Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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Latest articles

    1. Neuroscience

    A high-throughput approach for the efficient prediction of perceived similarity of natural objects

    Philipp Kaniuth, Florian P Mahner ... Martin N Hebart
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience

    Diffusion MRS tracks distinct trajectories of neuronal development in the cerebellum and thalamus of rat neonates

    Clémence Ligneul, Lily Qiu ... Jason P Lerch
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Self-Other Generalisation Shapes Social Interaction and Is Disrupted in Borderline Personality Disorder

    Joseph M Barnby, Jen Nguyen ... Peter Fonagy
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Neuroscience

    Photoreceptor loss does not recruit neutrophils despite strong microglial activation

    Derek Power, Justin Elstrott, Jesse Schallek
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Neuroscience

    Mouse sensorimotor cortex reflects complex kinematic details during reaching and grasping

    Harrison A Grier, Sohrab Salimian, Matthew T Kaufman
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Otoacoustic emissions but not behavioral measurements predict cochlear-nerve frequency tuning in an avian vocal-communication specialist

    Diana M Karosas, Leslie Gonzales ... Kenneth S Henry
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    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience

    Nocebo effects are stronger and more persistent than placebo effects in healthy individuals

    Angelika Kunkel, Katharina Schmidt ... Ulrike Bingel
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Neuroscience

    Auditory cortex learns to discriminate audiovisual cues through selective multisensory enhancement

    Song Chang, Beilin Zheng ... Liping Yu
    Experience-driven plasticity in auditory cortex neurons establishes cross-modal associations, enabling enhanced discrimination of multisensory cues through specialized integrative strategies.
    1. Neuroscience

    Re-focusing visual working memory during expected and unexpected memory tests

    Sisi Wang, Freek van Ede
    Memory tests evoke a second stage of internal attentional deployment following both expected and unexpected memory tests, extending attentional re-orienting to working memory.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Neural population dynamics underlying evidence accumulation in multiple rat brain regions

    Brian DePasquale, Carlos D Brody, Jonathan W Pillow
    A computational framework for combining neural and behavioral data to infer latent dynamics underlying decision-making reveals distinct accumulation dynamics in different brain regions in the rat.

Highlights

    1. Neuroscience

    Neuropeptides and pain

    Weihua Cai, Arkady Khoutorsky
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Targeting single neurons

    Brandon L Holder, Stephane Dissel

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    Beijing Normal University, China
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    Brandeis University, United States
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    University of California, San Diego, United States
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