Neuroscience

Decoding Spine Nanostructure in Mental Disorders Reveals a Schizophrenia-Linked Role for Ecrg4

1. Yutaro Kashiwagi
2. Qingrui Liu
3. Yasuhiro Go
4. Ryo Saito
5. Atsu Aiba
6. Takanobu Nakazawa
7. Shigeo Okabe

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  By investigating spine nanostructure and dynamics across multiple genetic mouse models for neurodevelopmental disorders, this important study has the potential to uncover convergent or divergent synaptic phenotypes that may be specifically associated with autism versus schizophrenia risk. While the imaging and breadth are impressive, there are potential methodological concerns, especially around statistical analyses, which render the evidence incomplete and should be addressed. The purely in vitro nature of the study also slightly limits the generalisability of the findings.

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A neuropeptide-specific signaling pathway for state-dependent regulation of the mesolimbic dopamine system

1. Mollie X. Bernstein
2. Omar Koita
3. Marta Trzeciak
4. Andrew Fan
5. Daniel T. McAuley
6. Seung-Woo Jin
7. Larry S. Zweifel

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ATF4 activates a transcriptional program that chronically suppresses mTOR activity promoting neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease models

1. Matthew D. Demmings
2. Erica A. Kane
3. Elizabeth C. Tennyson
4. Kate Hurley
5. Joy Zhao
6. Nicholas A. Cruickshanks
7. Victoria Ciz
8. Jordan M. Krupa
9. Stephen H. Pasternak
10. Sean P. Cregan

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Grid cells encode reward distance during path integration in cue-rich environments

1. Satoshi Kuroki
2. Sébastien Royer

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Reduced melanocortin tone mediates increased feeding during pregnancy in mice

1. Ingrid Camila Possa-Paranhos
2. Kerem Catalbas
3. Samuel Congdon
4. Tanya Pattnaik
5. Christina Nelson
6. Dajin Cho
7. Patrick Sweeney

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Nociceptors use multiple neurotransmitters to drive pain

1. Donald Iain MacDonald
2. Rakshita Balaji
3. Alexander T. Chesler

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Dietary restriction promotes neuronal resilience via ADIOL

1. Ana Guijarro-Hernández
2. Shinja Yoo
3. George A. Lemieux
4. Sena Komatsu
5. Abdullah Q. Latiff
6. Rishika R. Patil
7. Kaveh Ashrafi

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The encoding of interoceptive-based predictions by the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus D2R+ neurons

1. Briana Machen
2. Sierra N. Miller
3. Al Xin
4. Carine Lampert
5. Lauren Assaf
6. Julia Tucker
7. Sarah Herrell
8. Francisco Pereira
9. Gabriel Loewinger
10. Sofia Beas

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The representation of facial emotion expands from sensory to prefrontal cortex with development

1. Xiaoxu Fan
2. Abhishek Tripathi
3. Kelly Bijanki

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  This study examines an important question regarding the developmental trajectory of neural mechanisms supporting facial expression processing. Leveraging a rare intracranial EEG (iEEG) dataset including both children and adults, the authors reported that facial expression recognition mainly engaged the posterior superior temporal cortex (pSTC) among children, while both pSTC and the prefrontal cortex were engaged among adults. In terms of strength of evidence, the solid methods, data and analyses broadly support the claims with minor weaknesses.

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A three-dimensional immunofluorescence atlas of the brain of the hackled-orb weaver spider, Uloborus diversus

1. Gregory Artiushin
2. Abel Corver
3. Andrew Gordus

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  eLife Assessment

  This valuable study provides a 3D standardised anatomical atlas of the brain of an orb-weaving spider. The authors describe the brain's shape and its inner compartments-the neuropils-and add information on the distribution of a number of neuroactive substances such as neurotransmitters and neuropeptides. Through the use of histological and microscopy methods the authors provide a more complete view of an arachnid brain than previous studies and also presents convincing evidence about the organisation and homology of brain regions. The work will serve as a reference for future studies on spider brains and will enables comparisons of brain regions with insects so that the evolution of these structures can be inferred across arthropods.

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