Read advocacy news from the week of June 10, 2016.

Research in the June 8 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience describes how the ability to control emotions moves from one brain area to another as teens mature into adults, offering an opportunity to understand how disorders related to emotional control emerge.

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The headquarters building of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), the world’s largest organization of scientists and clinicians dedicated to advancing understanding of the brain and nervous system, has been awarded Gold recertification through Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Dynamic Plaque by the U.S. Green Building Council.

JNeurosci Editor-in-chief Marina Picciotto’s second editorial column explains changes to manuscript review process. 

Read advocacy news from the week of June 3, 2016.

SfN Past Presidents Eve Marder and Carla Shatz won the 2016 Kavli Prize for the discovery of mechanisms that allow experience and neural activity to remodel brain function.

SfN strongly recommends against entering into agreements with companies that are not directly contracted by SfN.

A new study in pregnant mice, published June 1 in The Journal of Neuroscience, offers a potential mechanism explaining why: Inflammation alters neurotransmitters and impairs growth of nerve cells in the developing fetal brain.

Read about the fascinating lives and discoveries of prominent neuroscientists from their own perspectives »