Gradual changes in the sensory environment can lead to abrupt changes in brain computations and perception. By sliding through light levels from starlight to daylight, we identified a neuronal circuit...
A nitrate sensor for plants - Sensing changes in soil ion concentration is essential for plants to survive and to sustain maximal growth. Ion sensors had not been identified in higher plants, but now ...
Node Assembly & Maintenance - How do nodes of Ranvier assemble? Jim Salzer and colleagues find that node assembly is initiated by redistribution of mobile, surface pools of axonal adhesion molecul...
Thalamic Mechanism of Parkinson Disease. Hyper-inhibition of thalamic neurons by the basal ganglia inputs has been proposed as a mechanism for Parkinson's disease. This study shows that rebound firing...
The function of hippocampal area CA2 has remained unclear for over 75 years. Watch and listen as Steve Siegelbaum and Vivien Chevaleyre take you on a persona......
Plants engage in important symbiotic relationships with both bacteria and fungi that involve exchanges of nutrients; their encounters with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi activate the s...
Bubble templates in rats - While rodents are the first-choice animal model in the life sciences, they are rarely used as a model for higher visual functions. Here we report the performance of rats in ...