Variance as a Signature of Neural Computations - Can the variability of neural responses provide insight into mechanisms of decision making? Anne Churchland and co-authors have developed a technique t...
How are distinct action and object categories represented in the human brain? Alexander Huth, Jack Gallant, and colleagues examined the representation of 1,705 object and action categories in the huma...
Neural Mechanisms of Courage - How does the brain encode courage in fearful situations? Watch and listen as Yadin Dudai and Uri Nili take you on a personally guided tour of their analysis of brain cir...
Chromosome Loop—Cause or Consequence of Transcription
Chromosome Loop—Cause or Consequence of Transcription - Gerd Blobel and colleagues engineer a long-range genomnic interaction at the β-globin promoter to resolve this long-standing question....
A Circuit for Choices Based on Curiosity - Co-authors Tommy Blanchard and Ben Hayden summarize the high points of their paper published in Neuron. They give some background details, explain the broade...
Daniel Colón-Ramos and colleagues explain their surprising findings that CIMA-1, a solute carrier transporter, regulates glial positioning and synaptic maintenance during postdevelopmental growth via ...
PARP around the Clock - Circadian rhythms are entrained with feeding schedules. Watch as Gad Asher takes you on a brief, personally guided tour of his discovery that nutrient intake regulates the osci...
