Visuomotor interactions in the mouse forebrain mediated by extrastriate cortico-cortical pathways

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. […]


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Adult born hippocampal granule cells promote pattern separation by bidirectionally modulating the remapping of place and cue cells

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 […]


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Engineered retrovirus-like Arc extracellular vesicles for the in vivo targeted delivery of mRNA into the brain

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 […]


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Itch receptor MRGPRX4 interacts with the receptor activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs)

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 […]


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The alarm pheromone and alarm response of the clonal raider ant

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 […]


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Microdissection and culturing of adult lateral entorhinal cortex layer II neurons from APP/PS1 Alzheimer model mice

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 […]


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Structural basis for CaVα2δ:gabapentin binding

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 […]


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Microbial symbionts are shared between ants and their associated beetles

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 […]


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Unclearing Microscopy

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 […]


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Automated head-fixation training system with high levels of animal participation in psychoacoustic tasks

Kavli Affiliate: Patrick Kanold | Authors: Ji Liu, Kate Maximov and Patrick O Kanold | Summary: Abstract Many animal training paradigms rely on head-fixation. Head-fixation training is typically laborious and can benefit from automation to relieve the workload as well as to reduce the variability in the training outcome. Several groups have reported successful implementations […]


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