Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    Covert attention dynamically shapes decision making

    Amy X Li, Benjamin Chan ... Laurence T Hunt
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    1. Neuroscience

    Focused ultrasound alters neural time irreversibility independently of response amplitude

    Jacek P Dmochowski, David H Wolpert
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    Retinotopic coding organizes the interaction between internally and externally oriented brain networks

    Adam Steel, Peter A Angeli, Caroline Robertson
    Internally and externally oriented brain networks are functionally coupled at a voxel scale through a common visuospatial code.
    1. Neuroscience

    Pathogenic O-GlcNAc dyshomeostasis is associated with cortical malformations and hyperactivity

    Florence Authier, Asad Jan ... Daan MF van Aalten
    A mouse model of O-GlcNAc transferase associated intellectual disability reveals brain structural and cognitive deficits providing an important platform for mechanistic and therapeutic discovery.
    1. Neuroscience

    Partial input loss differentially modifies neural pathways

    Joo Yeun Lee, Jeffrey Yang ... Felice A Dunn
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    • Valuable
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    1. Neuroscience

    In vivo virus-free lineage tracing and live imaging reveal that NeuroD1 does not reprogram microglia into neurons

    Xiaoyu Li, Yuxin Li ... Yanxia Rao
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience

    Strong mnemonic prediction errors increase cognitive control, attention, and arousal

    Alice M Xue, Jenna Jokhani ... Anthony D Wagner
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience

    State-dependent brain responsiveness, from local circuits to the whole brain

    Alain Destexhe, Jennifer S Goldman ... Maria V Sanchez-Vives
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    1. Neuroscience

    Oxytocin neurons signal state-dependent transitions from rest to thermogenesis and behavioral arousal in social and non-social settings

    Morgane Vandendoren, Jason G Landen ... Adam C Nelson
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Infants at high and low likelihood for autism show different EEG developmental trajectories in speech tracking and statistical learning

    Michel Godel, Ana Fló ... Marie Schaer
    In an auditory statistical learning experiment, infants at high likelihood for autism showed reduced neural entrainment to syllables, atypical developmental trajectories for word segmentation, and diminished novelty orientation to words.
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Highlights

    1. Neuroscience
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    How monkeys carve up the visual world

    Binxu Wang
    1. Neuroscience
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    Understanding the cellular architecture of Huntington’s disease

    Dorian Pustina
    1. Neuroscience
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    Stronger memories through smarter stimulation

    Justin Riddle

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  1. Christian Büchel
    University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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    Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas, Greece
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    University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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