Interview

Steve Jacobson Interview: Viruses and Neurodegenerative Diseases

2023-07-21

Steve Jacobson: Mike Racke had a really nice model in a mouse, right? The mouse got sick. It wasn’t...

Steve Jacobson Interview: Solving the Puzzle of Viruses, Genes, and MS

2023-07-21

“We’re all touching the elephant. …. Immunologists would touch the elephant by doing antibody assays. The bioinformaticists will do...

Steve Jacobson Interview: Part One – Understanding EBV and MS

2023-07-21

As Chief of the Viral Immunology Section, NINDS, Steve Jacobson, PhD has spent the last 40 years studying the role...

COVID affects cognition, even in those not diagnosed with “long COVID”

2024-01-11

“Post-COVID cognitive deficits at one year are global and associated with elevated brain injury markers and grey matter volume...

Top 10 Neuro Preprints of 2023

2024-01-09

2023 was another exciting year in the world of neuroscience & neurology preprints. The top studies ranged from new...

Taste directly initiates the process of hunger satiation, independent of nutrient absorption

2024-01-09

“Negative feedback control of hunger circuits by the taste of food.” Tara Aitken, et al. – UCSF. Background: While...

Estrogen rapidly shapes synaptic protein levels in sex-specific manner

2024-01-09

“Estradiol regulates local synthesis of synaptic proteome via sex-specific mechanisms.” Pooja Raval, et al – King’s College London. Background:...

Mice value information, even at the cost of reduced reward

2023-11-09

“Representations of information value in mouse orbitofrontal cortex during information seeking.” Jennifer J. Bussell, et al. – Columbia University....