(Available in English) Quando rodamos a cabeça para um lado, o campo visual “roda” para o lado oposto. Quando andamos de comboio, a paisagem desfila pela nossa janela. No entanto, temos a íntima […]
Author: Ana Gerschenfeld
Moscas-da-fruta: Comida, câmara, acção!
(Available in English) As moscas-da-fruta, quando privadas de certos nutrientes vitais, mudam as suas escolhas alimentares e até a maneira como procuram comida. Uma equipa de neurocientistas, liderada por investigadores da Fundação Champalimaud, […]
Fruit flies: Food, Camera, Action!
(Disponível em português) Fruit flies deprived of specific essential nutrients alter their food choices – and even the way they search for food. A team of neuroscientists, led by researchers from the Champalimaud Foundation […]
“The immune system is needed for repair and lifelong maintenance of the brain”
Two decades ago, it was anathema to go against the established idea that the nervous system doesn’t need the immune system at all for its protection or repair. But Michal Schwartz, who pioneered […]