Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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Latest articles

    1. Neuroscience

    Auditory-motor surprisal reveals learning across multiple timescales during exploration and production

    Haiqin Zhang, Giorgia Cantisani, Shihab Shamma
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Machine Learning Based Modelling of Human and Insect Olfaction Screens Millions of compounds to Identify Pleasant Smelling Insect Repellents

    Joel Kowalewski, Sean M Boyle ... Anandasankar Ray
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience

    Retrosplenial cortex enables context-dependent goal-directed sensorimotor transformation

    Pol Bech, Robin F Dard ... Carl CH Petersen
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Neuroscience

    Comprehensive characterization of human color discrimination thresholds

    Fangfang Hong, Ruby Bouhassira ... David H Brainard
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Neuroscience

    Continuous developmental changes in word recognition support language learning across early childhood

    Michael C Frank, Virginia A Marchman ... Martin Zettersten
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Neuroscience

    Brainstem neurons coordinate the bladder and urethral sphincter for urination

    Xing Li, Xianping Li ... Jiwei Yao
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Uncovering the electrical synapse proteome in retinal neurons via in vivo proximity labeling

    Stephan Tetenborg, Eyad Shihabeddin ... John O'Brien
    A proximity labeling screen uncovers the proteome of electrical synapses in retinal neurons.
    1. Neuroscience

    Multimodal MRI marker of cognition explains the association between cognition and mental health in the UK Biobank

    Irina Buianova, Mateus Silvestrin ... Narun Pat
    Multimodal stacking of MRI‑based markers of cognition reveals a shared brain architecture that links cognitive performance with mental health, explaining nearly half of their observed association.
    1. Neuroscience

    A comprehensive mechanosensory connectome reveals a somatotopically organized neural circuit architecture controlling stimulus-aimed grooming of the Drosophila head

    Steven A Calle-Schuler, Alexis E Santana-Cruz ... Andrew M Seeds
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing

Highlights

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    The role of lipids in hearing

    Yein Christina Park, Angela Ballesteros
    1. Neuroscience

    Cilia reveal their secrets

    Ruth Anne Eatock, Marina Kabirova
    1. Neuroscience

    The sound of neural silence

    Nikki Tjahjono, Yu-Shun Wang, Lin Tian

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  1. Timothy Behrens
    University of Oxford / University College London, United Kingdom
  2. Michael J Frank
    Brown University, United States
  3. Kenton J Swartz
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, United States
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