Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    PRRT2 as an auxiliary regulator of Nav channel slow inactivation

    Bin Lu, Qi-Wu Xu ... Zhi-Qi Xiong
    PRRT2 is identified as a conserved regulator of sodium channel slow inactivation that helps protect the neurons from excessive excitability.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    A quantitative portrait of habituation in Stentor coeruleus

    Tejas Ramdas, Nhi Doan ... Samuel J Gershman
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    1. Neuroscience

    Topological structure in human spatial representation revealed through drawing

    Mahwish Kittur, Agnes Zhang ... Sami R Yousif
    Not revised
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    1. Neuroscience

    Sequential alpha and theta dynamics resolve competition between rival visual stimuli

    Wen Wen, Yichen Wu ... Sheng Li
    Not revised
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    1. Neuroscience

    Modulation of human dorsal root ganglion neuron excitability by Nav1.7 inhibition

    Akie Fujita, Sooyeon Jo ... Bruce P Bean
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    1. Neuroscience

    Supervised Domain Adaptation Mitigates Cross-Ethnicity Prediction Error in Neuroimaging-Based Cognitive Prediction

    Farzane Lal Khakpoor, William van der Vliet ... Narun Pat
    Not revised
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    • Useful
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    1. Neuroscience

    WNK-SPAK/OSR1 signaling pathway facilitates ictal activity via reduced neuronal chloride extrusion rate

    Volodymyr I Dzhala, Fu Hung Shiu ... Kevin J Staley
    Not revised
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    • Valuable
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    1. Neuroscience

    Selective loss of Nkx2.1-lineage neurons in the lateral septum alters the balance between novelty seeking and threat avoidance

    Miguel Turrero García, Diana N Tran ... Corey C Harwell
    Not revised
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    1. Neuroscience

    Inhibition tunes prefrontal circuit dynamics to promote sociosexual behavior in female mice

    Elizabeth A Amadei, Pau Vilimelis Aceituno ... Benjamin F Grewe
    Not revised
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    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience

    Fast-ripples are emergent properties of neuronal networks

    Laurent Sheybani, Yichen Qiu ... Matthew C Walker
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
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    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
  2. Merritt Maduke
    Stanford University School of Medicine, United States
  3. Lois Smith
    Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, United States
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