Neuroscience

Neural adaptation to the eye’s optics through phase compensation

1. Antoine Barbot
2. John T Pirog
3. Cherlyn J Ng
4. Geunyoung Yoon

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  This paper shows convincingly that the human visual system can recalibrate itself to compensate for phase alterations in an image induced by optical blur. This phenomenon is studied using state-of-the-art adaptive optics approaches that allow the manipulation of the eye's optics while making concurrent psychophysical measurements. The findings are broadly important because they highlight a neural mechanism by which flawed information is used to create seemingly accurate perceptions of the visual environment.

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Spike Rate Inference from Mouse Spinal Cord Calcium Imaging Data

1. Peter Rupprecht
2. Wei Fan
3. Steve J. Sullivan
4. Fritjof Helmchen
5. Andrei D. Sdrulla

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Activity-dependent lateral inhibition enables the synchronization of olfactory bulb projection neurons

1. Tal Dalal
2. Rafi Haddad

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  This important study uses optogenetics in combination with single cell recordings to selectively activate sensory input channels within the olfactory bulb, providing direct evidence for activity-dependent and distance-independent enhancement of stimulus-evoked gamma oscillations via lateral interactions between input channels, most likely via granule cells. The article presents solid evidence to support the main conclusions.

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Different serotonergic neurons regulate appetite for sucrose and hunger for proteins

1. Katharina Dorn
2. Magdalena Gompert
3. Jianzheng He
4. Henrike Scholz

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  This study presents the state-dependent role of serotonin for the protein and sugar intake of Drosophila by expressing a dominant-negative serotonin transporter in subsets of serotoninergic neurons. This paper is valuable for neuroscientists working on neuromodulation and the effects of internal states such as hunger, however the characterization of behavioral and neuroanatomical data is incomplete.

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Unique longitudinal contributions of sulcal interruptions to reading acquisition in children

1. Florence Bouhali
2. Jessica Dubois
3. Fumiko Hoeft
4. Kevin S Weiner

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  This valuable study relating brain anatomy to reading ability in children studied longitudinally finds that a difference in sulcal anatomy is more predictive of reading ability than cognitive measures. The evidence that this anatomical difference is predictive and confers some benefit in the connectivity between brain areas is based on careful analyses and is solid. The findings would be of interest to researchers studying brain and cognitive development.

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