Mitochondrial ROS and HIF-1α signalling mediate critical period plasticity

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Kavli Affiliate: Michael Miller | Authors: Daniel Sobrid-Camean, Bramwell Coulson, Michael Miller, Matthew CW Oswald, Tom Pettini, Richard A Baines and Matthias Landgraf | Summary: As developing networks transition from spontaneous irregular to patterned activity, they undergo plastic tuning phases, termed “critical periods”; “critical” because disturbances during these phases can lead to lasting changes in […]


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Automatic detection of fluorescently labeled synapses in volumetric in vivo imaging data

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Kavli Affiliate: Adam S. Charles and Richard Huganir | Authors: Zhining Chen, Gabrielle I. Coste, Evan Li, Richard L. Huganir, Austin R. Graves and Adam Charles | Summary: Synapses are submicron structures that connect and enable communication between neurons. Many forms of learning are thought to be encoded by synaptic plasticity, wherein the strength of […]


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Molecular Drivers of RNA Phase Separation

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Kavli Affiliate: V. S. Ramachandran | Authors: Marc Turner, Sarah Robinson-Schwartz, Siavash Fazel Darbandi, John L.R. Rubenstein and Vikaas Singh Sohal | Summary: RNA molecules are essential in orchestrating the assembly of biomolecular condensates and membraneless compartments in cells. Many condensates form via the association of RNA with proteins containing specific RNA binding motifs. However, […]


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Mef2c Controls Postnatal Callosal Axon Targeting by Regulating Sensitivity to Ephrin Repulsion

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Kavli Affiliate: Alex Kolodkin | Authors: Sriram Sudarsanam, Luis Guzman-Clavel, Nyle Dar, Jakub Ziak, Naseer Shahid, Xinyu O Jin and Alex L Kolodkin | Summary: Cortical connectivity is contingent on ordered emergence of neuron subtypes followed by the formation of subtype-specific axon projections. Intracortical circuits, including long-range callosal projections, are crucial for information processing, but […]


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Loss of the autism associated gene Tbr1 disrupts prediction and encoding by prefrontal ensembles during socioemotional behaviors

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Kavli Affiliate: John Rubenstein and Vikaas Sohal | Authors: Marc Turner, Sarah Robinson-Schwartz, Siavash Fazel Darbandi, John L.R. Rubenstein and Vikaas Singh Sohal | Summary: Disruptions in many genes linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affect synaptic function and socioemotional behaviors in mice. However, exactly how synaptic dysfunction alters neural activity patterns underlying behavior remains […]


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Exploiting Endogenous Cas9-Based Genome Editing of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) for Precision Food Fermentation and Live Biotherapeutics

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Kavli Affiliate: Michael Miller | Authors: Zifan Xie, Yong-Su Jin and Michael J Miller | Summary: Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) is one of the most studied probiotic strains and is widely used in both food and therapeutic industries. With its safe and health-beneficial properties, LGG is an ideal candidate for genome modification to enhance its […]


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Whole-brain neural substrates of behavioral variability in the larval zebrafish

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Kavli Affiliate: Alipasha Vaziri | Authors: Jason Manley and Alipasha Vaziri | Summary: Animals engaged in naturalistic behavior can exhibit a large degree of behavioral variability even under sensory invariant conditions. Such behavioral variability can include not only variations of the same behavior, but also variability across qualitatively different behaviors driven by divergent cognitive states, […]


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The effects of task similarity during representation learning in brains and neural networks

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Kavli Affiliate: Stefano Fusi | Authors: Nicholas Menghi, William Jeffrey Johnston, Simone Vigano’, Max Andreas Bosse Hinrichs, Burkhard Maess, Stefano Fusi and Christian F Doeller | Summary: The complexity of our environment poses significant challenges for adaptive behavior. Recognizing shared structures across tasks can theoretically improve learning through generalization. However, how such shared representations emerge […]


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MetaLigand: A database for predicting non-peptide ligand mediated cell-cell communication

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Kavli Affiliate: Richard Axel | Authors: Andrew Jacob Pixley Fink, Samuel Muscinelli, Shuqi Wang, Marcus I Hogan, Daniel Fine English, Richard Axel, Ashok Litwin-Kumar and Carl E. Schoonover | Summary: Non-peptide ligands (NPLs), including lipids, amino acids, carbohydrates, and non-peptide neurotransmitters and hormones, play a critical role in ligand-receptor-mediated cell-cell communication, driving diverse physiological and […]


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Glycan-reactive antibodies isolated from human HIV-1 vaccine trial participants show broad pathogen cross-reactivity

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Kavli Affiliate: Robert Edwards | Authors: Parker J. Jamieson, Xiaoying Shen, Alexandra A. Abu-Shmais, Perry T. Wasdin, Katarzyna Janowska, Robert J. Edwards, Garrett Scapellato, Simone I. Richardson, Nelia P. Manamela, Shuying Liu, Maggie Barr, Rebecca A. Gillespie, Jessica Mimms, Naveenchandra Suryadevara, Ty A. Sornberger, Seth Zost, Rob Parks, Shelby Flaherty, Alexis K. Janke, Bethany N. […]


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