Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    Dopaminergic Neurons Linking Threat Processing to Cardiac Modulation and Locomotor Responses

    Masato Tsuji, Daisuke Jinkoma ... Kazuo Emoto
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    foxQ2 marks fast-acting interneurons including dopaminergic neurons of mushroom bodies and central complex in the beetle Tribolium castaneum

    Ying Pang, Bastian Klußmann-Fricke ... Gregor Bucher
    In insects, foxQ2 is part of the genetic code that specifies neurons contributing to the higher-order brain centers, including dopaminergic and other fast-acting neurons.
    1. Neuroscience

    A Spatiotemporal Hierarchy for Social Interaction Perception in the Lateral Visual Stream

    Emalie McMahon, Elizabeth Jiwon Im ... Leyla Isik
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    Hierarchical Neural Circuit Theory of Normalization and Inter-areal Communication

    Asit Pal, Shivang Rawat ... Stefano Martiniani
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    1. Neuroscience

    Open source laser-scanning photostimulation for neuroscience with Zapit

    Michael Lohse, Oliver M Gauld ... Robert AA Campbell
    A validated, open design brings programmable non-invasive photostimulation of multiple cortical areas in behaving mice to labs without expertise in optics or software design.
    1. Neuroscience

    The transcription factor BCL11A restores differentiation potential to aged oligodendrocyte progenitor cells

    Tanay Ghosh, Roey Baror ... Robin JM Franklin
    gSWITCH identifies dynamic lineage switch genes and reveals BCL11A as an evolutionarily conserved regulator whose restoration rescues age-impaired oligodendrocyte progenitor cell differentiation.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Heterogeneous responses to embryonic critical period perturbations within the Drosophila larval locomotor circuit

    Niklas Krick, Jacob J Davies ... Matthias Landgraf
    Within the locomotor network of the Drosophila embryo, connected elements, from premotor interneuron to muscle, respond differentially to a critical period perturbation, suggesting a sequence of adjustment.
    1. Neuroscience

    Cognitive control networks in human and macaque

    Valentina Mione, Freja Holm Prins ... John Duncan
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Ramping-up hippocampal ripples and their neocortical coupling support human visual short-term memory

    Jing Liu, Xianhui He ... Ying Cai
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Pallium tracks valence-specific chemosensory amplification of eye-body coordination in larval zebrafish

    Samuel KH Sy, Danny CW Chan ... Ho Ko
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    How monkeys carve up the visual world

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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

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