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Mechanisms of Intensity Encoding for Non-Image-Forming Visual Functions
(2018-01-18)
Light drives many physiological processes that exist outside conscious awareness. These ‘non-image-forming’ visual functions are typically sensitive to the overall environmental light intensity—a parameter which can vary ...
Functional Characterization of Netrin-1 and Its Role in CNS-PNS Boundary Maintenance in the Developing Vertebrate Brainstem
(2018-05-01)
Netrin-1 (Ntn1) has represented the archetype of diffusible guidance cues since its discovery in the 1990s. It is often depicted in a gradient emanating from the floor plate of the embryonic neural tube, through which it ...
Mechanisms of Scale Invariance in Embryonic Patterning Systems
(2018-05-10)
Embryos pattern themselves with remarkable consistency and readily adjust their patterning programs to drastic changes in embryo size. This robustness of pattern formation, termed scale invariance, requires cells to determine ...
The Contribution of Hippocampal Oxytocin Receptors to Social Memory Processing
(2018-05-12)
Recent studies have highlighted growing evidence that the hippocampus assumes an underappreciated role in promoting social memories. However, the mechanisms by which discrimination of social and non-social stimuli are ...
The Stability of Motor Memories
(2018-05-08)
The ease and grace of animal movements belie the incredible challenge of controlling those movements, as the motor system does so capably. To maintain this fine control, the motor system needs to adapt to changes in the ...
Engineering in Vitro Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Brain Cell Models for Alzheimer’s Disease and Down Syndrome
(2018-09-25)
In disease biology, animal models are widely used. By offering insights on disease etiology, they allow us to systematically examine the complexity of a disease and its mechanisms. However, over the last decade, failures ...
Control of Drosophila Courtship by Mating Drive
(2018-09-16)
Most behaviors are not just actions and reactions, but are the result of self-evaluation and are the means of self-fulfillment. This means that the same external context (e.g. food) can hold different meaning to an animal ...
Neuropeptides in Neural Circuits and Behavior
(2018-04-19)
Neurons comprise major elements of the nervous system, but do not function in isolation. All nervous system function requires neurons to communicate with each other to integrate, relay, and output information. Neuropeptides ...