Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    1. Neuroscience

    Serotonin modulates infraslow oscillation in the dentate gyrus during Non-REM sleep

    Gergely F Turi, Sasa Teng ... Yueqing Peng
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Stimulus representation in human frontal cortex supports flexible control in working memory

    Zhujun Shao, Mengya Zhang, Qing Yu
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    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience

    A gradual transition toward categorical representations along the visual hierarchy during working memory, but not perception

    Chaipat Chunharas, Michael J Wolff ... Rosanne L Rademaker
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Microprism-based two-photon imaging of the mouse inferior colliculus reveals novel organizational principles of the auditory midbrain

    Baher A Ibrahim, Yoshitaka Shinagawa ... Daniel A Llano
    A new method to image the lateral surface of midbrain revealed novel organization of the lateral cortex of the inferior colliculus of the mouse.
    1. Neuroscience

    Gaskell, Langley, and the "para-sympathetic" idea

    Jean-François Brunet
    The term 'parasympathetic', unlike the term 'sympathetic', unduly unifies an assemblage of autonomic pathways which are unrelated by anatomy, physiology or genetics, and whose distinction can foster a better understanding of the autonomic nervous system.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Neuroscience

    A microglia clonal inflammatory disorder in Alzheimer’s disease

    Rocio Vicario, Stamatina Fragkogianni ... Frédéric Geissmann
    A subset of Alzheimer disease patients carry mutant microglia somatic clones which promote neuro-inflammation.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Dual role of FOXG1 in regulating gliogenesis in the developing neocortex via the FGF signalling pathway

    Mahima Bose, Ishita Talwar ... Shubha Tole
    Foxg1 regulates gliogenesis in the mouse neocortex by modulating FGF signalling and integrating intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms to ensure a balanced production of neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes in the brain.
    1. Neuroscience

    Altered visual cortex excitatory/inhibitory ratio following transient congenital visual deprivation in humans

    Rashi Pant, Kabilan Pitchaimuthu ... Brigitte Röder
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience

    A toolbox for ablating excitatory and inhibitory synapses

    Aida Bareghamyan, Changfeng Deng ... Don B Arnold
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Zebrafish live imaging reveals a surprisingly small percentage of spinal cord motor neurons die during early development

    Hao Jia, Hongmei Yang, Kathy Qian Luo
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Useful
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Highlights

    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    RNA knots and Alzheimer's disease

    Silvia Galli, Marco Di Antonio
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Watching axons on the move

    Maria I Lazaro-Pena, Carlos A Diaz-Balzac
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Taking a close look at the cerebellum

    Héloïse de Vareilles

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  1. Sofia J Araújo
    University of Barcelona, Spain
  2. Tamar Makin
    University College London, United Kingdom
  3. Kenton J Swartz
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, United States
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