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  1. How eLife selects papers for review

    eLife Editorial Leadership, eLife Senior Editors, eLife Early Career Advisory Group
    1. Neuroscience

    Alpha waves and spatial attention

    Max Schulz, Malte Wöstmann
    1. Neuroscience

    Reversing learning impairments

    Jessica L Verpeut
    1. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Keeping track of hematopoiesis

    Sarah Duchamp de Chastaigne, Catherine M Sawai

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    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Cancer: Modeling glioblastoma

    Ian Lorimer
    Establishing a zebrafish model of a deadly type of brain tumor highlights the role of the immune system in the early stages of the disease.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Cerebellum: Linking abnormal neural activity patterns to motor deficits

    David J Herzfeld
    Abnormal activity in the cerebellar nuclei can be used to predict motor symptoms and induce them experimentally, pointing to potential therapeutic strategies.
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  1. Scientific Publishing: How and why eLife selects papers for peer review

    eLife Editorial Leadership, eLife Senior Editors, eLife Early Career Advisory Group
    When deciding which submissions should be peer reviewed, eLife editors consider whether they will be able to find high-quality reviewers, and whether the reviews will be valuable to the scientific community.
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    1. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Hematopoiesis: Counting blood precursors

    Sarah Duchamp de Chastaigne, Catherine M Sawai
    A new mathematical model can estimate the number of precursor cells that contribute to regenerating blood cells in mice.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Spatial Attention: Time to get deep

    Max Schulz, Malte Wöstmann
    Asymmetries in the size of structures deep below the cortex explain how alpha oscillations in the brain respond to shifts in attention.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Neural Plasticity: Restoring cerebellar-dependent learning

    Jessica L Verpeut
    Behavioral and pharmaceutical interventions reverse defects associated with increased cerebellar long-term depression in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome.
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    3. Cell Biology
    Plasma membrane going around a banner with two different kinases and one affecting the nucleus/cell cycle. Phosphates are dotted in the background

    Special Issue: Allosteric Regulation of Kinase Activity

    Edited by Volker Dötsch et al.
    Our latest Special Issue brings together research on the allosteric regulation of kinase activity.
    1. Neuroscience

    Decision Making: Unraveling the enigmatic role of the subthalamic nucleus

    Qianli Yang
    Subpopulations of neurons in the subthalamic nucleus have distinct activity patterns that relate to the three hypotheses of the Drift Diffusion Model.
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Special Issue: Allosteric regulation of kinase activity

    Amy H Andreotti, Volker Dötsch
    The articles in this special issue highlight how modern cellular, biochemical, biophysical and computational techniques are allowing deeper and more detailed studies of allosteric kinase regulation.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Connectomes: Mapping the fly nerve cord

    Anna Seggewisse, Michael Winding
    The first neuronal wiring diagram of an insect nerve cord, which includes biological information on cell type and organisation, enables further investigation into premotor circuit function.
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