Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    Pupil size reveals the perceptual quality and effortless nature of synesthesia

    Christoph Strauch, Casper Leenaars, Romke Rouw
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Experience shapes the transformation of olfactory representations along the cortico-hippocampal pathway

    Eleonore Schiltz, Martijn Broux ... Haesler Sebastian
    The representation of stimulus identity and experience is transformed from primary olfactory cortex to memory-related multisensory areas in the hippocampus.
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    Short Report
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Hippocampal Network: Stronger memories through smarter stimulation

    Justin Riddle
    Stimulating brain areas connected to the hippocampus may improve memory function in humans.
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    Insight
    1. Neuroscience

    Developmental Synchrony of Retinal Waves, Apoptosis, and Angiogenesis in Postnatal Retina

    Michael A Savage, Cori Bertram ... Evelyne Sernagor
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Complementary vertebrate Wac models exhibit phenotypes relevant to DeSanto-Shinawi Syndrome

    Kang-Han Lee, April M Stafford ... Daniel Vogt
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Transcriptional responses to chronic oxidative stress require cholinergic activation of G-protein-coupled receptor signaling

    Kasturi Biswas, Caroline Moore ... Michael M Francis
    Muscarinic cholinergic signaling links neural activity to organism‑wide transcriptional and proteostatic responses that protect against chronic oxidative stress.
    1. Neuroscience

    A comprehensive mechanosensory connectome reveals a somatotopically organized neural circuit architecture controlling stimulus-aimed grooming of the Drosophila head

    Steven A Calle-Schuler, Alexis Santana-Cruz ... Andrew M Seeds
    A synaptic-resolution map reveals how spatially organized touch pathways in the fly brain shape aimed head grooming through parallel excitatory circuits and inhibitory control.
    1. Neuroscience

    Brain-wide arousal signals are segregated from movement planning in the superior colliculus of the macaque

    Richard Johnston, Matthew A Smith
    Arousal signals are present in the superior colliculus but appear to be organized in a way that they avoid directly triggering motor plans that lead to saccades.
    1. Neuroscience

    α/β-Hydrolase domain-containing 6 (ABHD6) accelerates the desensitization and deactivation of TARP γ-2-containing AMPA receptors

    Rixu Cong, Huiran Li ... Chen Zhang
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
    1. Neuroscience

    Growth in early infancy drives optimal brain functional connectivity which predicts cognitive flexibility in later childhood

    Chiara Bulgarelli, Anna Blasi ... The BRIGHT Study Team
    In Gambian infants, positive growth from 0 to 5 months of age predicted more mature brain networks, which in turn predicted cognitive outcomes at 3-5 years.

Highlights

    1. Neuroscience

    Understanding ovulation

    Lillian Rose, Alexander S Kauffman

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    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, United States
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    University College London, United Kingdom
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    Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, United States
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