Motor protein 'hook' reveals how neurons deliver cargo with precision

For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside ...
Nature

First ever atlas of brain development shows how stem cells turn into neurons

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

Textbook view of NMDA receptor calcium signals upended by new findings

Drugs that act on NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors, which are essential for learning, memory and moment-by-moment consciousness, are key for treating neuropsychiatric disorders. These drugs were ...
eLife

Extracting Value Coding Features from Individual Serotonin Neurons

The authors used a Bayesian modeling framework to fit behavior and serotonin neuron activity to reward history across multiple timescales. A key goal was to distinguish value coding from other ...