by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 23, 2025 | Neuroscience
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 23 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41593-025-02152-5Benoit, Ganea et al. show that changes in axon initial segment (AIS) length in the prefrontal cortex of mice accompany fear learning and extinction, revealing AIS plasticity as a...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 23, 2025 | Neuroscience
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 23 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41593-025-02166-zParcellation of the cortex into functionally modular brain areas is foundational to neuroscience. Here, Hayden, Heilbronner and Yoo question the central status of brain areas in...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 23, 2025 | Neuroscience
This lecture will address the question: Why do we lose cognitive capacity and function as we age? New cellular models of human brain aging have led to a more comprehensive understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underly brain aging. If you do not...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 23, 2025 | Neuroscience
Sex differences in the brain are real, but they’re not what many people think of when they hear about them. This lecture will discuss some of the historical and current controversies surrounding sex differences in the brain; present evidence for different types of...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 23, 2025 | Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most pressing medical issues of our time. In this lecture, Spires-Jones discusses advances in understanding the role of synapses in disease pathogenesis, including the accumulation of pathological proteins within synapses, the...
