Creating true and false memories from forgotten information in Drosophila

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Thursday, July 30, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02381-2Forgotten memories in Drosophila persist as silent memory traces and can be recovered by reminder cues. Manipulating reminders can create false memories, showing that memory...

The cross-site reproducibility of MRI morphometric phenotypes in psychiatric disorders

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Thursday, July 30, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02359-0A large analysis of MRI studies in five psychiatric disorders reveals that maps of brain volume differences in psychiatric illness are rarely reproducible, highlighting the need for...

New waves in psychiatric neuroimaging

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Thursday, July 30, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02360-7The long voyage in search of neuroanatomical correlates for mental illness has faced choppy waters. A new report by Cao et al. illustrates this turbulence by quantifying low...

Unforgettable forgotten memories

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Thursday, July 30, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02340-xMemory is not always a faithful representation of past events; it can be lost, distorted or even fabricated. A new study provides insights into neural mechanisms that support the...

cGAS-mediated type I IFN signaling contributes to disease progression in drug-refractory epilepsy

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Wednesday, July 29, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02384-zHuang et al. found that stressed neurons release DNA that activates the immune sensor cGAS, driving inflammatory responses that worsen seizures and mortality in Dravet syndrome....

Mitochondrial accumulation and lysosomal dysfunction result in mitochondrial plaques in Alzheimer’s disease

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Wednesday, July 29, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02390-1Researchers identify mitochondrial plaques, a previously unrecognized and highly acidic mitochondria-based pathological structure in Alzheimer’s disease, and demonstrate that they...