SfN President Eric Nestler released a statement responding to the devastation in Puerto Rico as well as other natural disasters.

A genetic variant associated with multiple psychiatric disorders drives changes in a brain network that may increase an individual’s risk of developing bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, finds a study published in JNeurosci.

SfN congratulates a trio of longtime scientific collaborators »

Read science policy and advocacy news from the week of September 29, 2017.

SfN members in New York City coordinated a series of eight in-district meetings with both Republican and Democratic members of Congress.

Sleep deprivation may disrupt the brain's ability to integrate information over time, potentially contributing to the decline in cognitive performance observed during extended time awake, suggests a study in rats published in JNeurosci.

A neuroimaging study published in JNeurosci reveals the neural network responsible for attributing the sense of touch to a location in space develops and operates differently in individuals blind from birth compared to sighted individuals.

Mice exposed to scents of mint or fresh cut grass before and shortly after birth show increased responses in a specific population of odor-processing neurons to a variety of odors, according to new research published in eNeuro.

Read science policy and advocacy news from the week of September 22, 2017.

SfN members joined fellow research advocates last week to promote the vital importance of robust, sustained, and predictable funding increases for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).