Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    Visual Perception: Insights into perceptual learning

    Zhong-Lin Lu
    A form of short-term memory called serial dependence can predict how effectively perceptual learning transfers to novel visual locations.
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    1. Neuroscience

    The nucleus accumbens shell regulates hedonic feeding via a rostral hotspot

    Alina-Măriuca Marinescu, Eshita Kamal ... Marie A Labouesse
    Within the nucleus accumbens shell, a spatially defined rostral subregion selectively modulates hedonic feeding, revealing functional heterogeneity in reward circuitry underlying food consumption.
    1. Neuroscience

    Auditory-motor surprisal reveals learning across multiple timescales during exploration and production

    Haiqin Zhang, Giorgia Cantisani, Shihab Shamma
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    1. Neuroscience

    Continuous developmental changes in word recognition support language learning across early childhood

    Michael C Frank, Virginia A Marchman ... Martin Zettersten
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

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

    Isabelle Carrier, Eduardo Diez ... Roderick R McInnes
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    1. Neuroscience

    Retrosplenial cortex enables context-dependent goal-directed sensorimotor transformation

    Pol Bech, Robin F Dard ... Carl CH Petersen
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    1. Neuroscience

    Machine Learning Based Modelling of Human and Insect Olfaction Screens Millions of compounds to Identify Pleasant Smelling Insect Repellents

    Joel Kowalewski, Sean M Boyle ... Anandasankar Ray
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    1. Neuroscience

    Comprehensive characterization of human color discrimination thresholds

    Fangfang Hong, Ruby Bouhassira ... David H Brainard
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    1. Neuroscience

    Brainstem neurons coordinate the bladder and urethral sphincter for urination

    Xing Li, Xianping Li ... Jiwei Yao
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    1. Neuroscience

    Multimodal MRI marker of cognition explains the association between cognition and mental health in the UK Biobank

    Irina Buianova, Mateus Silvestrin ... Narun Pat
    Multimodal stacking of MRI‑based markers of cognition reveals a shared brain architecture that links cognitive performance with mental health, explaining nearly half of their observed association.
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Highlights

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    The role of lipids in hearing

    Yein Christina Park, Angela Ballesteros
    1. Neuroscience

    Cilia reveal their secrets

    Ruth Anne Eatock, Marina Kabirova
    1. Neuroscience

    The sound of neural silence

    Nikki Tjahjono, Yu-Shun Wang, Lin Tian

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    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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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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