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Neuroscience

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    Dyadic Interaction Platform: A novel tool to study transparent social interactions

    Sebastian Isbaner, Raymundo Bäez-Mendoza ... Nivedita Mani
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    Spatial frequency adaptation modulates population receptive field sizes

    Ecem Altan, Catherine Morgan ... D Samuel Schwarzkopf
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    Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus mediates resistance to ethanol through Cav3.1 T-type Ca2+ regulation of neural activity

    Charles-francois V Latchoumane, Joon-Hyuk Lee ... Hee-Sup Shin
    The firing mode of mediodorsal thalamic neurons may act as a central switching mechanism for the level of arousal and consciousness in natural sleep and induced ethanol hypnosis in mice.
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    Interleukin-4 induces CD11c+ microglia leading to amelioration of neuropathic pain in mice

    Keita Kohno, Ryoji Shirasaka ... Makoto Tsuda
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    Modulation of aperiodic EEG activity provides sensitive index of cognitive state changes during working memory task

    Tisa Frelih, Andraž Matkovič ... Grega Repovš
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    Neural coding of multiple motion speeds in visual cortical area MT

    Xin Huang, Bikalpa Ghimire ... Steven Wiesner
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    1. Neuroscience

    The influence of temporal context on vision over multiple time scales

    Kacie Lee, Reuben Rideaux
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    Cellular and circuit features distinguish dentate gyrus semilunar granule cells and granule cells activated during contextual memory formation

    Laura Dovek, Mahboubeh Ahmadi ... Vijayalakshmi Santhakumar
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    • Useful
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    Integration of parallel pathways for flight control in a hawkmoth reflects prevalence and relevance of natural visual cues

    Ronja Bigge, Rebecca Grittner, Anna Lisa Stöckl
    In vision-based flight control of hummingbird hawkmoths, the visual field partitions by natural cue prevalence into an optic flow and dorsal directional pathway, which integrate according to their relevance for flight safety.
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    POMC neurons control fertility through differential signaling of MC4R in kisspeptin neurons

    Rajae Talbi, Todd L Stincic ... Victor M Navarro
    Reproductive impairments in obese MC4R-deficient individuals are due to the absence of melanocortin signaling on Kiss1 neurons and not to their metabolic condition.
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    University of Pennsylvania, United States
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    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, United States
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    State University of New York Upstate Medical University, United States
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