Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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Latest articles

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    Mood computational mechanisms underlying increased risk behavior in adolescent suicidal patients

    Zhihao Wang, Tian Nan ... Bastien Blain
    Adolescent suicidality is linked to riskier choices through stronger attraction to high-reward gambles and blunted mood responses to safe rewards.
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    Functional specialization of mPFC-BLA and mPFC-NAc pathways in affective state representation

    Chien-Hsien Lai, Gyeongah Park ... Jianyang Du
    Separate prefrontal output channels preferentially track anxiety, exploration, and social preference, revealing how emotional context is organized into adaptive behavior.
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    LRRK2 regulates synaptic function through modulation of actin cytoskeletal dynamics

    Giulia Tombesi, Shiva Kompella ... Elisa Greggio
    LRRK2 couples brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling to synaptic actin remodeling, defining a novel mechanism of LRRK2 synaptic function and highlighting early, targetable pathways in Parkinson’s disease.
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    Brainstem neurons coordinate the bladder and urethral sphincter for urination

    Xing Li, Xianping Li ... Jiwei Yao
    Estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1)-positive neurons in the pontine micturition center govern detrusor–sphincter coordination via three distinct spinal projections, representing a therapeutic target for detrusor–sphincter dyssynergia and associated voiding dysfunction.
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    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
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    Distinct neural representations of perceptual and numerical absence in the human brain

    Benjy Barnett, Stephen M Fleming
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
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    Simple Methods to Acutely Measure Multiple Timing Metrics among Sexual Repertoire of Male Drosophila

    Yutong Song, Hongyu Miao ... Woo Jae Kim
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Useful
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    1. Neuroscience

    Boosting hyperalignment performance with age-specific templates

    Yuqi Zhang, Maria Ida Gobbini ... Ma Feilong
    Age-specific templates improve the quality of functional alignment using hyperalignment algorithms, and the improvement is consistent across age groups, validation analyses, and datasets.

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    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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    Donders Institute, Radboud University / King's College London, Netherlands
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    University of California, San Diego, United States
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