A head concussion model in fruit flies reveals that early-life exposure to mild concussions significantly increases the risk of late-life neurodegeneration, with females especially vulnerable due to reproductive factors.
Ikhwan Bin Khalid, Eric T Reifenstein ... Richard Kempter
A computational study quantifies how macroscopic grid-like representations may emerge in the human brain using different hypotheses and navigation patterns, indicating the need to further characterize properties of grid cells.
Preoptic neurotensinergic neurons co-release GABA and neurotensin, triggering a rapid initial inhibition followed by a sustained excitation, and mice lacking GABA release from these neurons exhibit altered thermoregulation.
Connectomic, optogenetic, and high-throughput behavioral analyses identify a descending neuron in the fruit fly larval brain that modifies the timing of nociception-induced rolling.
Sofie Louise Valk, Veronika Engert ... Tania Singer
Socio-emotional behavioral intervention links to changes in the structure and function of hippocampal subfields, in particular CA1-3, and reductions in cortisol levels in healthy adults.
Low-dimensional external inputs are sufficient to control the speed of sequential activity, and to transition between persistent activity, in a network of neurons with both temporally symmetric and asymmetric learning.
