Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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Latest articles

    1. Neuroscience
    2. Physiology

    The P2X7 receptor is an intermediate in the retinoic acid-signaling pathway that induces neuronal remodeling in retinitis pigmentosa

    Michael Telias, Leonor Afrima ... Richard H Kramer
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience

    The stability of thought: using experience sampling and brain imaging to determine the contextually bound nature of human cognition

    Louis Chitiz, Samyogita Hardikar ... Jonathan Smallwood
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Error-driven representation learning in the mesolimbic system

    George Cai, Max F Scheller ... Samuel J Gershman
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Compelling
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Endosome-associated Rab GTPases control distinct aspects of neural circuit assembly

    Katie X Dong, Yanbo Zhang ... Colleen N McLaughlin
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Progressive postnatal hearing development limits early parent-offspring vocal communication in the zebra fnnch

    Tommi Anttonen, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, Coen PH Elemans
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Selective life-long suppression of an odor processing channel in response to critical period experience

    Hans C Leier, Julius Jonaitis ... Andrew M Dacks
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Perceptual glimpses are locally accumulated and globally maintained at distinct processing levels

    Elisabeth Parés-Pujolràs, Anna C Geuzebroek ... Simon P Kelly
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Correlated spontaneous activity sets up multi-sensory integration in the developing higher-order cortex

    JaeAnn M Dwulet, Nawal Zabouri ... Julijana Gjorgjieva
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Probing the role of sequential sampling and integration in decisions about protracted, noiseless stimuli

    Hadiseh Hajimohammadi, Kieran S Mohr ... Simon P Kelly
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Blood-derived dietary protein promotes sleep in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

    Jiwei Zhang, Hitoshi Tsujimoto ... Alex C Keene
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
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Highlights

    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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    University of Barcelona, Spain
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    University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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    New York University, United States
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