Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    Symmetric brain-liver circuits mediate lateralized regulation of hepatic glucose output in mice

    Zhonglong Wang, Xiangfei Gong ... Hao Xie
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Visuomotor mismatch EEG responses over occipital cortex of freely moving human subjects

    Magdalena Solyga, Marek Zelechowski, Georg B Keller
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Visuomotor flexibility is embedded in the topography of frontal cortex

    Nicholas M Dotson, John H Reynolds
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Neuroscience

    A paradoxical relationship between mitochondrial calcium regulation and retinal ganglion cell degeneration after axon damage

    Sean McCracken, Minglei Zhao ... Philip R Williams
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Human Brain-Wide Activation of Sleep Rhythms

    Haiteng Wang, Qihong Zou ... Yunzhe Liu
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience

    Connections across regional glymphatic clearance, neural activity and amyloid-β deposition in cortex

    Yifei Li, Xiao Zhu ... Min Lou
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience

    Behavioural and neurogenetic evidence for emotion primitives in the fruit fly Drosophila: insights from the Open Field Test

    Yi Lueningschroer-Wang, Emilia Derksen ... Christian Wegener
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Arm Control and its Recovery after Selective Lesions of Sensorimotor Cortex and the Red Nucleus: A Kinematic Study in Non-Human Primates

    Anna Baines, Annie Poll ... Stuart N Baker
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    All-optical analysis of electrical coupling in muscle ensembles reveals contributions of individual innexins to cell synchronization and locomotion

    Nora Elvers, Amelie Bergs ... Alexander Gottschalk
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    The effect of physical activity on brain structure and cognitive function in the population-based cohort of LIFE-Adult Study

    Polona Kalc, Robert Dahnke ... Christian Gaser
    Although physical exercise could be a beneficial protective factor for brain health in later life, older adults tend to overestimate their actual levels of activity.
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    Understanding the cellular architecture of Huntington’s disease

    Dorian Pustina
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    Stronger memories through smarter stimulation

    Justin Riddle
    1. Neuroscience

    Language acquisition in newborns

    Marcela Peña

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  1. Christian Büchel
    University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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    Stanford University School of Medicine, United States
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    University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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