Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    Hilar mossy cells control structural and functional organization in the dentate gyrus

    Corwin R Butler, Connor R Squellati ... Eric Schnell
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    1. Neuroscience

    Correctness is its own reward: bootstrapping error signals in self-guided reinforcement learning

    Ziyi Gong, Fabiola Duarte ... John Pearson
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    1. Neuroscience

    A theory of multi-task computation and task selection

    Owen Marschall, David G Clark, Ashok Litwin-Kumar
    Not revised
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    • Valuable
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    1. Neuroscience

    REM sleep prefrontal high-frequency oscillation chains mediate distinct cortical – hippocampal reactivation patterns compared to NREM sleep

    Justin D Shin, Michael Satchell ... Shantanu P Jadhav
    Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep organizes sparse, sequential cortical reactivation through chains of prefrontal high-frequency oscillations coupled to hippocampal theta, an inter-regional dialogue distinct from that of non-REM ripples.
    1. Neuroscience

    Preserved cerebellar functions despite structural degeneration in older adults

    Anda de Witte, Anouck Matthijs ... Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry
    Cerebellar-dependent functions are mostly maintained or even enhanced across the lifespan, with cerebellar-mediated motor abilities remaining intact despite degeneration, in contrast to non-cerebellar measures.
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    Loose coupling between Ca2+ channels and release sensors as a synaptic correlate of higher order brain function

    Grit Bornschein, Max Schwarze ... Hartmut Schmidt
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    1. Neuroscience

    Synaptic connectome of a neurosecretory network in the Drosophila brain

    Theresa H McKim, Jayati Gera ... Meet Zandawala
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    1. Neuroscience

    Differential locus coeruleus–hippocampus interactions during offline states

    Mingyu Yang, Oxana Eschenko
    Noradrenergic tone varies with arousal state, is inversely correlated with hippocampal ripple and sleep spindle oscillations, and differs according to ripple–spindle coupling, with potential implications for synaptic and systems consolidation.
    1. Neuroscience

    Realistic coupling enables flexible macroscopic traveling waves in the mouse cortex

    Guanhua Sun, James Hazelden ... Daniel B Forger
    Multimodal data-driven computational modeling reveals that realistic cortical connectivity can generate more macroscopic traveling waves than local or uniform connectivity in the mouse cortex.
    1. Neuroscience

    Low-frequency tibial neuromodulation excites bladder activity in humans

    Aidan McConnell-Trevillion, Milad Jabbari ... Kianoush Nazarpour
    Computational modeling and human pilot study present a mechanistic framework explaining the capacity for transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation to induce excitatory or inhibitory effects based on electrical stimulation frequency alone.

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    Stanford University, United States
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