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The immune mechanisms underlying hypersensitivity to pain after nerve injury are different in male and female mice.

Being active during the day requires a slow-closing ion channel that dampens the activity of neurons in a specific area of the brain.

Concealing the identity of the principal investigator only partially closes the success gap between white and African American or Black researchers in NIH grant applications.

Two neural circuits control the release of vasopressin in response to eating and drinking before there are any detectable changes in blood water levels.

Pollution from landscape fires, which are increasing with climate change, leads to babies being born with lower birthweights in low- and middle-income countries.

How fast the brain and muscles can respond to information about prey location constrains visual and echolocating predators in similar ways.

In pigs, nitrate supplements can protect salivary glands from the damage caused by radiation therapy to the head and neck.

A survey reveals that many researchers do not use appropriate statistical analyses to evaluate sex differences in biomedical research.

Studying neurons and their connections in the central complex of the fruit fly reveals new insights into how their structure and function shape perception and behavior.

Eurasian jays fail to take into account the point of view and desire of other jays when hiding food they can eat later.