Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    Prefoldin 5 is a microtubule-associated protein that suppresses Tau-aggregation and neurotoxicity

    Anjali Bisht, Srikanth Pippadpally ... Vimlesh Kumar
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    CO2-dependent opening of Connexin 43 hemichannels

    Valentin-Mihai Dospinescu, Alexander Mascarenhas ... Nicholas Dale
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Relationship between cognitive abilities and mental health as represented by cognitive abilities at the neural and genetic levels of analysis

    Yue Wang, Richard Anney, Narun Pat
    Multimodal neuroimaging explained 66% of the cognitive–mental health link in children, outperforming polygenic scores (21%), and accounted for 58% of the environmental contribution to this relationship.
    1. Neuroscience

    Elevated DNA damage without signs of aging in the short-sleeping Mexican cavefish

    Evan Lloyd, Fanning Xia ... Alex C Keene
    Cavefish exhibit resilience to chronic sleep loss and tolerate elevated DNA damage and reduced DNA repair responses without compromising healthspan or longevity.
    1. Neuroscience

    Excitatory cholecystokinin neurons in CA3 area regulate the navigation learning and neuroplasticity

    Fengwen Huang, Abdul Baset, Stephen Temitayo Bello
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience

    Readout and delayed transmission of initial afferent V1 activity in decisions about stimulus contrast

    Kieran S Mohr, Simon P Kelly
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Long-range inhibitory axons from medial entorhinal cortex target lateral entorhinal neurons projecting to the hippocampal formation

    Eirik S Nilssen, Bente Jacobsen ... Menno P Witter
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    The coarse mental map of the breast is anchored on the nipple

    Katie H Long, Emily E Fitzgerald ... Charles M Greenspon
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Strikingly different neurotransmitter release strategies in dopaminergic subclasses

    Ana Dorrego-Rivas, Darren J Byrne ... Matthew S Grubb
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Separating the control of moving and holding in post-stroke arm paresis

    Alkis M Hadjiosif, Kahori Kita ... John W Krakauer
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
    • Solid
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Highlights

    1. Neuroscience

    Hunger and neuronal migration

    Fang-Shin Nian, Laurent Nguyen
    1. Neuroscience

    The power of chemogenetics

    Maria Puchik, Igor Kagan
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    How stress can extend lifespan

    Loren Cocciolone, Valeria Uvarova, Patricija van Oosten-Hawle

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    Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India
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