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Brain implant enables paralysed man to regain arm movement and sensation

Keith Thomas regained arm movement and touch sensation after receiving a double neural bypass brain implant following a 2020 spinal injury.

Jacob Davies

18 JUL · 3 min read

Bumblebee orofacial reactions to tastes studied in PNAS paper

Bumblebees extend their glossa after sweet tastes and shake their heads or wipe their mouths after bitter or salty ones.

Jacob Davies

18 JUL · 3 min read

Research shows decision-related activity in early sensory brain regions

Neural recordings from mice in a tactile virtual reality task revealed that the primary somatosensory cortex reflects both evidence accumulation and categorical choice signals.

Isla King

13 JUL · 4 min read

Tau protein found essential for long-term memory formation in mice

Tau protein phosphorylation at threonine 205 is required for recruiting engram cells that support remote memory in mice.

Isla King

13 JUL · 4 min read