chronic pain.
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Understanding the Neural Circuits That Control the Speed of Locomotion
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden have uncovered the molecular logic underpinning the assembly of spinal circuits that control the speed of locomotion in adult zebrafish.
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Cancer Neuroscience Discovery Offers Hope for Hard-To-Treat Brain Tumors
To drive their growth, many tumors hijack nervous system signals, including those needed for brain plasticity. Stanford Medicine discoveries are opening a promising new branch of oncology research.
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Zoom Calls Lead to a Sense of Social Disconnect According to Our Neurons
A new study finds that neural signaling during online exchanges is substantially suppressed compared to activity in face-to-face conversations.
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Stroke-Detecting Cap Could Diagnose Patients Before They Reach the Hospital
A special brain-wave cap can diagnose small and large ischemic strokes in the ambulance, allowing the patient to receive appropriate treatment faster.
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We Can Respond to Verbal Stimuli While We Sleep
Sleep is not a state in which we are completely isolated from our environment: while we sleep, we are capable of hearing and understanding words, observes a new study.
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Neural Networks Help Reconstruct Speech From Brain Activity
Separating out the complex web of neural regions controlling precise muscle movement in the mouth, jaw and tongue with the regions processing the auditory feedback of hearing your own voice is a complex problem.
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Experimental Nasal Spray Successfully Treats Rapid Heartbeat
In a new study, a rapid- and short-acting investigational medication formulated to be delivered via nasal spray, restored a normal heart rhythm in less than 30 minutes in most users with intermittent rapid heartbeats.
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