In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in May. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:
In Evolutionary Biology:
Machii et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Pronounced expression of extracellular matrix proteoglycans regulated by Wnt pathway underlies the parallel evolution of lip hypertrophy in East African cichlids’, was picked up by:
- Daily Galaxy – Ever Wonder Why Some Fish Have Huge Lips? Here’s the Answer
In Developmental Biology:
Janssens et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Spatial transcriptomics in the adult Drosophila brain and body’, was featured in:
- The Scientist – Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals New Cell Types in Flies
In Neuroscience:
Jacob et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Visual homogeneity computations in the brain enable solving property-based visual tasks’, was featured in:
- The Times of India – IISc scientists find a new brain region for property-based visual tasks
Mendes et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘CXCR3-expressing myeloid cells recruited to the hypothalamus protect against diet-induced body mass gain and metabolic dysfunction’, was featured in:
- Veja (Brazil) – How does fat consumption affect the brain and lead to obesity? (translated)
- Diário do Comércio (Brazil) – Human brain is developing defense cells against fatty foods, study reveals (translated)
Solyga and Keller’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Multimodal mismatch responses in mouse auditory cortex,’ was picked up by:
- Tech Insider (Russia) – How the Brain Reacts to the Unexpected (translated)
Kunkel et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Nocebo effects are stronger and more persistent than placebo effects in healthy individuals’, was featured in:
- Neuroscience News – Negative Expectations Worsen Pain More Than Positive Ones Ease It
- Pourquoi Docteur (France) – Nocebo Effect: How Fear of Pain Can Make Pain Worse (translated)
- IFL Science – When It Comes To Pain, The Nocebo Effect Beats The Placebo Effect
This study was also summarised by the eLife press release, ‘Negative expectations have stronger and longer-lasting effects on pain than positive ones’.
March and Gluth’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Hunger shifts attention and attribute weighting in dietary choice’, was picked up by:
- Meteored (Brazil) – How Hunger Distorts Perception and Changes Our View of Healthy Foods (translated)
In Medicine:
Song, Campello, Mondal et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Sex-specific attenuation of photoreceptor degeneration by reserpine in a rhodopsin P23H rat model of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa’, was commented on by:
- Optometry Times – Reserpine has potential to be repurposed as treatment for retinitis pigmentosa
In Microbiology and Infectious Disease:
De Freitas Almeida et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Genomic and structural insights into Jyvaskylavirus, the first giant virus isolated from Finland’, was featured in:
- Israel Hayom – Giant virus twice the size of coronavirus discovered in Finland
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