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1. 1. Neuroscience

   Status Epilepticus: Stopping runaway seizures with a chill pill

   Gordon F Buchanan

   The neuropeptide neurotensin can reduce status epilepticus and its associated consequences through induction of therapeutic hypothermia when bound to a molecule that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier.
2. 1. Neuroscience

   Sequential Movement: Reaching into the future

   Raeed H Chowdhury

   When carrying out a sequence of movements, humans can plan several steps in advance to make the movement smooth.
3. 1. Plant Biology

   Seed Germination: Coping with salt stress

   Xiaoyan Liang, Caifu Jiang

   Salt stress delays seed germination in plants by increasing the hydrolysis of arginine-derived urea.
4. 1. Neuroscience

   Locomotion: The rhythm is going to get you

   Mohini Sengupta

   Slow and fast movements are controlled by distinct sets of spinal V2a neurons with matching properties and connections.
5. 1. Cell Biology

   Sensory Neurons: Addressing burning questions on axon regeneration

   Diána Kaszás, Balázs Enyedi

   Regeneration of sensory axons after a burn injury depends on early keratinocyte responses regulated by the wound microenvironment.
6. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Developmental Biology

   Fertilization: Switching on lysosomes

   Deepak Adhikari, John Carroll

   The formation of large endolysosomal structures in unfertilized eggs ensures that lysosomes remain dormant before fertilization, and then shift into clean-up mode after the egg-to-embryo transition.
7. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Nuclear Receptors: A new mode of inhibition

   Andrew D Huber, Taosheng Chen

   Complementary structural biology approaches reveal how an agonist and a covalent inhibitor simultaneously bind to a nuclear receptor.
8. 1. Immunology and Inflammation
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Vaccines: How do adjuvants enhance immune responses?

   Rekha R Rapaka

   By altering which peptide antigens are presented to CD4⁺ T cells, adjuvants affect the specificity of the immune response.
9. 1. Neuroscience

   Serial Dependence: Connecting past and present

   Sihan Yang, Anastasia Kiyonaga

   A neural signature of serial dependence has been found, which mirrors the attractive bias of visual information seen in behavioral experiments.
10. 1. Neuroscience

    Vision: Running into differences

    Eleni Psarou, Shivangi Patel, Marieke Schölvinck

    Body movement does not significantly increase neuronal activity in the primary visual cortex of marmosets, in contrast to the effects observed in mice.