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1. 1. Neuroscience

   Dopamine: Making memories

   Francesco Longo

   The neurotransmitter dopamine helps form long-term memories by increasing the production of proteins through a unique signaling pathway.
2. 1. Neuroscience

   Neuroscience: Unveiling hidden sources of noise

   Morgan Fitzgerald, Eena Kosik, Bradley Voytek

   Changes in neural activity thought to reflect brain aging may be partly influenced by age-dependent signals ‘leaking’ from the heart.
3. 1. Medicine
   2. Neuroscience

   Pain Management: A promising alternative to opioids

   Jie Zhang, Jianguo Cheng

   A complex extracted from the amniotic membrane in humans reduces post-surgical pain in mice by directly inhibiting pain-sensing neurons.
4. 1. Neuroscience
   2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

   Reprogramming: A perfect recipe for a corticospinal neuron

   Alfonso Aguilera, Marta Nieto

   A tailored cocktail of genes can reprogram a subset of progenitors to no longer produce glial cells and instead develop into neurons involved in motor control.
5. 1. Neuroscience

   Motor Networks: When preparation pays off

   Mark M Churchland

   Computational principles shed light on why movement is preceded by preparatory activity within the neural networks that control muscles.
6. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

   Immunotherapy: The power lies in the glycans

   Luca Unione, Jesús Jiménez-Barbero

   Glycans play an important role in modulating the interactions between natural killer cells and antibodies to fight pathogens and harmful cells.
7. 1. Cell Biology

   Kidney Fibrosis: Lock out SIRT4

   Kaiqiang Zhao, Zhongjun Zhou

   The accumulation of SIRT4 in the nuclei of kidney cells drives kidney fibrosis, so blocking the movement of this protein could be a potential therapeutic strategy against fibrosis.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.