Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    Kinematic signatures in reaching movements during spaceflight provide evidence that humans underestimate body mass in microgravity

    Zhaoran Zhang, Yu Tian ... Kunlin Wei
    Model-based kinematic analyses link the movement slowing in spaceflight to body mass underestimation.
    1. Neuroscience

    How attention simplifies mental representations for planning

    Jason da Silva Castanheira, Christina Chang He ... Stephen M Fleming
    Spatial attention controls the information people become aware of and, in turn, incorporate into simplified perceptual representations for use in multi-step planning.
    1. Neuroscience

    Theta beta ratio in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder using a multiverse analysis

    Dawid Strzelczyk, Andrea Vetsch, Nicolas Langer
    Individual alpha peak frequency and aperiodic neural activity shape theta-beta ratio estimates, limiting their value as an ADHD biomarker.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Comparing the outputs of intramural and extramural grants funded by National Institutes of Health

    Xiang Zheng, Qiyao Yang ... B Ian Hutchins
    Funding mechanisms impact the cost effectiveness of the science conducted, as extramural NIH grants to universities excel at producing papers and citations, while intramural NIH hiring more effectively translates to clinical impact.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    The microtubule-binding protein EML3 is required for mammalian embryonic growth and cerebral cortical development, and Eml3 null mice are a model of cobblestone brain malformation

    Isabelle Carrier, Eduardo Diez ... Roderick McInnes
    Absence of EML3 in mice leads to delayed embryonic development, small size, perinatal lethality, and the over-migration of neuroblasts due to a defective pial basement membrane.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Stable excitatory-inhibitory synapse balance despite dynamic turnover

    Krassimira A Garbett, James P Allen ... Richard C Sando
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    1. Neuroscience

    Whisker-based pre-neuronal and peripheral encoding of surface stickiness

    Isis S Wyche, Michaela A O’Neil, Daniel H O’Connor
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Compelling
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Human and mouse cerebellar inhibitory circuits in dystonic crisis and their modulation with therapeutic stimulation

    Alejandro G Rey Hipolito, Michael P Dew ... Roy V Sillitoe
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    PRRT2 as an auxiliary regulator of Nav channel slow inactivation

    Bin Lu, Qi-Wu Xu ... Zhi-Qi Xiong
    Revised
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Neuroscience

    Electroconvulsive stimulation drives cortical spreading depression dependent immediate early gene expression in mice

    Hugo J Ladret, Leonardo Lupori ... Georg B Keller
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
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    1. Neuroscience
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    Stronger memories through smarter stimulation

    Justin Riddle
    1. Neuroscience

    Language acquisition in newborns

    Marcela Peña
    1. Neuroscience

    Insights into perceptual learning

    Zhong-Lin Lu

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  1. Sofia J Araújo
    University of Barcelona, Spain
  2. Lois Smith
    Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, United States
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    University of California, San Diego, United States
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