1. Dopamine increases protein synthesis in hippocampal neurons enabling dopamine-dependent LTP

    This article has 6 authors:
    1. Tanja Fuchsberger
    2. Imogen Stockwell
    3. Matty Woods
    4. Zuzanna Brzosko
    5. Ingo H Greger
    6. Ole Paulsen
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      This manuscript addresses a mechanism by which dopamine (DA) regulates synaptic plasticity. The authors build upon their previous finding that DA applied after a timing pattern that ordinarily induces long-term depression (LTD) now induces long-term potentiation (LTP). The new findings that this "DA-dependent LTP" involves de novo protein synthesis, a cyclicAMP signalling pathway, and calcium-permeable AMPA receptors (CP-AMPARs) are of valuable significance. The conclusions are convincing and largely supported by the evidence provided.

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  2. The value of initiating a pursuit in temporal decision-making

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    1. Elissa Sutlief
    2. Charlie Walters
    3. Tanya Marton
    4. Marshall G Hussain Shuler
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      The paper presents a valuable theoretical treatment of the role of passage of time in optimal decision strategies in pursuit based tasks. The computational evidence and methodologies employed are novel, and the authors offer solid evidence for the majority of the claims.

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  3. Biophysical network modeling of temporal and stereotyped sequence propagation of neural activity in the premotor nucleus HVC

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    1. Zeina Bou Diab
    2. Marc Chammas
    3. Arij Daou
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      Birdsong production depends on precise neural sequences in a vocal motor nucleus HVC. In this useful biophysical model, Daou and colleagues identify specific biophysical parameters that result in sparse neural sequences observed in vivo. While the model is presently incomplete because it is overfit to produce sequences and therefore not robust to real biological variation, the model has the potential to address some outstanding issues in HVC function.

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  4. Afadin-deficient retinas exhibit severe neuronal lamination defects but preserve visual functions

    This article has 15 authors:
    1. Akiko Ueno
    2. Konan Sakuta
    3. Hiroki Ono
    4. Aki Hashio
    5. Haruki Tokumoto
    6. Mikiya Watanabe
    7. Taketo Nishimoto
    8. Toru Konishi
    9. Yuki Emori
    10. Shunsuke Mizuno
    11. Mao Hiratsuka
    12. Jun Miyoshi
    13. Yoshimi Takai
    14. Masao Tachibana
    15. Chieko Koike
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      This study demonstrated that the conditional knockout of afadin disrupts retinal laminar organization and reduced number of photoreceptors while preserving some of the structure and light responsiveness of retinal ganglion cells. These findings are solid and useful for understanding afadin's role in retinal cell generation, lamination, and functional organization. However, the study provides limited new insights into the relationship between retinal lamination defects and overall retinal function.

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  5. Dichotomy between extracellular signatures of active dendritic chemical synapses and gap junctions

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    1. Richa Sirmaur
    2. Rishikesh Narayanan
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      This study presents a valuable theoretical exploration on the electrophysiological mechanisms of ionic currents via gap junctions in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal-cell models, and their potential contribution to local field potentials (LFPs) that is different from the contribution of chemical synapses. The biophysical argument regarding electric dipoles appears solid, but the evidence would be stronger if their predictions are tested against experiments. A shortage of model validation and strictly comparable parameters used in the comparisons between chemical vs. junctional inputs makes the modeling approach incomplete; once strengthened, the finding can be of broad interest to electrophysiologists, who often make recordings from regions of neurons interconnected with gap junctions.

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  6. Alternatives to Friction Coefficient: Fine Touch Perception Correlates with Frictional Instabilities

    This article has 6 authors:
    1. Maryanne Derkaloustian
    2. Pushpita Bhattacharyya
    3. Truc Ngo
    4. Joshua G. A. Cashaback
    5. Jared Medina
    6. Charles B. Dhong
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      This useful study integrates experimental methods from materials science with psychophysical methods to investigate how frictional stabilities influence tactile surface discrimination. The authors argue that force fluctuations arising from transitions between frictional sliding conditions facilitate the discrimination of surfaces with similar friction coefficients. However, the reliance on friction data obtained from an artificial finger, together with the ambiguous correlative analyses relating these measurements to human psychophysics, renders the findings incomplete.

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  7. Early changes in the properties of CA3 engram cells explored with a novel viral tool

    This article has 8 authors:
    1. Dario Cupollilo
    2. Noëlle Grosjean
    3. Catherine Marneffe
    4. Julio Viotti
    5. Célia Reynaud
    6. Séverine Deforges
    7. Mario Carta
    8. Christophe Mulle
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      This important study characterizes and validates a new activity marker - fast labelling of engram neurons (FLEN) - which is transiently active and driven by cFos, allowing the monitoring of intrinsic and synaptic properties of engram neurons shortly after the learning experience. The results convincingly demonstrate the utility of this novel viral tool for studying early changes in the properties of engram cells. However, the study would benefit from exploring how accurately FLEN reflects endogenous cFos activity, how this labelling technique compares to previous versions, and from careful consideration of alternative explanations such as changes in release probability.

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  8. Accelerated signal propagation speed in human neocortical dendrites

    This article has 10 authors:
    1. Gáspár Oláh
    2. Rajmund Lákovics
    3. Sapir Shapira
    4. Yonatan Leibner
    5. Attila Szücs
    6. Éva Adrienn Csajbók
    7. Pál Barzó
    8. Gábor Molnár
    9. Idan Segev
    10. Gábor Tamás
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      This study provides valuable observations indicating that human pyramidal neurons propagate information as fast as rat pyramidal neurons despite their larger size. Convincing evidence demonstrates that this property is due to several biophysical properties of human neurons. This study will be of interest to neurophysiologists.

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  9. Sex chromosome gene expression associated with vocal learning following hormonal manipulation in female zebra finches

    This article has 4 authors:
    1. Matthew H Davenport
    2. Ha Na Choe
    3. Hiroaki Matsunami
    4. Erich D Jarvis
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      This study is valuable as it provides information about the genes regulated by sex hormone treatment in song nuclei and other brain regions and suggests candidate genes that might induce sexual dimorphism in the zebra finch brain. The analysis presented is thorough and detailed. Whereas the evidence for gene regulation by hormone treatment is well supported, the evidence for an association of those genes with song learning (as written in the title) is incompletely supported as no manipulation of song learning or song analysis was conducted.

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  10. Chemogenetic stimulation of phrenic motor output and diaphragm activity

    This article has 7 authors:
    1. Ethan S Benevides
    2. Prajwal P Thakre
    3. Sabhya Rana
    4. Michael D Sunshine
    5. Victoria N Jensen
    6. Karim Oweiss
    7. David D Fuller
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      The authors report that chemogenetic methods targeting the ventral cervical spinal cord can be used to increase phrenic inspiratory motor output and subsequent diaphragm EMG activity and ventilation in rodents. These findings are important because they are a necessary first step towards using chemogenetic methods to drive inspiratory activity in disorders in which motor neurons are compromised, such as spinal injury and degenerative disease. The data are convincing, with rigorous assessments of phrenic inspiratory activity and its ability to drive the diaphragm and subsequent ventilation, as well as assessments of DREADD expression.

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