Kavli Affiliate: Kira Poskanzer | Authors: Silvia Pittolo, Sae Yokoyama, Drew Willoughby, Charlotte Taylor, Michael Reitman, Vincent Tse, Zhaofa Wu, Roberto Etchenique, Yulong Li and Kira E Poskanzer | Summary: The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is a hub for cognitive control, and dopamine profoundly influences its functions. In other brain regions, astrocytes sense diverse neurotransmitters and […]
Kavli Affiliate: Reza Abbasi-Asl | Authors: Fatemeh Kamali, Amir Abolfazl Suratgar, Mohammadbagher Menhaj and Reza Abbasi-Asl | Summary: Voxel-wise encoding models based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have emerged as state-of-the-art predictive models of brain activity evoked by natural movies. Despite the superior predictive performance of CNN-based models, the huge number of parameters in these […]
Kavli Affiliate: Robert Edwards | Authors: Pengcheng Zhang, David Rumschitzki and Robert H Edwards | Summary: During exocytosis, the fusion of secretory vesicle with plasma membrane forms a pore that regulates release of neurotransmitter and peptide. Heterogeneity of fusion pore behavior has been attributed to stochastic variation in a common exocytic mechanism, implying a lack […]
Kavli Affiliate: Robert Edwards | Authors: Sai Luo, Jun Zhang, Alex J.B. Kreutzberger, Amanda Eaton, Robert J. Edwards, Changbin Jing, Hai-Qiang Dai, Gregory D. Sempowski, Kenneth Cronin, Robert Parks, Adam Yongxin Ye, Katayoun Mansouri, Maggie Barr, Novalia Pishesha, Aimee Chapdelaine Williams, Lucas Vieira Francisco, Anand Saminathan, Hanqin Peng, Himanshu Batra, Lorenza Bellusci, Surender Khurana, S. […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael Brainard | Authors: Lucas Y Tian, Timothy L Warren and Michael S Brainard | Summary: Complex behaviors depend on the coordinated activity of neural ensembles in interconnected brain areas. The behavioral function of such coordination, often measured as co-fluctuations in neural activity across areas, is poorly understood. One hypothesis is that rapidly […]
Kavli Affiliate:Allan Basbaum | Authors: Isha Singh, Anubha Seth, Christian B. Billesbolle, Joao Braz, Ramona M. Rodriguiz, Kasturi Roy, Bethlehem Bekele, Veronica Craik, Xi-Ping Huang, Danila Boytsov, Parnian Lak, Henry R O’Donnell, Walter R Sandtner, Bryan L. Roth, Allan Basbaum, William C Wetsel, Aashish Manglik, Brian K. Shoichet and Gary Rudnick | Summary: The serotonin […]
Kavli Affiliate: Peter Walter | Authors: Advait Subramanian, Lan Wang, Tom Moss, Mark Voorhies, Smriti Sangwan, Erica Stevenson, Ernst H Pulido, Samentha Kwok, Nevan J Krogan, Danielle L Swaney, Stephen N Floor, Anita Sil, Peter Walter and Shaeri Mukherjee | Summary: Pathogens often secrete proteins or nucleic acids that mimic the structure and/or function of […]
Kavli Affiliate: Daniel Minor | Authors: Zhou Chen, Sandra Zakrzewska, Holly S. Hajare, Aurora Alvarez-Buylla, Fayal Abderemane-Ali, Maximiliana Bogan, Dave Ramirez, Lauren A. O’Connell, J. Du Bois and Daniel L. Minor, Jr. | Summary: American bullfrog (Rana castesbeiana) saxiphilin (RcSxph) is a high-affinity ‘toxin sponge’ protein thought to prevent intoxication by saxitoxin (STX), a lethal […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael Stryker | Authors: Maria C. Dadarlat, Yujiao Jennifer Sun and Michael P Stryker | Summary: Electrical stimulation has emerged as a powerful and precise treatment in which to modulate aberrant neural activity patterns common in neural dysfunction and disease; however, the physiological process involved in microstimulation is poorly understood, particularly regarding the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Seth Shipman | Authors: Santi Bhattarai-Kline, Sierra K. Lear, Chloe B. Fishman, Santiago C. Lopez, Elana R. Lockshin, Max G. Schubert, Jeff Nivala, George Church and Seth L. Shipman | Summary: Biological processes depend on the differential expression of genes over time, but methods to make physical recordings of these processes are limited. […]