damirkudisch / iStock The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has lifted its refund policy for the organization’s annual meeting after an outcry from would-be conference attendees on social media. Those who no longer want to attend the meeting can request a refund of the registration fee, the organization announced today. Neuroscience 2021 was planned as a […]
Extra spines: Mice with an extra copy of the MECP2 gene develop more spines on their motor cortex neurons (top) than wild-type mice during a learning task. An experimental drug normalizes this property (below). Neurons in mice with an autism-related mutation sprout outward protrusions, an overgrowth that is tracked with above-average motor learning. According to […]
