Neuroscience

A conserved Arf-GEF modulates axonal integrity through RAB-35 by altering neuron-epidermal attachment

1. Igor Bonacossa-Pereira
2. Sean Coakley
3. Massimo A. Hilliard

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Psychedelics Align Brain Activity with Context

1. Devon Stoliker
2. Leonardo Novelli
3. Moein Khajehnejad
4. Mana Biabani
5. Matthew D. Greaves
6. Tamrin Barta
7. Martin Williams
8. Sidhant Chopra
9. Olivier Bazin
10. Otto Simonsson
11. Richard Chambers
12. Frederick Barrett
13. Gustavo Deco
14. Katrin H. Preller
15. Robin Carhart-Harris
16. Anil Seth
17. Suresh Sundram
18. Gary F. Egan
19. Adeel Razi

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Listening to the room: disrupting activity of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex impairs learning of room acoustics in human listeners

1. Heivet Hernández-Pérez
2. Jessica JM Monaghan
3. Jason Mikiel-Hunter
4. James Traer
5. Paul F Sowman
6. David McAlpine

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  eLife Assessment:

  This study addresses valuable questions about the neural mechanisms underlying statistical learning of room acoustics, combining robust behavioral measures with non-invasive brain stimulation. The behavioral findings are strong and extend previous work in psychoacoustics, but the TMS results are modest, with methodological limitations and over-interpretation that weaken the mechanistic conclusions. The strength of evidence is therefore incomplete, and a more cautious interpretation of the stimulation findings, alongside strengthened analyses, would improve the manuscript.

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Stimulus-Dependent Theta Rhythmic Activity in Primate V1 Predicts Visual Detection

1. Prasakti Tenri Fanyiwi
2. Beshoy Agayby
3. Ricardo Kienitz
4. Marcus Haag
5. Jaime Cadena-Valencia
6. Michael C Schmid

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  eLife Assessment

  This useful study shows that stimuli of a certain size elicit theta oscillations in V1 neurons both in spikes and local field potentials, and monkeys performing a dot detection task on these stimuli show theta rhythmicity in their response times. This replicates previous findings showing rhythmic theta activity in V4 and behaviour when stimuli are presented in the receptive field along with a surrounding flanker stimulus. However, there is incomplete evidence that rhythmicity in neural activity is related to the rhythmicity in behavior, and the mechanisms underlying these oscillations remain unclear.

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