A thyroid hormone transporter is essential for the earliest stages of brain development, according to a JNeurosci study of a region of the developing chicken brain with a layered structure similar to the human cerebral cortex.

The neural underpinnings of the decoy effect — a marketing strategy in which one of three presented options is unlikely to be chosen but may influence how an individual decides between the other two options — are investigated in new neuroeconomic research published in JNeurosci using neuroimaging and brain stimulation.

Tens of thousands of neuroscience researchers, clinicians, and advocates from around the world will gather in Washington, DC, November 11-15, for Neuroscience 2017, to share their latest research about the brain, the most complex organ in the human body.

Read science policy and advocacy news from the week of November 3, 2017

Relaunching with an interactive brain model and a suite of new multimedia features, BrainFacts.org encourages the exploration and discovery of neuroscience.

It’s a new era for BrainFacts.org. Relaunching today with an interactive brain model and a suite of new multimedia features, BrainFacts.org encourages the exploration and discovery of neuroscience.

BrainFacts.org. is relaunching with an interactive brain model and a suite of new multimedia features to encourage the exploration and discovery of neuroscience.

Read science policy and advocacy news from the week of October 27, 2017

SfN Committee on Animals in Research Chair Mar Sanchez writes in Inside Higher Ed about the important role institutions play in supporting animal research scientists.

Higher quality sleep patterns are associated with reduced activity in brain regions involved in fear learning, according to a study of young adults published in JNeurosci.