Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    Analysis of dendritic input currents during place field dynamics

    Bence Fogel, Balazs B Ujfalussy
    A new analysis method to measure the propagation of different membrane currents along complex dendritic trees reveals the conditions leading to burst firing in a computational model of place cells.
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    Neural activity profiles reveal overlapping, intermingled subpopulations spanning area borders in mouse sensorimotor cortex

    Sohrab Salimian, Harrison Grier, Matthew Tyler Kaufman
    Single neurons in mouse sensorimotor cortex are organized by their activity features into distinct subpopulations with area-spanning footprints whose boundaries align closely with anatomical and somatotopic borders.
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    A battery of image classification challenges reveals shared and distinct object categorization behavior across monkeys, humans, and deep networks

    Han Zhang, Zhihao Zheng ... Gouki Okazawa
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
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    1. Neuroscience

    Midbrain somatostatin-expressing cells control pain-suppression during defensive states

    Nanci Winke, Frank Aby ... Cyril Herry
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    • Important
    • Exceptional
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    Mood computational mechanisms underlying increased risk behavior in adolescent suicidal patients

    Zhihao Wang, Tian Nan ... Bastien Blain
    Revised
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    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience

    Differential locus coeruleus–hippocampus interactions during offline states

    Mingyu Yang, Oxana Eschenko
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    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Real-Time Closed-Loop Feedback System For Mouse Mesoscale Cortical Signal And Movement Control: CLoPy

    Pankaj K Gupta, Timothy H Murphy
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    • Valuable
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    Distinct gradients of cortical architecture capture visual representations and behavior across the lifespan

    Xiayu Chen, Xingyu Liu ... Jesse Gomez
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    • Valuable
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    1. Neuroscience

    Economic and Social Modulations of Innate Decision-Making in Mice Exposed to Visual Threats

    Zhe Li, Jiahui Wang ... Ya-tang Li
    Revised
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Phasic and tonic pain serve distinct functions during adaptive behaviour

    Shuangyi Tong, Timothy Denison ... Ben Seymour
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    • Important
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    Marcela Peña
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    Insights into perceptual learning

    Zhong-Lin Lu

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    University College London, United Kingdom
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    University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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    State University of New York Upstate Medical University, United States
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