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Bovine Brain Damage: New Findings in the Field of Wildlife Neuroscience

Gretchen Carpenter ’23, Neuroscience, 22F In May 2022, Ackermans et al. from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published an intriguing study, directly contradicting the previous…

The Heredity of Mental Disorders

Elizabeth (Shuxuan) Li ’25, Neuroscience, 22F If you were a prospective parent with a mental disorder, would your children be more at risk for your specific condition or…

Social Media, Dopamine, and Stress: Converging Pathways

Valentina Fernandez ’24, Neuroscience, 22X Figure: Social networking has experienced tremendous growth in the past years, with over 4.26 billion registered users as of 2021. Image Source: Wikimedia…

A Cure for Alzheimer’s on the Horizon? Recent Studies show a Cure may be Closer than once Perceived

Luke Putelo ’25, Neuroscience, 22X Figure: Histopathologic picturing of senile plaques seen in the cerebral cortex in a patient with presenile onset of Alzheimer disease Image Source: Wikimedia…

New Insights Into Facial Recognition Deficiency Amid Widespread Masking

Evan Accatino, Neuroscience, Fall 2021 Figure: Signs similar to this one have become increasingly prevalent over the past eighteen months. They show no sign of removal as the…