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Theories of #consciousness – a new Review by Anil K. Seth (@anilkseth) and Tim Bayne go.nature.com/37gZOJu
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Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight... go.nature.com/3PSdWMV
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Attractor and integrator networks in the brain — a Review by Mikail Khona & Ila Fiete @KhonaMikail @FieteGroup go.nature.com/3Wx5m7k
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The neuropathobiology of multiple sclerosis — a Review by Marcel S. Woo, Jan Broder Engler & Manuel A. Friese @ManuelFriese @JanBroderEngler @woo_marcel go.nature.com/3wOzsv2
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In female rats, social touch activates parvocellular #oxytocin neurons, leading to activation of the larger population of magnocellular oxytocin neurons and promoting sociability #ResearchHighlight go.nature.com/2E0oFSB
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Local modulation by presynaptic receptors controls neuronal communication and behaviour – a new Review by David Lovinger, Yolanda Mateo, Kari Johnson, Sheila Engi, Mario Antonazzo & Joseph Cheer go.nature.com/3M9r4ZN
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‘The stressed synapse 2.0: pathophysiological mechanisms in stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders’, by Gerard Sanacora, Zhen Yan & Maurizio Popoli go.nature.com/3GT8K3I
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#Backpropagation and the brain - a new Review by Lillicrap (@countzerozzz), Santoro (@santoroAI), Marris (@MarrisLuke), Akerman and Hinton (@geoffreyhinton) go.nature.com/2z9CSdM
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A new Review discusses links between the disruption of #circadianrhythms and brain disorders at different stages of life - by @RyanWLogan and @McClungColleen go.nature.com/2DQWvbo
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GABA tone regulation and its cognitive functions in the brain — a Review by Wuhyun Koh, Hankyul Kwak, Eunji Cheong & C. Justin Lee nature.com/articles/s41583-0…
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Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement – a new Review by Silvia Arber and Rui Costa @ruimcosta #basalganglia #brainstem go.nature.com/3Epyepm
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GABA tone regulation and its cognitive functions in the brain — a Review by Wuhyun Koh, Hankyul Kwak, Eunji Cheong & C. Justin Lee nature.com/articles/s41583-0…
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‘Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms’, a Review by Debra Bangasser & Amelia Cuarenta go.nature.com/39xziJp @Bangasser_Lab @AmeliaForty @TempleUniv
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The neuroconnectionist research programme — a Perspective by @AdrienDoerig @rowansommers @kateiyas @tyrell_turing @neurograce Jenann Ismael @KordingLab @talia_konkle @marcelge @KriegeskorteLab @TimKietzmann nature.com/articles/s41583-0…
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New Review: ‘Untangling the cortico-thalamo-cortical loop: cellular pieces of a knotty circuit puzzle’ by Gordon Shepherd (@GordonS56597971) & Naoki Yamawaki (@yamawakn1) go.nature.com/3y4H08X
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Psychedelic drugs: neurobiology and potential for treatment of psychiatric disorders - a new Review by Franz Vollenweider and @KatrinPreller go.nature.com/2ZBWXDM
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On the nature and use of models in network neuroscience — a new Review by @DaniSBassett, Zurn and Gold go.nature.com/2zwKVRH #networkneuroscience
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Molecular and cellular mechanisms of selective vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases — a Review by Martin Kampmann (@MartinUCSF) go.nature.com/3JloKyM
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The structures and functions of correlations in neural population codes – a new Review by Stefano Panzeri, @MonicaMoroni5, Houman Safaai and Christopher Harvey go.nature.com/3yet4eD
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‘Energy matters: presynaptic metabolism and the maintenance of synaptic transmission’, a Review by Sunan Li & Zu-Hang Sheng go.nature.com/3kJ964i @sunan_li @zuhangsheng @NINDSnews
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Check out this new Review on viral tools in neuroscience, by Alexander Nectow (@cpnoct) and @EricJNestler go.nature.com/3kDJAvc
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Developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of human cortical circuits — a Review by Pierre Vanderhaeghen & Franck Polleux go.nature.com/3In8FYE @VanderhaeghenP2 @fpolleux
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Causal mapping of human brain function Check out this new Review by Shan H. Siddiqi, Konrad P. Kording, Josef Parvizi and Michael D. Fox @ShanSiddiqi @KordingLab @josef_parvizi @foxmdphd @BrighamWomens @HarvardMed @HarvardBrainSci go.nature.com/3jRLE4h
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What are models of the ‘self in context’, and how might they link physical and mental health? See this new Perspective by @LeonieKoban, Peter @PGianoros, Hedy Kober and @torwager go.nature.com/31zgkOq
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How do oligodendrocytes and myelin plasticity contribute to memory? Check out this new Review by Wendy Xin (@Dr_Oligo) and Jonah Chan go.nature.com/30XpwvZ #oligodendrocytes #myelin #memory
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How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis — a Perspective by Mototaka Suzuki, Cyriel M. A. Pennartz & Jaan Aru go.nature.com/3FBTMRj @CogSysNeuroSci @jaaanaru @HBPSysCogNeuro @SILS_UvA @UvA_Science @unitartu
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Insights into the specific contributions of PFC subdivisions in decision making - a new Review by Murray and @RudebeckLab go.nature.com/2KOWZyk
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Step by step: cells with multiple functions in cortical circuit assembly – a new Review by Rosa Cossart and Sonia Garel go.nature.com/3McWjCD
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Somatosensory and autonomic neuronal regulation of the immune response – a new Review by Swalpa Udit, Kimbria Blake & Isaac M. Chiu go.nature.com/3tIz8dB
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Where, when and how do #astrocytes control synaptic circuits? A new Review by Dallérac, Zapata and Rouach go.nature.com/2SWBZe7
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Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight… go.nature.com/3PSdWMV
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Neuronal regulation of the blood–brain barrier and neurovascular coupling - a new Review by Luke Kaplan, Brian Chow and Chenghua Gu go.nature.com/2Dn5wKv #bloodbrainbarrier #neurovascularcoupling
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A new Review on the role of decision-making processes in the selection, planning and control of goal-directed movements in humans and nonhuman primates, by Gallivan, Chapman, Wolpert & Flanagan go.nature.com/2KHhhcF
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Assessments of dentate gyrus function: discoveries and debates — a Perspective by Mia Borzello, Steve Ramirez, Alessandro Treves, Inah Lee, Helen Scharfman, Craig Stark, James J. Knierim & Lara M. Rangel nature.com/articles/s41583-0…
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Forgetting as a form of adaptive engram cell plasticity – a new Perspective by Tomás Ryan and Paul Frankland @TJRyan_77 and @Franklandlab go.nature.com/31TRTz0
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Music in the brain In this new Review, Peter Vuust (@PVuust), Ole Heggli, Karl Friston and Morten L. Kringelbach discuss the perception and predictive coding of music go.nature.com/3tQw3rg
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‘The sympathetic nervous system in development and disease’, a Review by Emily Scott-Solomon, Erica Boehm & Rejji Kuruvilla go.nature.com/30kn2L3 @um_erca @rkuruvi1
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The brain’s default network: updated anatomy, physiology and evolving insights, a review by Randy Buckner & @LaurenDiNicola go.nature.com/2kvTSnm
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The role of GABAergic signalling in neurodevelopmental disorders – a new Review by Xin Tang, Rudolf Jaenisch & Mriganka Sur go.nature.com/3d8AVyk
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A new, freely available poster on the immunology and neurobiology of multiple sclerosis: bit.ly/1RMgC97
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The role of #engram cells in the systems consolidation of #memory - a new Review by Tonegawa, Morrissey and Kitamura go.nature.com/2KKo7ly
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Preparatory activity and the expansive null-space — a Review by @MarkChurchland & Krishna V. Shenoy go.nature.com/4cczNr9
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The human imagination: the cognitive neuroscience of visual mental imagery, a review by @ProfJoelPearson go.nature.com/2KedMgS
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The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour — by @Camila_SerBar, @MagdaMartinezGa, @ClaraPretus, @DiePaternina, Anna Soler, Olha Khymenets, Óscar J. Pozo, @LeunerLab, @OVilarroya & @susanna_carmona go.nature.com/3RhbFfb @neuromaternal @BeMotherProject
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The impact of the human thalamus on brain-wide information processing — a Perspective by James M. Shine, Laura D. Lewis, Douglas D. Garrett & Kai Hwang nature.com/articles/s41583-0… @jmacshine @lauradata @Garrett_Neuro @kaihwang12
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The transition to compulsion in #addiction - a new Review by @LUSCHERC, Robbins and @barry_everitt go.nature.com/2JrMmD5
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From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders — a Review by Trevor W. Robbins, Paula Banca & David Belin @PaulaBanca1 @belin_david go.nature.com/3Q685mN
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To mark our 20th anniversary, we asked some of our recent authors for their thoughts on notable developments in neuroscience, and particularly in their areas of the field, over the past two decades. go.nature.com/2EMMcaK
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The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing – a new Review by Lisa Topolnik and Suhel Tamboli @universitelaval @crchuqc go.nature.com/3axPjTp
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Somatosensory and autonomic neuronal regulation of the immune response – a new Review by Swalpa Udit, Kimbria Blake & Isaac M. Chiu go.nature.com/3tIz8dB
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An open letter to past, current and future mentors of Black neuroscientists by Kaela Singleton (@kss_phd), Rackeb Tesfaye (@RackebT), Elena Dominguez (@NeuroCurls) & Angeline Dukes (@FutureDrDukes) Free to read here: rdcu.be/ccx3Q
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#Breathing matters: a new Review on the complex neuroscience of breathing by Del Negro, Funk and Feldman go.nature.com/2K7dDca
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‘Believing in dopamine’: @gershbrain and @naoshigeuchida place the roles of #dopamine in reward prediction and probabilistic computations in a common reinforcement-learning framework go.nature.com/2nmTOIa
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Overnight neuronal plasticity and adaptation to emotional distress — a Perspective by Yesenia Cabrera, Karin J. Koymans, Gina R. Poe, Helmut W. Kessels, Eus J. W. Van Someren & Rick Wassing go.nature.com/3vaiBSB @littlewrinkle @doctorpoe @Kesselslab
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Shaping the brain vasculature in development and disease in the single-cell era — a Review by @ThomasWalchli, @JeroenBisschop, @CarmelietLab, @gelarehzadeh, Philippe P. Monnier, @debocklab & Ivan Radovanovic go.nature.com/3KgAW5j
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Heterogeneity among pyramidal cells of the #hippocampus — a new Review by @MarkCembrowski and @nspruston go.nature.com/2SJ26si
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Brain circuit dysfunction in #PTSD: from mouse to man - a new Review by Fenster, Lebois, Ressler & Suh go.nature.com/2vl3R0l
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Why do animals #sleep? In their Opinion article, Anafi, Kayser and Raizen explore phylogeny for insights on sleep’s original function go.nature.com/2CNayNq
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Check out this new Review on viral tools in neuroscience, by Alexander Nectow (@cpnoct) and @EricJNestler go.nature.com/3kDJAvc
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How do oligodendrocytes and myelin plasticity contribute to memory? Check out this new Review by Wendy Xin (@Dr_Oligo) and Jonah Chan go.nature.com/30XpwvZ #oligodendrocytes #myelin #memory
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Locus coeruleus: a new look at the blue spot - a new Perspective by Susan Sara and colleagues go.nature.com/3mwXRLC #locuscoeruleus
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Formation and integration of new neurons in the adult #hippocampus A new Review by Annina Denoth-Lippuner (@denidenoth) and Sebastian Jessberger go.nature.com/3ssT4Nn
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Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence - a Review by Nancy Padilla-Coreano, Kay Tye & Moriel Zelikowsky @DrNancyPadilla @kaymtye @moriel_z go.nature.com/3boUVQB
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Towards a biologically annotated brain connectome — a Review by Vincent Bazinet, Justine Y. Hansen & Bratislav Misic go.nature.com/48ZHqQ7 @VinceBazz @JustineYHansen @misicbata
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New Review: What are the contributors to, and the neural consequences of, drinking #alcohol during #adolescence? (£) go.nature.com/2EvNDsR
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Multidimensional processing in the #amygdala - a new Perspective by Katalin Gothard go.nature.com/31pk1XS
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'The default mode network in cognition: a topographical perspective', by Jonathan Smallwood, Boris Bernhardt, Robert Leech, Danilo Bzdok, Elizabeth Jefferies & Daniel Margulies go.nature.com/3wrTwwV @the_mindwanders @BorisBernhardt @leechbrain @danilobzdok @DanielMargulies
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New Review on the effects of #sleepdeprivation on cognition, mood and memory (£) go.nature.com/2rLmyYz
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In a new Review, Jagust reviews imaging studies of pathology, atrophy and metabolism in #Alzheimers and ageing brains, and discusses mechanisms linking amyloid-β and tau pathology and #neurodegeneration go.nature.com/2IuPgFE
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‘Neurons as will and representation’, a Perspective by @ItzhakFried go.nature.com/3pf24Hi
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Psychedelic drugs: neurobiology and potential for treatment of psychiatric disorders - a new Review by Franz Vollenweider and @KatrinPreller go.nature.com/2ZBWXDM
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Common principles for odour coding across vertebrates and invertebrates — a Review by Kara A. Fulton, David Zimmerman, Aravi Samuel, Katrin Vogt & Sandeep Robert Datta @Datta_Lab @KatrinVogt3 go.nature.com/3X0ipRh
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An open letter to past, current and future mentors of Black neuroscientists by Kaela Singleton (@kss_phd), Rackeb Tesfaye (@RackebT), Elena Dominguez (@NeuroCurls) & Angeline Dukes (@FutureDrDukes) Free to read here: rdcu.be/ccx3Q @BlackInNeuro #BlackInNeuro
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Oscillating circuitries in the sleeping brain - a new Review by Antoine R. Adamantidis (@Tidis__), Carolina Gutierrez Herrera & Thomas C. Gent #sleep go.nature.com/2VNsFLq
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Neural signalling of gut mechanosensation in ingestive and digestive processes – a new Review by Minyoo Kim, Gyuryang Heo & Sung-Yon Kim go.nature.com/336gFwf @minyoo_kim @GyuryangH @syk_net
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Review: The role of structural and functional plasticity in chronic pain (£) go.nature.com/2gEkue6
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How systemic molecules affect the brain in health, ageing and disease - a new Review by @jvpluv and @wysscoray go.nature.com/2N7EJ6R
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Theories of #consciousness – a new Review by Anil K. Seth (@anilkseth) and Tim Bayne go.nature.com/37gZOJu
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New Review on prefrontal–hippocampal interactions in episodic #memory (£) #hippocampus
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Impaired #insulin signalling and allostatic load in Alzheimer disease – a new Review by Fernanda De Felice, Rafaella Gonçalves & Sergio Ferreira go.nature.com/3C2kZKo
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Striatal circuits for reward learning and decision-making, a review by @JuliaMaryCox & @IlanaWitten go.nature.com/2K3wUze
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‘The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised’, a new Perspective by Frisoni, Altomare, Thal, Ribaldi, van der Kant, Ossenkoppele, Blennow, Cummings, van Duijn, Nilsson, Dietrich, Scheltens & Dubois go.nature.com/30ScTVP
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New Review: Dendritic structural plasticity and neuropsychiatric disease (£) go.nature.com/2GyK8zg #synapticplasticity
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The neural bases for timing of durations – a Review by Albert Tsao, S. Aryana Yousefzadeh, Warren Meck, May-Britt Moser & Edvard Moser @ShYousefzadeh @MayBrittMoser @EdvardMoser go.nature.com/3U5ZDnZ
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How does the #epigenome interact with synapses to enable learning and #memory? A new Review by @RianneThoughts Campbell and @MarceloWoodUCI go.nature.com/2FY8HbB
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Neurophysiological mechanisms of error monitoring in human and non-human primates — a Review by @brooksfu_neuro @AmirsamanSajad @stevenerrington @LabSchall @UeliRutishauser go.nature.com/3jqHvaD
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What are the glial and vascular changes that occur early in #Alzheimers pathogenesis? By @CMHenstridge, Hyman and @TSpiresJones #glia # astrocytes go.nature.com/2H9kuoH
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The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain — a Review by Evelina Fedorenko, Anna A. Ivanova & Tamar I. Regev @ev_fedorenko @neuranna @tamaregev go.nature.com/445mXaD
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Emergence of abstract rules in the primate brain - a new Review by Farshad Alizadeh Mansouri, David J. Freedman (@djfreedman) & Mark J. Buckley go.nature.com/3isDoFo
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Priority coding in the visual system – a new Review by @NicoleCRust and @marlenecohen go.nature.com/3vaV0xg
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Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces — a Perspective by André Fenton go.nature.com/4dzvhUn
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Detection, processing and reinforcement of social cues: regulation by the oxytocin system — a Review by Rohit Menon & Inga D. Neumann go.nature.com/3FDKFzx @rohitmenon1986 @TheNeumannLab
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Neuron–#glia interactions in the pathophysiology of #epilepsy - a new Review by Patel, Tewari, Chaunseli and Sontheimer
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The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing – a new Review by Lisa Topolnik and Suhel Tamboli @universitelaval @crchuqc go.nature.com/3axPjTp
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Neuroimmune mechanisms and therapies mediating post-ischaemic brain injury and repair — a Review by Takashi Shichita, Hiroaki Ooboshi & Akihiko Yoshimura go.nature.com/40q814a
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The speech neuroprosthesis — a Review by Alexander B. Silva, Kaylo T. Littlejohn, Jessie R. Liu, David A. Moses and Edward F. Chang @asilvaalex1 @jessierliu @AtDavidMoses @KayloLittlejohn @ChangLabUCSF go.nature.com/3K6WD71
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SARS-CoV-2 can be found in neurons of the olfactory mucosa and in the CNS endothelia, indicating a possible route of entry of the virus into the CNS go.nature.com/3obVPB7 #ResearchHighlight #COVID19
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The #basalganglia and the #cerebellum: nodes in an integrated network - a new Review by Andreea Bostan (@neurophronesis) and Peter Strick (£) go.nature.com/2qqPhCZ
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