Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    Effects of nicotine compared to placebo gum on sensitivity to pain and mediating effects of peak alpha frequency

    Samantha K Millard, Alan KI Chiang ... David A Seminowicz
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Useful
    • Solid
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    Deep anatomical and ultrastructural classification of neurons in the zebrafish olfactory bulb

    Nila R Mönig, Michał Januszewski ... Rainer W Friedrich
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
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    Evidence for flexible regulation of movement and decision vigor in a reward-oriented task

    Adrien Conessa, Arnaud Boutin, Bastien Berret
    Not revised
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    Small circuit principles for learning in large worlds

    Dhruva V Raman, Christopher R Dunne ... Timothy O’Leary
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience

    Two Interacting Neural Processes Support Speech Planning during Naturalistic Conversation

    Hiroyoshi Yamasaki, Philippe Blache, Daniele Schön
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    • Useful
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    1. Neuroscience

    Fast-ripples are emergent properties of neuronal networks

    Laurent Sheybani, Yichen Qiu ... Matthew C Walker
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Compensation of Hyperexcitability with Simulation-Based Inference

    Daniel Müller-Komorowska, Tomoki Fukai
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Circadian photoreceptor CRYPTOCHROME promotes wakefulness under short winter-like days via a GABAergic circuitry

    Lixia Chen, Danya Tian ... Luoying Zhang
    The circadian photoreceptor CRYPTOCHROME selectively inhibits sleep under short winter day length by tuning down GABAergic tone within pacemaker neuron network.
    1. Neuroscience

    An integrated human forebrain organoid reveals microglia-mediated CD8⁺ T cell recruitment and neuroimmune dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease pathology

    Yilin Feng, Feifei Yu ... Shaohua Ma
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Complementary stable and dynamic prelimbic ensembles encode learned threat value underlying generalization and discrimination

    Marc E Normandin, Pedro M Ogallar ... Isabel A Muzzio
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • 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

Senior editors

  1. Christian Büchel
    University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
  2. Huan Luo
    Peking University, China
  3. Kenton J Swartz
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, United States
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