From the Sando Lab at Vanderbilt U., a peek at a live neuron - this is not an animation! Now imagine EVERYTHING ELSE that is going on around this neuron that is just not stained, and therefore not visible, in this video...

Have your own evidence of beautifully complex neurons in non-vertebrate species? We'd love to see it! How much longer will we buy into the idea that "non-vertebrate neurons are simple?" Journal of Comparative Neurology is all about promoting awareness about brain diversity!

I’m delighted: 10 months into my tenure as EIC, I see the first results of my decision to reject papers while writing to the authors to point out problems and suggest how to improve it so that a new submission could make it to revision. Result: papers accepted! Suzana Herculano-Houzel

If you are attending the Society for Neuroscience meeting, come to the Cajal Club social this Sunday, Nov 12! ⁦Suzana Herculano-Houzel⁩ will be there, and ⁦Alain Chédotal⁩ will talk about his wonderful 3D brain imaging studies! Follow ⁦Journal of Comparative Neurology⁩ for more news…

Come meet me Suzana Herculano-Houzel , the editor-in-chief of Journal of Comparative Neurology , this Sunday between 2 and 4 pm at the Wiley booth at Society for Neuroscience (SfN) ! I’d love to hear about your exciting work in comparative/systems neuroscience and help you get it published!

Peer review sucks, but it beats the alternative - so let’s make it better by keeping in mind that the point of peer review is to provide the authors with a “soft-opening” of their “show” to make sure that they’re ready for prime time. More at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn… Suzana Herculano-Houzel

📎 New Article: Anatomical organization of the cerebrum of the praying mantis Hierodula membranacea onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

🔗 A proxy for brain-to-endocranial cavity index in non-neornithean dinosaurs and other extinct archosaurs Fabien Knoll, Asato Ishikawa, Soichiro Kawabe onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn…