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A data-driven model of the neural activity of a circuit essential to swimming orientation in zebrafish can be mathematically interpreted to unveil the dynamical mechanism leading to persistence in tail orientation.

Major neuron classes are activated when the fly walks, whether it chooses or is forced to do so.

Intracellular NASPM, unlike the widely used spermine, fully blocks outward currents through calcium-permeable AMPA-type glutamate receptors, enabling an improved functional readout for this physiologically important receptor subtype in neurons.

Touch-mediated social interactions in human females elicited endogenous oxytocin and brain responses in a covariant manner, and these changes were modulated by the familiarity of the person delivering touch as well as the recent history of social interaction.

The absence of generally assumed strong correlations between striatal dopamine synthesis capacity and simple indices of working memory capacity, trait impulsivity, and spontaneous eye-blink rate warrants caution for using these traits as proxy measures to replace direct striatal dopamine assessments.

By examining the relationship between spike timing and the phase of the LFP across cortical layers, researchers can use a stereotyped phase-coupling pattern as a diagnostic marker for electrode depth when other methods of electrode placement are ambiguous.

Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens in mice encodes the rate and magnitude of rapid environmental luminance changes rather than visual stimulus novelty or threat intensity.

Mice can learn to press a lever persistently for activation of a dopaminergic projection from the locus coeruleus to the hippocampal dentate gyrus.

A genetic knock-in mouse model reveals that the endocrine state governs the effect of the common fatty acid amide hydrolase C385A variant on body weight through a hypothalamic-mediated mechanism.

A new developmental model of cognitive-emotional adaptation in midlife builds on current findings from lifespan psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and research in late-life depression.