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Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02433-7 This study shows that the brain arises from two distinct progenitors: one
Serotonin neurons in the dorsal raphe control food-craving-like behavior during pregnancy in mice
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02445-3 Zhao, Feng, Dong and colleagues found that pregnant mice crave highly palatable
Reciprocal connections dynamically build consensus between neocortical areas
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02437-3 The authors show that reciprocal interactions between cortical areas generate slow dynamics
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Physicists are scrambling to make sense of possible dark matter signal
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