Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    Intrinsic properties link a network model to zebra finch song

    Nelson D Medina, Dan Margoliash
    Whole-cell recordings paired with a network model show that post-inhibitory rebound excitation in premotor neurons couples intrinsic excitability to the temporal structure of learned birdsong.
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    SynaptoTagMe, a toolkit for in vivo mapping and modulating neurotransmission at single-cell resolution

    Andrea Cuentas-Condori, Patricia Chanabá-López ... Daniel A Colón-Ramos
    Endogenous tagging and conditional silencing of vesicular transporters reveal widespread, conserved co-transmission, and enable causal dissection of transmitter-specific synaptic function, linking molecular identity to circuit dynamics and behavior in vivo.
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    Medial prefrontal cortex encodes but is not required to generate goal-directed actions under threat

    Muhammad S Sajid, Ji Zhou, Manuel A Castro-Alamancos
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    Feedback control of recurrent circuits imposes dynamical constraints on learning

    Harsha Gurnani, Weixuan Liu, Bingni W Brunton
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    Hippocampal neuronal and astrocytic responses to noradrenaline and natural arousal

    Sian N Duss, Maria Wilhelm ... Peter Rupprecht
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    An applicable and efficient retrograde monosynaptic circuit mapping tool for larval zebrafish

    Tian-Lun Chen, Qiu-Sui Deng ... Xu-Fei Du
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    1. Neuroscience

    Verbal Episodic Processing in Newborns

    Emma Visibelli, Ana Fló ... Silvia Benavides-Varela
    Speaker identity is a distinguishing feature at birth and highlights the episodic nature of humans’ first-stored verbal memories.
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    Arousal modulates functional connectivity through structured and hemispherically asymmetric community architecture during wakefulness

    Xiangyu Kong, Siyu Li, Gaolang Gong
    Rather than exerting a uniform influence, arousal modulates the connectome through a structured, low-dimensional community architecture characterized by discrete topological patterns and intrinsic hemispheric asymmetries.
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    Opposing BOLD signals and oxygen metabolism largely arise from statistical uncertainty in metabolic estimates

    Ole Goltermann, Alexander Huth, Christian Büchel
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    Training neural networks from scratch in a videogame leads to brittle brain encoding

    François Paugam, Basile Pinsard ... Lune Bellec
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    Stronger memories through smarter stimulation

    Justin Riddle
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    Language acquisition in newborns

    Marcela Peña
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    Insights into perceptual learning

    Zhong-Lin Lu

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