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Neuroscience

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    Interleukin-4 induces CD11c+ microglia leading to amelioration of neuropathic pain in mice

    Keita Kohno, Ryoji Shirasaka ... Makoto Tsuda
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    • Important
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    Neural coding of multiple motion speeds in visual cortical area MT

    Xin Huang, Bikalpa Ghimire ... Steven Wiesner
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    • Valuable
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    The influence of temporal context on vision over multiple time scales

    Kacie Lee, Reuben Rideaux
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    Cellular and circuit features distinguish dentate gyrus semilunar granule cells and granule cells activated during contextual memory formation

    Laura Dovek, Mahboubeh Ahmadi ... Vijayalakshmi Santhakumar
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    Modulation of aperiodic EEG activity provides sensitive index of cognitive state changes during working memory task

    Tisa Frelih, Andraž Matkovič ... Grega Repovš
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    POMC neurons control fertility through differential signaling of MC4R in kisspeptin neurons

    Rajae Talbi, Todd L Stincic ... Victor M Navarro
    Reproductive impairments in obese MC4R-deficient individuals are due to the absence of melanocortin signaling on Kiss1 neurons and not to their metabolic condition.
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    Integration of parallel pathways for flight control in a hawkmoth reflects prevalence and relevance of natural visual cues

    Ronja Bigge, Rebecca Grittner, Anna Lisa Stöckl
    In vision-based flight control of hummingbird hawkmoths, the visual field partitions by natural cue prevalence into an optic flow and dorsal directional pathway, which integrate according to their relevance for flight safety.
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    Progressive neural engagement within the IFG-pMTG circuit as gesture and speech entropy and MI advances

    Wanying Zhao, Zhouyi Li ... Yi Du
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    • Useful
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    Striatal Crosstalk Between Dopamine and Serotonin Systems

    Yu Liu, Juan Enriquez Traba, Christian Lüscher
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    Single neurons and networks in the mouse claustrum integrate input from widespread cortical sources

    Andrew M Shelton, David K Oliver ... Adam Max Packer
    The claustrum integrates and redistributes sensory and frontal cortical inputs across distinct neural modules to enhance sensitivity to multimodal stimuli.
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