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Hormone Affects Distance Men Keep from Unknown Women They Find Attractive
Finding suggests oxytocin may promote fidelity.
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Volunteer Leadership Nominations Now Open
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committee member
positions are now being accepted online until Feb. 28, 2013.
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Watch Videos from Neuroscience 2012
This year's Dialogues lecture by Chuck Close and the Public Advocacy Forum from Neuroscience 2012 are now available on SfN's
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New Study: Oxytocin
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The Journal of Neuroscience
In This Issue -
Nov 28 2012
Brain Basics
Electrifying the Brain
Diseases & Disorders
Hard Knocks: The Science of Concussions
Diseases & Disorders
Chemo Brain: The Fallout from Cancer Treatment
About Neuroscience
Carla Shatz: Shattering the Glass Ceiling
Brain Basics
Parts of the Nervous System
Across the Lifespan
What We Know — and Don’t Know — About Aging
In Society
Ethical Science: Communication and Commercial Enterprise
Animals in Research
Animal Research Success: Drug Addiction
Diseases & Disorders
Stroke Prevention and Treatment
Sensing, Thinking & Behaving
The Neuroscience of Decision Making
Across the Lifespan
Diabetes, the Brain, and Cognition
SfN Publications
FY11 Annual Report
Read about our accomplishments
Brain Briefings
Narcolepsy
Research & Discoveries
Illuminating the Brain
Guide to Public Advocacy
Be an Effective Public Advocate
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Neuroscience in the News
Are Berries the New Brain Food?
Veterans and Brain Disease
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Register Now for the 2013 Spring NDP Conference
Learn about the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Report. Held March 8 in Washington, DC.
Educational Resources in Neuroscience
Visit SfN’s new portal to high-quality teaching resources for higher education.
NIH Funding Opportunities for International Researchers
The
Fogarty International Center
supports research training for investigators working in the developing world.
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Policy and Advocacy
State of Play for FY2013
Update on FY2013 appropriations for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
NIH Funding Bill Moves in Senate
The Senate appropriations committee took up the FY2013 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (Labor-HHS) appropriations bill.
Rep. Matheson Tours Utah Lab
U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) recently toured the nanofabrication facility and neural engineering labs at the University of Utah.
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Public Information and Outreach
New Findings Illuminate Basis in Brain for Social Decisions, Reactions
New insights into the wiring and firing of the “social brain” in humans and primates revealed.
This Is Your Brain On Food: Studies Reveal How Diet Affects Brain Functions
Studies uncover evidence that the brain’s biological mechanisms may contribute to significant public health challenges.
Findings Reveal Brain Mechanisms At Work During Sleep
New findings report the role sleep plays and the brain mechanisms at work as sleep shapes memory, learning, and behavior.
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NeurOnLine
European arrests of activists
11/30/2012 10:59:00 PM in:
Animals in Research
RE:Environmental Triggers to Genetic Predispositions
11/30/2012 1:04:00 PM in:
Sensory Systems Neuroscience
mentoring grad students
11/30/2012 10:24:00 AM in:
Pre-tenure Junior Faculty
Free software for elevated plus maze
11/29/2012 11:54:00 PM in:
Behavioral Neuroscience
graduate student mentoring
11/29/2012 1:35:00 PM in:
Pre-tenure Junior Faculty
RE:Nature ENCODE
11/29/2012 1:19:00 PM in:
Pre-tenure Junior Faculty
RE:outreach activites for high schools?
11/29/2012 10:58:00 AM in:
Evolutionary and Comparative Neuroscience
RE:Environmental Triggers to Genetic Predispositions
11/29/2012 10:24:00 AM in:
Sensory Systems Neuroscience
RE:Environmental Triggers to Genetic Predispositions
11/29/2012 9:08:00 AM in:
Sensory Systems Neuroscience
RE:outreach activites for high schools?
11/28/2012 2:49:00 PM in:
Evolutionary and Comparative Neuroscience