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    Oct 19, 2019
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    Society for Neuroscience Honors Dedicated Mentors and Creative Early-Career Researchers
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor two leading researchers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of women in neuroscience and two early-career researchers who have demonstrated great originality and creativity in their work.
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    Oct 19, 2019
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    Society for Neuroscience awards Lindsley Prize to Brian Sweis
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Donald B. Lindsley Prize to Brian Sweis, PhD. Supported by the Grass Foundation, the prize recognizes an outstanding PhD thesis in the area of general behavioral neuroscience.
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    Oct 19, 2019
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    Neuroscientist Huda Akil Receives Julius Axelrod Prize
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present the Julius Axelrod Prize to Huda Akil, PhD, of the University of Michigan during Neuroscience 2019, SfN's annual meeting and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.
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    Oct 19, 2019
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    Society for Neuroscience Presents Awards for Education in Neuroscience
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced that Sabine Kastner, MD, PhD, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Princeton University and Robert Knight, MD, professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley, will receive this year’s Awards for Education in Neuroscience.
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    Oct 19, 2019
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    Society for Neuroscience Presents Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Awards
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced that Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at New York University, and Julia Sliwa, PhD, an investigator at the Brain and Spine Institute (ICM) in Paris, will receive this year’s Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Awards.
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    Oct 19, 2019
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    Scientific Art Installation Neuro Space Debuts at Neuroscience 2019
    Developed in partnership with ARTECHOUSE, Neuro Space, an innovative installation created at the intersection of art, science and technology, takes visitors through a technology-based evolution of how scientists view neurons.
  • Sensory and motor brain plasticity is not limited by location
    Oct 14, 2019
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    Sensory and Motor Brain Plasticity Is Not Limited by Location
    The new function of unused cortical regions is not necessarily determined by the function of nearby cortical regions, according to new research in adults born without one hand, published in JNeurosci.
  • Enhancing memory network via brain stimulation
    Oct 07, 2019
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    Enhancing Memory Network via Brain Stimulation
    Magnetic stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex increases functional connectivity of a neural network implicated in memory, shows human research published in eNeuro. This finding confirms a previous study, validating further exploration of this technique for experimental and clinical applications.
  • Why rats prefer company of the young and stressed
    Oct 07, 2019
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    Why Rats Prefer Company of the Young and Stressed
    Researchers have identified a neural pathway implicated in social interaction between adult and juvenile animals, according to new research in rats published in JNeurosci.
  • How meaning is represented in the human brain
    Sep 30, 2019
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    How Meaning Is Represented in the Human Brain
    Representations reflecting non-linguistic experience have been detected in brain activity during reading in study of healthy, native English speakers published in JNeurosci. The research brings us one step closer to a more complete characterization of human language.
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