Tag: #neuroscience

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 Awarded for Optogenetics Breakthroughs

The 2026 Nobel honors Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries that enabled optogenetics — using light to control neurons.

#neuroscience, #nobelprize, #optogenetics

Study finds at least 24.5% of former NFL players who died 2016–2021 had CTE

Using deaths of 878 former NFL players (2016–2021), researchers estimate at least 24.5% had CTE, with a plausible prevalence range up to 97.7%.

#cte, #nfl, #braininjury, #neuroscience

Single neurons predict grammar and meaning during natural conversation, NIH-led study finds

Recordings of single neurons during natural conversation let AI models predict grammar, meaning and context—an advance toward speech neuroprostheses.

#neuroscience, #speech, #bci, #nih, #language

Glial relay in hypothalamus links blood sugar to appetite suppression

Rodent study reveals a glia‑to‑glia‑to‑neuron circuit: tanycytes release lactate, activating astrocytes that excite appetite‑suppressing POMC neurons.

#neuroscience, #appetite, #glia, #hypothalamus