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Using Anatomy and Computational Theory to Inspire Neurophysiological Experiments on Information Processing Through the Hippocampus

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Published: January 3, 2026 11:00

This article is a personal history of the background, ideas, and motivations behind the major discoveries from my lab in the past 27 years. Tracing the main themes back to my training as a graduate student and a postdoc, I discuss how all of our work has…

Life, the Hippocampus, and Everything

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Published: January 3, 2026 11:00

This paper describes my history of exposure and contributions to behavioral neuroscience, especially to the role of the hippocampus in learning and memory. Through a series of accidents and opportunities, and after priming in the graduate student…

LTP: A Personal Journey and Beyond

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Published: January 1, 2026 11:00

Long-term potentiation (LTP) has had a major impact on neuroscience. In this review I use LTP citations from PubMed and LTP publications from the Web of Science to analyze the fascinating history of research on LTP. Interest gradually grew from a prolonged…

From Elixirs to Geroscience: A Historical and Molecular Perspective on Anti-Aging Medicine

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41471752/?utm_source=RSS-Parrot-Bot&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1VA-U_2oiXyp9lNETQFdmJOjFJhG7sNR8ucHzz3UKHpZGTL9z2&fc=None&ff=20251231110742&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2

Published: December 31, 2025 11:00

The pursuit of youth and longevity has accompanied human societies for millennia, evolving from mythological and esoteric traditions toward a scientific understanding of aging. Early concepts such as Greek ambrosia, Taoist elixirs, and medieval "aqua…

Historical trends and future key insights in osteology research: A global scientometrics and visual analysis

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41465936/?utm_source=RSS-Parrot-Bot&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1VA-U_2oiXyp9lNETQFdmJOjFJhG7sNR8ucHzz3UKHpZGTL9z2&fc=None&ff=20251230095936&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2

Published: December 30, 2025 11:00

CONCLUSIONS: This is the first global scientometrics analysis of osteology research. It reveals historical trends, regional inequalities, and thematic evolution, offering valuable insights for researchers, institutions, and policymakers to foster more…

Otoanatomist Antonio Maria Valsalva and his maneuver (on the 360th anniversary of his birth)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41456303/?utm_source=RSS-Parrot-Bot&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1VA-U_2oiXyp9lNETQFdmJOjFJhG7sNR8ucHzz3UKHpZGTL9z2&fc=None&ff=20251228212928&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2

Published: December 28, 2025 11:00

The famous Italian anatomist and surgeon Antonio Maria Valsalva was born in 1666 in Imola to a noble family. At the University of Bologna, where Valsalva graduated in 1687, he studied biology, mathematics and medicine; then he worked as a teacher in the…

Vittorio Marchi (1851-1908) of Novellara, his method, and his discoveries in the striatum, the thalamus, and the cerebellum

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41432799/?utm_source=RSS-Parrot-Bot&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1VA-U_2oiXyp9lNETQFdmJOjFJhG7sNR8ucHzz3UKHpZGTL9z2&fc=None&ff=20251223145858&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2

Published: December 23, 2025 11:00

In September 1885, the neuropathologists Vittorio Marchi and Giovanni Algeri presented at the 11th congress of the Italian Medical Association, held in Perugia, a new method for anterograde tracing of degenerating fibers after experimental cortical…

The people behind the papers - Owen Funk and David Fay

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41427821/?utm_source=RSS-Parrot-Bot&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1VA-U_2oiXyp9lNETQFdmJOjFJhG7sNR8ucHzz3UKHpZGTL9z2&fc=None&ff=20251222141816&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2

Published: December 22, 2025 11:00

Cell fusion is vital for multi-nucleated cells to form during development. However, whether the process of cell fusion itself contributes to developmental gene regulation programmes is unclear. In a recent study, Owen Funk, Daniel (Dan) Levy and David Fay…

The people behind the papers - Martina Demurtas and Marco Trizzino

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41416748/?utm_source=RSS-Parrot-Bot&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1VA-U_2oiXyp9lNETQFdmJOjFJhG7sNR8ucHzz3UKHpZGTL9z2&fc=None&ff=20251219172611&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2

Published: December 19, 2025 11:00

Precise transcriptional control is crucial for specifying neural crest lineages. In a new study, Demurtas et al. investigate the role of the transcription factor SALL4 in cranial neural crest cell specification, revealing a role in enhancer regulation. To…

The people behind the papers - Matthew Fischer and Leslie Pick

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41416747/?utm_source=RSS-Parrot-Bot&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1VA-U_2oiXyp9lNETQFdmJOjFJhG7sNR8ucHzz3UKHpZGTL9z2&fc=None&ff=20251219172611&v=2.18.0.post22+67771e2

Published: December 19, 2025 11:00

The striped gene expression pattern of the pair-rule genes along the Drosophila embryo requires tight coordination by regulatory elements. In a recent study, Fischer et al. reveal that regulatory elements with overlapping functions show compensatory…