Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Monday, December 29, 2025 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 29 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41593-025-02159-yBergel et al. show that an infraslow rhythm connecting the brain and body during sleep is shared by lizards, mammals and birds, revealing an ancestral process and reshaping our...

Psychedelic research must be grounded in pharmacology

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Wednesday, December 24, 2025 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 24 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41593-025-02186-9Psychedelic science is growing rapidly and offers great promise for exciting new therapies, but this rapid growth has brought growing pains. These include a lack of appreciation of...

Axon initial segment dynamics during associative fear learning

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...

Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization

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...

Neuronal Aging: A Major Risk for Cognitive Decline in Humans

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...

Sex Differences in the Brain Are Misunderstood

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...