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  1. Fear disconnects

    The neurons and brain regions involved in storing and retrieving fear memories connect together differently when remembering more traumatic experiences.
  2. Old drugs, new tricks

    A family of drugs used to treat patients with osteoporosis may be linked with a reduced risk of COVID-19, a preliminary study shows.
  3. Obesity and grey matter

    Analysing 30,000 MRI scans of the human brain provides new insights into the connections between obesity and parts of the brain involved in cognition.
  4. Sperm heads and tails

    Male mice that are unable to produce two cytoskeleton proteins unique to sperm are infertile.
  5. The journey to adult sleep

    Comparing the brains of children, teenagers and adults provides insights into how two patterns of electrical activity that occur during sleep become coupled together.
  6. Ineffective antibodies

    Twenty to thirty percent of scientists may be using ineffective commercial antibodies in their protein studies suggesting that large-scale independent antibody validation is needed.
  7. Fighting pancreatic cancer

    Early pancreatic cancer symptoms may be nonspecific and occur in an unpredictable order, but a study suggests mining electronic health data may help clinicians find early warning signs.
  8. Beyond breathing

    Subgroups of neurons in the brain that controls breathing can be manipulated to control other processes, including heart rate and blood pressure.