Robust characterization of selectivity of individual neurons to distinct task-relevant behavioral states using calcium imaging

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Kavli Affiliate: Shreesh P. Mysore | Authors: Huixin Huang, Garima Shah, Hita Adwanikar and Shreesh Mysore | Summary: Investigations into the neural basis of behavior have recently employed fluorescence imaging of calcium dynamics in a variety of brain areas to measure neural responses. However, across studies, diverse and seemingly subjective methodological choices have been made […]


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Mapping cis- and trans-regulatory target genes of human-specific deletions

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Kavli Affiliate: Alex Pollen | Authors: Tyler Fair, Bryan J Pavlovic, Dani Swope, Octavio E Castillo, Nathan K Schaefer and Alex Aaron Pollen | Summary: Deletion of functional sequence is predicted to represent a fundamental mechanism of molecular evolution. Comparative genetic studies of primates have identified thousands of human-specific deletions (hDels), and the cis-regulatory potential […]


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Neutrino Diffusion within Dark Matter Spikes

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Kavli Affiliate: Shunsaku Horiuchi | First 5 Authors: Motoko Fujiwara, Gonzalo Herrera, Shunsaku Horiuchi, , | Summary: Multi-messenger observations of astrophysical transients provide powerful probes of the underlying physics of the source as well as beyond the Standard Model effects. We explore transients that can occur in the vicinity of supermassive black holes at the […]


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