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Experiments on mice reveal how the cerebellum modulates plasticity in the somatosensory cortex.

The bacterium that causes TB can hide in liver cells called hepatocytes, and reprogram their metabolism for its own benefit.

A new method for tracking the activity of individual neurons day after day in the growing brain has revealed a key developmental transition in neuronal activity.

The metabolic fate of a nutrient called pyruvate determines how big cells become.

Evidence that learned avoidance of a pathogenic bacterium can be transmitted to future generations in C. elegans is growing.

The pathogenic bacteria Shigella avoids detection inside hosts cells by degrading RNF213, the protein responsible for sensing the presence of intracellular pathogens.

Experiments on yeast show that the nuclear pore complex has a central role in the loss of chromosomes associated with aging.

Blood flow and a hormone called ghrelin help new neurons travel to where they are meant to be in the brain of adult mice.

A study that monitored the expression and function of designer receptors called DREADDs in macaque monkeys for a period of three years demonstrates that they are effective in long-term studies of nonhuman primates.

Manipulating the neuronal pathway responsible for the hypoxic stress response in the worm C. elegans leads to an increase in lifespan.