Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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Latest articles

    1. Neuroscience

    Structural basis of CO2 valence coding in Drosophila

    Javorski Dominik, Bergkirchner Beate ... Hummel Thomas
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    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
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Tactile localization of the breast, areola, and nipple

    Katie H Long, Emily E Fitzgerald ... Charles M Greenspon
    The breast, despite its importance in sexual and affective touch, exhibits poor tactile localization and demonstrates a relationship between size and innervation density.
    1. Neuroscience

    Neural bases of space-specific distractor biases in visual working memory

    Deepak V Raya, Sanchit Gupta, Devarajan Sridharan
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience

    Anterior cingulate cortex in complex associative learning: monitoring action state and action content

    Wenqiang Huang, Arron F Hall ... Dong V Wang
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Neuromodulatory systems partially account for the topography of cortical networks of learning under uncertainty

    Alice Hodapp, Florent Meyniel
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Comparing the outputs of intramural and extramural grants funded by National Institutes of Health

    Xiang Zheng, Qiyao Yang ... B Ian Hutchins
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Brain-Cognitive Gaps in relation to Dopamine and Health-related Factors: Insights from AI-Driven Functional Connectome Predictions

    Morteza Esmaeili, Erin Bjørkeli ... Alireza Salami
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Pregistered movie-fMRI analyses reveal altered visual feature encoding in autism in pSTS

    Jeff Mentch, Yibei Chen ... Satrajit S Ghosh
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Functional specialization of mPFC-BLA and mPFC-NAc pathways in affective state representation

    Chien-Hsien Lai, Gyeongah Park ... Jianyang Du
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v4
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    • Valuable
    • Solid

Highlights

    1. Neuroscience

    Understanding ovulation

    Lillian Rose, Alexander S Kauffman

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    New York University, United States
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    University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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