Some individuals show a discrepancy between cognition and the amount of neuropathological changes characteristic for Alzheimer's disease (AD). To better understand this phenomenon Luuk de Vries looked at brains from the Hersenbank. Read his article here:
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Sleepwalking and related parasomnias result from incomplete awakenings out of non-REM sleep. Researchers from the Dreams lab recorded parasomnia episodes with EEG and interviewed participants immediately afterwards. Read the publication in Nature Communications👇
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📣 The 2024 edition of the #ArtofNeuroscience competition is now open for submissions!

We are looking for striking artworks related to the field of neuroscience, in its broadest sense.

🏆 Have a chance at winning prizes of 1000€ or 250€

👉🏾submityourart.nin.nl

Attention📢!! The #SPONT2024 website is now live! Check out the fantastic speaker lineup and don't miss the early registration date. We look forward to see you there! Guille Lopez-Bendito Lohmann lab Dr. Marla Feller Instituto de Neurociencias UMH-CSIC CSIC
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We're hiring a Postdoc at the Social Brain Lab 🧠

Read more about the vacancy on our website: nin.nl/vacancies/post…

💼 🔬 We have a vacancy for a PhD-student/ Postdoc in the Roelfsema group to better understand the interactions between lower and higher visual cortical areas in the monkey. 🧠

Read the full vacancy description on our website and apply now! 👇

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We're looking for a new group leader to investigate the biological mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric disorders 🧠
Read the full vacancy description on our website 👇
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The Institute for Chemical Neuroscience (iCNS) will receive 23.23 million euros as part of the Gravitation programme. The research will be conducted by universities, UMCs and groups from the NIN led by Inge Huitinga and Maarten Kole.
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AI language model provides new insights into the development of brain diseases. Read the full article here: nature.com/articles/s4159…

The countdown begins!🎨
The Art of Neuroscience competition is just a month away from opening its submissions on April 1st. Whether you're an artist, neuroscientist, or both, we're eager to see your art exploring the vast realms of neuroscience.
Details at aon.nin.nl

Read a new publication by Chris Klink and Pieter Roelfsema offering an integrative, multiscale view on neural theories of consciousness
👉cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

Slaapprofessor Eus van Someren liet zijn proefpersonen karaoke zingen en dat leidde tot spectaculaire resultaten. Ondertussen gaat zijn zoektocht naar het verband tussen slapeloosheid en depressie/angsten door.
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Vacancy Alert 🔬 🧠  
We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to work on an NWO-funded project focusing on cellular and circuit mechanisms of predictive coding in the visual system. Check our website for more information!

nin.nl/vacancies/

Maureen van der Grinten and Antonio Lozano have collaborated with researchers from the Donders Institute to develop a biologically plausible phosphene simulation for the differentiable optimization of visual cortical prostheses. Read the full article below👇
elifesciences.org/articles/85812

Profiling of microglia nodules in multiple sclerosis reveals propensity for lesion formation. Read a new publication by Aletta van den Bosch here 👇

nature.com/articles/s4146…

Read a new paper published by Zhang et al. under supervision of Dick Swaab investigating progesterone receptor distribution in the human hypothalamus and its association with suicide tinyurl.com/ymn48dhd

🎨 Get ready for Art of Neuroscience 2024! Submissions open on April 1st for #AoN2024 . Seeking artworks exploring the wide world of neuroscience. Ready to showcase your talent and have a shot at fantastic prizes? Stay tuned!🚀 #ArtOfNeuroscience #CallingAllArtists

Leonie Cazemier and her colleagues from Alexander Heimel’s and Pieter Roelfsema’s (Pieter Roelfsema) labs have published a paper in eLife - the journal on the involvement of the superior colliculus in complex figure detection. Read it now!
elifesciences.org/articles/83708

Vacature alert💼📊: Wij zijn op zoek naar een nieuwe Data Steward. Interesse? Lees dan snel meer en solliciteer direct!

herseninstituut.nl/vacatures/data…

Can mirror self-recognition in mice unpack the neural underpinnings of self-awareness? Read the Neuron preview by Frédéric Michon & Christian Keysers from the Social Brain Lab (@sbl_nin).

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