Kavli Affiliate: John Serences | Authors: Margaret M Henderson, John T Serences and Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana | Summary: Everyday visual search tasks require objects to be categorized according to behavioral goals. For example, when searching for an apple at the supermarket, one might first find the Granny Smith apples by separating all visible apples into the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Robert Edwards | Authors: Vijini Mallawaarachchi, Michael J. Roach, Przemyslaw Decewicz, Bhavya Papudeshi, Sarah K Giles, Susanna R Grigson, George Bouras, Ryan D Hesse, Laura K Inglis, Abbey LK Hutton, Elizabeth A Dinsdale and Robert A Edwards | Summary: Microbial communities influence both human health and different environments. Viruses infecting bacteria, known as […]
Kavli Affiliate: Peter Walter | Authors: Rochelle Coulson, Valentina Frattini, Caitlin Moyer, Jennifer Hodges, Peter Walter, Philippe Mourrain, Yi Zuo and Gordon Wang | Summary: Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by the functional loss of Fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein (FMRP), a translational regulator that binds the transcripts of many proteins involved in synaptic function […]
Kavli Affiliate: Xin Duan | Authors: Wendy W.S. Yue, Kouki K. Touhara, Kenichi Toma, Xin Duan and David Julius | Summary: After injury, mammalian spinal cords develop scars to seal off the damaged area and prevent further injury. However, excessive scarring can hinder neural regeneration and functional recovery (1, 2). These competing actions underscore the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Flora Vaccarino | Authors: Alexandre Jourdon, Jessica Mariani, Feinan Wu, Davide Capauto, Scott Norton, Livia Tomasini, Anahita Amiri, Jeremy Schreiner, Cindy Khanh Nguyen, Neal Nolan, Anna Szekely, James C. McPartland, Kevin Pelphrey, Katarzyna Chawarska, Pamela Ventola, Alexej Abyzov and Flora M. Vaccarino | Summary: Cell differentiation involves shifts in chromatin organization allowing transcription […]
Kavli Affiliate: Alipasha Vaziri, Jeffrey M. Friedman | Authors: Bowen Tan, Caleb J Browne, Tobias Nobauer, Alipasha Vaziri, Jeffrey M. Friedman and Eric J. Nestler | Summary: Addiction prioritizes drug use over innate needs by hijacking brain circuits that direct motivation, but how this develops remains unclear. Using whole-brain FOS mapping and in vivo single-neuron […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael Miller | Authors: Jamil Mahmud, Brittany W Geiler, Juthi Biswas, Michael J Miller, Julia E Myers, Stephen M Matthews, Amanda B Wass, Christine M O’Connor and Gary C Chan | Summary: Establishing a non-productive quiescent/silent infection within monocytes is essential for spread of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Yet, how HCMV establishes a quiescent […]
Kavli Affiliate: Joshua Berke | Authors: Thomas Faust, Ali Mohebi and Joshua D Berke | Summary: The nucleus accumbens (NAc) helps govern motivation to pursue rewards. Two distinct sets of NAc projection neurons – expressing dopamine D1 versus D2 receptors – are thought to promote and suppress motivated behaviors respectively. However, support for this conceptual […]
Kavli Affiliate: Keri Martinowich | Authors: Lukas M Weber, Heena R Divecha, Matthew N Tran, Sang Ho Kwon, Abby Spangler, Kelsey D Montgomery, Madhavi Tippani, Rahul Bharadwaj, Joel E Kleinman, Stephanie C Page, Thomas M Hyde, Leonardo Collado-Torres, Kristen R Maynard, Keri Martinowich and Stephanie C Hicks | Summary: Norepinephrine (NE) neurons in the locus […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael Miller | Authors: Michael E Miller, Susan Sidell and Elizabeth A Ostrowski | Summary: Cooperative groups are susceptible to invasion by cheaters that reap the benefits but fail to pay the costs. Both theory and experimental work have shown that cheating can select for counter-adaptations to resist cheating. But then why is […]