New Publications (in BioRXiv)! Meet the brain shrinking and regrowing shrews!
Eurasian Shrew https://www.sci.news/biology/eurasian-shrews-skulls-shrink-season-05358.html The Corthals Lab is excited to announce two new publications, written in collaboration with Dr. Liliana Davalos lab (Stony Brook University) and Dr. Dina Dechmann lab (Max Planck - Radolfzell) currently in review, posted on BioRXiv: Publication 1 , led by Dr. William Thomas (Stony Brook): Molecular mechanisms of seasonal brain shrinkage and regrowth in Sorex araneus Citation: William R. Thomas, Dina K. N. Dechmann, John Nieland, Cecilia Baldoni, David Carlson, Dominik von Elverfeldt, Julie Holm-Jacobsen, Marion Muturi, Angelique Corthals, Liliana M. Dávalos, Molecular mechanisms of seasonal brain shrinkage and regrowth in Sorex araneus bioRxiv 2023.10.02.560485; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.02.560485 Abstract Human brains typically grow through development, then remain the same size in adulthood, and often shrink through age-related degeneration that induces cognitive decline