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  • May 14, 2018
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    Brain Activity Alternates While Stepping

    Understanding how brain activity changes throughout the stepping cycle could improve treatment of movement disorders.

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    May 02, 2018
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    SfN Council Provides Increased Support for Trainee Awards for Neuroscience 2018
    The SfN Council announces that it will match up to $100,000 in individual donations given to the Friends of SfN Fund.
  • Apr 30, 2018
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    Antiepileptic Drug Induces Birth Defects in Frogs
    Research could inform development of new epilepsy medications safer for pregnant women.
  • Apr 30, 2018
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    Axon Guidance Gene Influences Reward System
    People with a DCC gene mutation were less impulsive, smoked cigarettes less than non-carriers.
  • Apr 30, 2018
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    Back Up: How Worms Travel in Reverse

    Neuropeptide controls roundworms' backward movement.

  • Apr 23, 2018
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    A Neurobiological Link Between PTSD and Addiction

    Remembering a traumatic experience may increase sensitivity to the rewarding effects of drugs.

  • Apr 11, 2018
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    Society for Neuroscience Announces its Support for the March for Science
    SfN has signed on as an official partner of the upcoming March for Science, which will take place Saturday, April 14, in Washington, D.C.
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    Apr 10, 2018
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    The Lundbeck Foundation Awards $750,000 Grant to SfN for Next Phase of BrainFacts.org
    The Foundation joins the growing list of site partners from around the world in partnership with SfN.
  • Mar 26, 2018
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    Why Does Sleep Become Disrupted in Old Age?
    The brain maintains its ability to generate local neural oscillations during sleep throughout the lifespan.
  • Mar 23, 2018
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    SfN Applauds Funding Bill Giving $3 Billion Boost for NIH Biomedical Research
    The Society for Neuroscience thanks Congress for providing an additional $3 billion in funding for biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the FY2018 omnibus appropriations bill.
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