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Insight articles are related to original research papers in eLife and explain why the results reported in the paper are significant in a given field of research. Insight articles are commissioned by eLife staff.

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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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