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Physiological analysis reveals that during voluntary contraction Ia afferent input have a lesser facilitatory effect on motor neurons in humans with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury compared with control subjects.

The age-dependent shift of prefrontal excitation-inhibition (E-I) ratio toward inhibition causes sparser and decorrelated activity, while its impairment might relate to neurodevelopmental disorders.

Structural, functional, and genetic analyses reveal how kinesin-4 motor KLP-12 precisely modulates the curvature of the microtubule plus-end to inhibit the microtubule dynamics for achieving the proper length control of axons.

A viral heliorhodopsin from Emiliania huxleyi virus 202 (V2HeR3) is a light-activated proton transporter, which has the potential to depolarize the host cells by light, possibly to overcome the host defense mechanisms or to prevent superinfection.

Systematic analysis of behavioral maturation in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo reveals a stereotyped developmental progression, including rhythmic behavioral quiescence elicited by a sleep-promoting neuron (RIS) releasing somnogenic peptides (FLP-11).

Molecular, laminar, and regional characterization in combination with classical and conditional tracing techniques reveal that medial prefrontal cortical neurons innervating the nucleus accumbens and the ventral tegmental area form distinct populations.

A review of a neuronal circuit architecture that helps us to learn about rewarding events and then to use that information to support adaptive decision making.

A new tool enables electrophysiological isolation of input-specific neurotransmission in a powerful model glutamatergic circuit.

Hierarchical transformations of visual representations, saccade-related activity, and sensorimotor associations occur in parallel at the juncture of visual and parietal cortex.

The cAMP sensor and effector Epac2 facilitates dopamine release and promotes cocaine reward.