Muscle movements, such as breathing, walking, speaking, and fine motor skills, are controlled by the activity of motor neurons. These cells originate in the spinal cord and carry signals from the brain to the muscles.

As I shared in The 4 Purposes of Peer Review, reviewers are responsible for looking at specific criteria focused on scientific rigor, breadth of details, inconsistencies, and presentation.

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As he earns his PhD, Ian McLaughlin makes time to step beyond the bench to educate the public about the brain.

Sensitivity, awareness, and acknowledgement of your institutional environment are critical to managing conflict.

Are you working to increase awareness of the issues facing women in academia?

Are you working to increase awareness of the issues facing women in academia?

The Brain Matters podcast, run by Anthony Lacagnina, Lauren Kreeger, and Matthew Davis, graduate students at The Institute of Neuroscience at The University of Texas at Austin, makes neuroscience “accessible, relatable, and intriguing while still respecting the integrity of the science we love.”

Paul McGonigle shares the research opportunities that exist for neuroscientists with a Master’s degree.

Nuruddeen Lewis is a scientist with the Cellular and Translational Immunology group at EMD Serono. Lewis talks about how he found EMD Serono and what a day in his lab looks like.