Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    Foveated metamers of the early visual system

    William F Broderick, Gizem Rufo ... Eero P Simoncelli
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    • Compelling
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Acute opioid responses are modulated by dynamic interactions of Oprm1 and Fgf12

    Paige M Lemen, Yanning Zuo ... Hao Chen
    A time-dependent genetic interaction between the µ opioid receptor and genes drives early morphine responses in mice, highlighting pathways linked to human substance use disorder.
    1. Neuroscience

    Developmental Synchrony of Retinal Waves, Apoptosis, and Angiogenesis in Postnatal Retina

    Michael A Savage, Cori Bertram ... Evelyne Sernagor
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    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience

    Multi-area activity in mouse motor cortex associated with one- and two-handed oromanual dexterity

    John M Barrett, Joshua I Glaser ... Gordon MG Shepherd
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Behavioral signatures of post-decisional attention in preferential choice

    Ariel Zylberberg, Ian Krajbich, Michael N Shadlen
    Gaze patterns during value-based choice may reflect post-decision processes rather than a direct causal influence of attention on preference formation.
    1. Neuroscience

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

    Fengwen Huang, Abdul Baset, Stephen Temitayo Bello
    Cholecystokinin release from CA3 inputs to CA1 links local excitatory circuitry to hippocampal plasticity and spatial memory.
    1. Neuroscience

    CellCover defines marker gene panels capturing developmental progression in neocortical neural stem cell identity

    Lanlan Ji, An Wang ... Donald Geman
    In contrast to differential expression-based methods, which evaluate and select individual marker genes, CellCover identifies panels of genes that function together to define cell types.
    1. Neuroscience

    Brain-Cognitive Gaps in relation to Dopamine and Health-related Factors: Insights from AI-Driven Functional Connectome Predictions

    Morteza Esmaeili, Erin Bjørkeli ... Alireza Salami
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    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Active dendrites enable robust spiking computations despite timing jitter

    Thomas SJ Burger, Michael E Rule, Timothy O'Leary
    The brain computes rapidly and reliably using brief electrical impulses and likely exploits internal memory in nerve cells to achieve this more efficiently than existing computing hardware and neural networks.
    1. Neuroscience

    Sensory adaptation and pupil-linked arousal support flexible evidence accumulation during perceptual decision making

    Kara D McGaughey, Joshua I Gold
    Flexible evidence accumulation in dynamic environments relies on multiple mechanisms, including context-dependent modulations of sensory adaptation and pupil-linked arousal.

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    University of Barcelona, Spain
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    The University of Texas at Austin Center for Learning and Memory, United States
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    Stanford University School of Medicine, United States
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