SfN members in New York City coordinated a series of eight in-district meetings with both Republican and Democratic members of Congress.

Sleep deprivation may disrupt the brain's ability to integrate information over time, potentially contributing to the decline in cognitive performance observed during extended time awake, suggests a study in rats published in JNeurosci.

A neuroimaging study published in JNeurosci reveals the neural network responsible for attributing the sense of touch to a location in space develops and operates differently in individuals blind from birth compared to sighted individuals.

Mice exposed to scents of mint or fresh cut grass before and shortly after birth show increased responses in a specific population of odor-processing neurons to a variety of odors, according to new research published in eNeuro.

Read science policy and advocacy news from the week of September 22, 2017.

SfN members joined fellow research advocates last week to promote the vital importance of robust, sustained, and predictable funding increases for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Recognizing the funding challenges faced by many neuroscientists worldwide, the Society is again offering a two-year membership. Learn more »

Read science policy and advocacy news from the week of September 15, 2017

Increased activity in a brain region involved in motivation may protect from depressive symptoms associated with poor sleep, according to a large study of young adults published in JNeurosci.

New research published in JNeurosci identifies a motor pathway between the forebrain and brainstem that works like a dimmer switch to regulate swimming speed in the sea lamprey – a primitive, jawless fish with an eel-like body studied by neuroscientists as a model of the vertebrate nervous system.