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A Neuronal Circuit Switch

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...

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Academy Researchers in Myanmar | California Academy of Sciences

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FOXG1 Orchestrates Neocortical Organization and Cortico-cortical Connections

FOXG1 Orchestrates Neocortical Organization and Cortico-cortical Connections ...

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Mito Movement

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Developmental Cell Thummel PaperPick

Utpal Banerjee discusses the findings of his group's 2005 study and the progress that has been made since....

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A nitrate sensor for plants

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 ...

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Isolated 8-Cell Stage Blastomeres Align the Mitotic Spindle to the Apico-Basal Axis

Isolated 8-Cell Stage Blastomeres Align the Mitotic Spindle to the Apico-Basal Axis ...

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Airyscan Fast Imaging for Calcium Signaling, Part 3

Airyscan Fast Imaging for Calcium Signaling, Part 3 ...

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To Sporulate or Not to Sporulate/ Cell, July 9, 2015 (Vol. 162, Issue 2)

To Sporulate or Not to Sporulate/ Cell, July 9, 2015 (Vol. 162, Issue 2) - YouTube...

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Node Assembly & Maintenance

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...

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A smiley separation

A smiley separation ...

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Thalamic Mechanism of Parkinson Disease

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...

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Shedding Light on CA2

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......

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Collecting Coral: 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition | California Academy of Sciences

Collecting Coral: 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition | California Academy of Sciences - YouTube...

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Genome Analyses of Single Human Oocytes

Jie Qiao and colleagues describe how high-throughput sequencing of oocyte polar bodies could enhance preimplantation genomic screening in IVF....

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Establishing beneficial plant-fungal symbiosis

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...

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Neuronal Coding of Spatial Paths during Slow and Fast Gamma Rhythms

Neuronal Coding of Spatial Paths during Slow and Fast Gamma Rhythms - YouTube...

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Bubble templates in rats

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 ...

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What Happens when I Meet People at a Conference?

What Happens when I Meet People at a Conference? - YouTube...

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Details of How Nuclei Are Harvested upon Sucrose Gradient Ultracentrifugation

Details of How Nuclei Are Harvested upon Sucrose Gradient Ultracentrifugation ...

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