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A brain circuit that cements the memory of socially learnt food preferences

How an experience results in a long-term memory has remained unknown. A circuit involving the posteromedial nucleus of the cortical amygdala in the brain is shown to consolidate memories for socially transmitted food preferences in mice using a gene-transcriptional mechanism without contributing to memory acquisition, storage or retrieval.

News & Views18 Sept 2024 Nature
Obesity is driven by a build-up of molecular mesh around hunger neurons

The accumulation of a network of proteins and sugars called the extracellular matrix stops insulin from reaching hunger-regulating neurons, disrupting normal food intake and metabolism, and contributing to obesity.
- Alexander Dityatev
News & Views18 Sept 2024 Nature
Myelin lipid metabolism can provide energy for starved axons

We reveal that lipid turnover in the myelin sheath generates a fatty acid pool in oligodendrocytes that can contribute to the energy balance of white matter tracts. We also demonstrate that when glucose levels are limiting, fatty acid metabolism can support glial cell survival and the basic functional integrity of myelinated axons.

News & Views12 Sept 2024 Nature Neuroscience
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The effect of social factors on eye movements made when judging the aesthetic merit of figurative paintings
- Tobiasz Trawiński
- Letizia Palumbo
- Nick Donnelly
ResearchOpen Access19 Sept 2024 Scientific Reports
Volume: 14, P: 21843
Social isolation impairs cognition via Aβ-mediated synaptic dysfunction
- Fang Huang
- Xinghua Liu
- Xiaochuan Wang
ResearchOpen Access18 Sept 2024 Translational Psychiatry
Volume: 14, P: 380
Retinal prolactin isoform PRLΔE1 sustains rod disease in inherited retinal degenerations
- Raghavi Sudharsan
- Jennifer Kwok
- William A. Beltran
ResearchOpen Access18 Sept 2024 Cell Death & Disease
Volume: 15, P: 682
Fingerprints of brain disease: connectome identifiability in Alzheimer’s disease

Functional connectivity patterns in the brain uniquely identify individuals, even in AD. fMRI data shows that while brain fingerprints remain distinct, they reconfigure to different regions/cognitive functions as the disease progresses.
- Sara Stampacchia
- Saina Asadi
- Enrico Amico
ResearchOpen Access18 Sept 2024 Communications Biology
Volume: 7, P: 1169
A cell-autonomous role for border-associated macrophages in ApoE4 neurovascular dysfunction and susceptibility to white matter injury

ApoE4 is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. We report that in ApoE4 mice perivascular macrophages are the sole source and effectors of the ApoE4 mediating the neurovascular dysfunction, enhanced white matter damage and cognitive impairment.
- Antoine Anfray
- Samantha Schaeffer
- Costantino Iadecola
Research18 Sept 2024 Nature Neuroscience
P: 1-14
Claustrum and dorsal endopiriform cortex complex cell-identity is determined by Nurr1 and regulates hallucinogenic-like states in mice

The claustrum/dorsal endopiriform cortex (CLA) is a complex brain region with an unclear function. Here, the authors show that Nurr1 is important for maintaining neuron identity and receptor expression linked to hallucinatory states in this region.
- Ioannis Mantas
- Ivana Flais
- Per Svenningsson
ResearchOpen Access18 Sept 2024 Nature Communications
Volume: 15, P: 8176

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A brain circuit that cements the memory of socially learnt food preferences

How an experience results in a long-term memory has remained unknown. A circuit involving the posteromedial nucleus of the cortical amygdala in the brain is shown to consolidate memories for socially transmitted food preferences in mice using a gene-transcriptional mechanism without contributing to memory acquisition, storage or retrieval.

News & Views18 Sept 2024 Nature
Obesity is driven by a build-up of molecular mesh around hunger neurons

The accumulation of a network of proteins and sugars called the extracellular matrix stops insulin from reaching hunger-regulating neurons, disrupting normal food intake and metabolism, and contributing to obesity.
- Alexander Dityatev
News & Views18 Sept 2024 Nature
AI model collapse might be prevented by studying human language transmission
- Kenny Smith
- Simon Kirby
- Thomas L. Griffiths
Correspondence17 Sept 2024 Nature
Volume: 633, P: 525
Ethical challenges in translating brain–computer interfaces

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to revolutionize treatment for individuals with severe disabilities. As these technologies transition from the laboratory to real-world applications, they pose unique ethical challenges that necessitate careful consideration.
- Anna Wexler
- Ashley Feinsinger
Comments & Opinion17 Sept 2024 Nature Human Behaviour
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In Memoriam: Burton M. Angrist, MD
- Erica Duncan
- John Rotrosen
- Adam Wolkin
Comments & Opinion17 Sept 2024 Neuropsychopharmacology
P: 1-2
Islands are rich with languages spoken nowhere else

Extremely remote islands are more likely than less isolated ones to have a high number of endemic languages.

Research Highlights16 Sept 2024 Nature
Volume: 633, P: 497

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Neuroscience articles from across Nature Portfolio

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A brain circuit that cements the memory of socially learnt food preferences

Obesity is driven by a build-up of molecular mesh around hunger neurons

Myelin lipid metabolism can provide energy for starved axons

Related Subjects

Latest Research and Reviews

The effect of social factors on eye movements made when judging the aesthetic merit of figurative paintings

Social isolation impairs cognition via Aβ-mediated synaptic dysfunction

Retinal prolactin isoform PRLΔE1 sustains rod disease in inherited retinal degenerations

Fingerprints of brain disease: connectome identifiability in Alzheimer’s disease

A cell-autonomous role for border-associated macrophages in ApoE4 neurovascular dysfunction and susceptibility to white matter injury

Claustrum and dorsal endopiriform cortex complex cell-identity is determined by Nurr1 and regulates hallucinogenic-like states in mice

News and Comment

A brain circuit that cements the memory of socially learnt food preferences

Obesity is driven by a build-up of molecular mesh around hunger neurons

AI model collapse might be prevented by studying human language transmission

Ethical challenges in translating brain–computer interfaces

In Memoriam: Burton M. Angrist, MD

Islands are rich with languages spoken nowhere else

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