Kavli Affiliate: Jeremiah Cohen | Authors: Zhixiao Su and Jeremiah Y. Cohen | Summary: Abstract The cerebral cortex generates flexible behavior by learning. Reinforcement learning is thought to be driven by error signals in midbrain dopamine neurons. However, they project more densely to basal ganglia than cortex, leaving open the possibility of another source of […]
Kavli Affiliate: Menno Witter, Jonathan Whitlock | Authors: Karoline Hovde, Ida V. Rautio, Andrea Marie Hegstad, Menno P. Witter and Jonathan R. Whitlock | Summary: Abstract The mammalian visual system can be broadly divided into two functional processing pathways: a dorsal stream supporting visually and spatially guided actions, and a ventral stream enabling object recognition. […]
Kavli Affiliate: Rene Hen | Authors: Sebnem N. Tuncdemir, Andres D. Grosmark, Hannah Chung, Victor M. Luna, Clay O. Lacefield, Attila Losonczy and Rene Hen | Summary: Abstract The hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) exhibits a unique form of neural plasticity that results from continuous integration of adult born neurons, referred to as ‘adult neurogenesis’. Recent […]
Kavli Affiliate: Robert Hawkins | Authors: Wenchao Gu, Sijin Luozhong, Ketaki Londhe, Nadine Elkasri, Simian Cai, Robert Hawkins, Zhefan Yuan, Kai Su-Greene, Margaret Cruz, Yu-Wei Chang, Patrick McMullen, Chunyan Wu, Changwoo Seo, Akash Guru, Wenting Gao, Tara Sarmiento, Chris Schaffer, Nozomi Nishimura, Richard Cerione, Melissa Warden, Robert Langer and Shaoyi Jiang | Summary: Abstract Systemic […]
Kavli Affiliate: Thomas P. Sakmar | Authors: Ilana B. Kotliar, Emilie Ceraudo, Kevin Kemelmakher-Liben, Deena A. Oren, Emily Lorenzen, Tea Dodig-Crnković, Mizuho Horioka-Duplix, Thomas Huber, Jochen M. Schwenk and Thomas P. Sakmar | Summary: Abstract Cholestatic itch is a severe and debilitating symptom in liver diseases with limited treatment options. The class A G protein-coupled […]
Kavli Affiliate: Daniel Kronauer | Authors: Lindsey E. Lopes, Erik T. Frank, Zsolt Kárpáti, Thomas Schmitt and Daniel J.C. Kronauer | Summary: Abstract Ants communicate via an arsenal of different pheromones produced in a variety of exocrine glands. For example, ants release alarm pheromones in response to danger to alert their nestmates and to trigger […]
Kavli Affiliate: Menno Witter, Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen | Authors: Katrine Sjaastad Hanssen, Menno P. Witter, Axel Sandvig, Ioanna Sandvig and Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen | Summary: Abstract Background Primary neuronal cultures enable cell-biological studies of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), albeit typically non-neuron-specific. The first cortical neurons affected in AD reside in layer II of the lateralmost part of the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Daniel Minor | Authors: Daniel L Minor, Jr., Zhou Chen and Abhisek Mondal | Summary: Abstract Gabapentinoid drugs for pain and anxiety act on the CaVα2δ-1 and CaVα2δ-2 subunits of high-voltage activated calcium channels (CaV1s and CaV2s). Here, we present the cryo-EM structure of the gabapentin-bound brain and cardiac CaV1.2/CaVβ3/CaVα2δ-1 channel. The data […]
Kavli Affiliate: Daniel Kronauer | Authors: Catalina Valdivia, Justin A. Newton, Sean O’Donnell, Christoph von Beeren, Daniel J. C Kronauer, Jacob A Russell and Piotr Lukasik | Summary: Abstract The transmission of microbial symbionts across individuals and generations can be critical for animal development and survival. Likewise, the transmission of microbes across closely interacting species […]
Kavli Affiliate: Joerg Bewersdorf | Authors: Ons M’Saad, Michael Shribak and Joerg Bewersdorf | Summary: Abstract The spatial resolution and contrast sensitivity of the human eye is limited, restricting our ability to directly see subcellular structures. We report a new principle for unaided eye cellular visualization in a method we call Unclearing Microscopy. By expanding […]