Neuroscience News
A collection of the latest news relevant to the neuroscience community, specially selected from news@nature.com and journals from the Nature family.
August 2008
Sing me something smart
Standfirst
Brainy birds have the best tunes — and the most pulling power.
Nature News
(15 August 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.1039
Neuroscience: Standard model
Standfirst
Questions raised about the use of 'ALS mice' are prompting a broad reappraisal of the way that drugs are tested in animal models of neurodegenerative disease. Jim Schnabel reports.
Nature News
(6 August 2008); doi:10.1038/454682a