Kavli Affiliate: Rui Costa | Authors: Leslie J Sibener, Alice C Mosberger, Tiffany X Chen, Vivek R Athalye, James M Murray and Rui M Costa | Summary: Reaches are complex movements that are critical for survival, and encompass the control of different aspects such as direction, speed, and endpoint precision. Complex movements have been postulated […]
Kavli Affiliate: Jeremiah Cohen | Authors: Emerson F Harkin, Cooper D Grossman, Jeremiah Y Cohen, Jean-Claude Béïque and Richard Naud | Summary: The in vivo responses of dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) serotonin neurons to emotionally-salient stimuli are a puzzle. Existing theories centred on reward, surprise, or uncertainty individually account for some aspects of serotonergic activity […]
Kavli Affiliate: Yifan Cheng | Authors: William Randall Arnold, Adamo S Mancino, Frank R Moss III, Adam Frost, David Julius and Yifan Cheng | Summary: TRP ion channels are modulated by phosphoinositide lipids, but the underlying structural mechanisms remain unclear. The capsaicin- and heat-activated receptor, TRPV1, has served as a model for deciphering lipid modulation, […]
Kavli Affiliate: Stavros Lomvardas | Authors: Elizaveta Bashkirova, Nell Klimpert, Kevin Monahan, Christine Campbell, Jason Osinski, Longzhi Tan, Ira Schieren, Ariel Pourmorady, Rebecca Stecky, Gilad Barnea, Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Benjamin Shykind, Bianca Jones Marlin, Richard Gronostajski, Alexander Fleischmann and Stavros Lomvardas | Summary: Olfactory receptor (OR) choice represents an example of genetically hardwired […]
Kavli Affiliate: Eiman Azim, Rui Costa | Authors: Bryce Chung, Muneeb Zia, Kyle A. Thomas, Jonathan A. Michaels, Amanda Jacob, Andrea Pack, Matthew J. Williams, Kailash Nagapudi, Lay Heng Teng, Eduardo Arrambide, Logan Ouellette, Nicole Oey, Rhuna Gibbs, Philip Anschutz, Jiaao Lu, Yu Wu, Mehrdad Kashefi, Tomomichi Oya, Rhonda Kersten, Alice C Mosberger, Sean O`Connell, […]
Kavli Affiliate: Vanessa Ruta | Authors: Rory T Coleman, Ianessa Morantte, Gabriel T Koreman, Megan L Cheng, Yun Ding and Vanessa Ruta | Summary: Identifying a mate is a central imperative for males of most species but poses the challenge of distinguishing a suitable partner from an array of potential male competitors or females of […]
Kavli Affiliate: Vikram Chib | Authors: Salma Khatib, Vikram S. Chib and Firas Mawase | Summary: Motivational state plays a critical role in our ability to learn new motor skills; however, the mechanisms by which motivation influences motor learning are poorly understood. Using a motor learning paradigm in which motivation was varied in a trial-by-trial […]
Kavli Affiliate: Robert J Edwards | Authors: Brenda Kapingidza, Daniel J Marston, Caitlin Harris, Daniel Wrapp, Kaitlyn Winters, Dieter Mielke, Lu Xiaozhi, Qi Yin, Andrew Foulger, Rob Parks, Maggie Barr, Amanda Newman, Alexandra Schaefer, Amanda Eaton, Justine Mae Flores, Austin Hamer, Nicholas J Cantazaro, Jr., Michael L Mallory, Melissa D Mattocks, Christopher Berverly, Brianna Rhodes, […]
Kavli Affiliate: Lisa Gunaydin | Authors: Teagan E Bullock and Lisa A. Gunaydin | Summary: Active avoidance is a fundamental defensive behavior, defined as performing a voluntary action to escape a noxious stimulus. Active avoidance serves as an adaptive response to threat, ensuring safety. In individuals with anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder, avoidance behavior […]
Kavli Affiliate: Liam Paninski, Darcy Peterka | Authors: Amol Pasarkar, Ian Kinsella, Pengcheng Zhou, Melissa Wu, Daisong Pan, Jiang Lan Fan, Zhen Wang, Lamiae Abdeladim, Darcy S. Peterka, Hillel Adesnik, Na Ji and Liam Paninski | Summary: A number of calcium imaging methods have been developed to monitor the activity of large populations of neurons. […]