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  • Measures of consciousness

    The methods used to assess whether stimuli are ‘seen’ (conscious) or ‘unseen’ (unconscious) have an impact of neural measures of consciousness. Image: Matthew Willis (CC BY 4.0).

    Johannes J Fahrenfort, Philippa A Johnson ... Simon van Gaal
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    Interactions between fibroblast cells and smooth muscle cells have a central role in the development of pulmonary hypertension.

    Slaven Crnkovic, Helene Thekkekara Puthenparampil ... Grazyna Kwapiszewska
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    A study in mice reveals key interactions between the proteins involved in fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling and how they contribute to distinct stages of eye lens development.

    Qian Wang, Hongge Li ... Xin Zhang
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    Johann Ukrow, Mathieu DM Renard ... Gilles Laurent
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    The novel role of Kallistatin in linking metabolic syndromes and cognitive memory deterioration by inducing amyloid-β plaques accumulation and tau protein hyperphosphorylation

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    Myosin light chain 3 serves as a receptor for nervous necrosis virus entry into host cells via the macropinocytosis pathway

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    Progressive overfilling of readily releasable pool underlies short-term facilitation at recurrent excitatory synapses in layer 2/3 of the rat prefrontal cortex

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    The first complete 3D reconstruction and morphofunctional mapping of an insect eye

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    Physiological magnetic field strengths help magnetotactic bacteria navigate in simulated sediments

    Agnese Codutti, Mohammad A Charsooghi ... Stefan Klumpp
    Microfluidics experiments and simulations show that magnetotactic bacteria are adapted to the geomagnetic field strength for optimal navigation in sediment environments.
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    ATP-release pannexin channels are gated by lysophospholipids

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    Lysophospholipids directly and reversibly activate pannexin channels, triggering the release of signaling molecules critical for inflammation.
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    Perceptual and attentional impairments of conscious access involve distinct neural mechanisms despite equal task performance

    Samuel Noorman, Timo Stein ... Simon van Gaal
    When performance is matched, the attentional blink allows for greater integration of complex stimulus features than masking, reflecting spared recurrent processing during attentional versus perceptual impairments of conscious access.
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