Neuroscience

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1. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Neuroscience

   BetaII-spectrin gaps and patches emerge from the patterned assembly of the actin/spectrin membrane skeleton in human motor neuron axons

   Nahir Guadalupe Gazal, Maria Jose Castellanos-Montiel ... Nicolás Unsain

   An actin-nucleation-dependent assembly of the axonal membrane skeleton reveals that βII-spectrin gap-and-patch patterns in human motor neurons represent an intermediate stage of cytoskeletal maturation.
2. 1. Neuroscience

   Cortical layer 6b mediates state-dependent changes in brain activity and effects of orexin on waking and sleep

   Elise J Meijer, Marissa Mueller ... Zoltan Molnar

   Layer 6b neurons shape state-dependent brain rhythms and responses to orexin, revealing an underappreciated cortical mechanism that may help explain disrupted sleep-wake regulation in neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders more broadly.
3. 1. Neuroscience

   Hilar mossy cells control structural and functional organization in the dentate gyrus

   Corwin R Butler, Connor R Squellati ... Eric Schnell
4. 1. Neuroscience

   Correctness is its own reward: bootstrapping error signals in self-guided reinforcement learning

   Ziyi Gong, Fabiola Duarte ... John Pearson
5. 1. Neuroscience

   A theory of multi-task computation and task selection

   Owen Marschall, David G Clark, Ashok Litwin-Kumar
6. 1. Neuroscience

   REM sleep prefrontal high-frequency oscillation chains mediate distinct cortical – hippocampal reactivation patterns compared to NREM sleep

   Justin D Shin, Michael Satchell ... Shantanu P Jadhav

   Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep organizes sparse, sequential cortical reactivation through chains of prefrontal high-frequency oscillations coupled to hippocampal theta, an inter-regional dialogue distinct from that of non-REM ripples.
7. 1. Neuroscience

   Preserved cerebellar functions despite structural degeneration in older adults

   Anda de Witte, Anouck Matthijs ... Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry

   Cerebellar-dependent functions are mostly maintained or even enhanced across the lifespan, with cerebellar-mediated motor abilities remaining intact despite degeneration, in contrast to non-cerebellar measures.
8. 1. Neuroscience

   Loose coupling between Ca²⁺ channels and release sensors as a synaptic correlate of higher order brain function

   Grit Bornschein, Max Schwarze ... Hartmut Schmidt
9. 1. Neuroscience

   Synaptic connectome of a neurosecretory network in the Drosophila brain

   Theresa H McKim, Jayati Gera ... Meet Zandawala
10. 1. Neuroscience

    Differential locus coeruleus–hippocampus interactions during offline states

    Mingyu Yang, Oxana Eschenko

    Noradrenergic tone varies with arousal state, is inversely correlated with hippocampal ripple and sleep spindle oscillations, and differs according to ripple–spindle coupling, with potential implications for synaptic and systems consolidation.