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    Two populations of neurons with distinct anatomy and receptor expression that convey information from the spinal cord to the brain have different functional properties with respect to touch and pain.

    • Seungwon Choi
    • , Junichi Hachisuka
    •  & David D. Ginty

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    The authors uncover the diverse transcriptomic cell types of thirst-driving neurons in the lamina terminalis and show that unique combinations of neuron types respond to and mediate distinct thirst states.

    • Allan-Hermann Pool
    • , Tongtong Wang
    •  & Yuki Oka

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    The supramammillary nucleus in the hypothalamus acts as a novelty hub that selectively directs different types of novelty signals to different subregions of the hippocampus and flexibly modulates the encoding of memory.

    • Shuo Chen
    • , Linmeng He
    •  & Thomas J. McHugh

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    Dissociative states in mouse and human brains are traced to low-frequency rhythmic neural activity—with distinct molecular, cellular and physiological properties—in the deep retrosplenial cortex and the posteromedial cortex.

    • Sam Vesuna
    • , Isaac V. Kauvar
    •  & Karl Deisseroth

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    In the thalamic reticular nucleus there are two neuron types that are segregated into central and edge zones and receive inputs from different thalamocortical nuclei, creating subcircuits with distinct dynamics.

    • Rosa I. Martinez-Garcia
    • , Bettina Voelcker
    •  & Scott J. Cruikshank

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    A study integrating single-cell RNA-sequencing and electrophysiology data shows that in mouse, the cellular repertoire of the thalamic reticular nucleus is characterized by a transcriptomic gradient defined at its extremes by mutually exclusive expression of Spp1 and Ecel1, providing insights into the organizational principles underlying the divergent functions of this brain region.

    • Yinqing Li
    • , Violeta G. Lopez-Huerta
    •  & Guoping Feng

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    A specific neuronal population in the medial and lateral preoptic area of the hypothalamus regulates entry into torpor in mice.

    • Sinisa Hrvatin
    • , Senmiao Sun
    •  & Michael E. Greenberg

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    Experiments in mice show that a population of neurons in the vagal ganglia respond to the presence of glucose in the gut and connect to neurons in the brainstem, revealing the circuit that underlies the neural basis for the behavioural preference for sugar.

    • Hwei-Ee Tan
    • , Alexander C. Sisti
    •  & Charles S. Zuker

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    A population of neurons in the parabrachial nucleus that expresses prodynorphin monitors ingestion using mechanosensory signals from the upper digestive tract, and mediates negative feedback control of intake when the digestive tract is distended.

    • Dong-Yoon Kim
    • , Gyuryang Heo
    •  & Sung-Yon Kim

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    Molecular and functional magnetic resonance imaging in the rat reveals distinct neuromodulatory effects of striatal dopamine that extend beyond peak release sites and activate remote neural populations necessary for performing motivated actions.

    • Nan Li
    •  & Alan Jasanoff

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    Computational modelling, imaging and single-cell ablation in layer 2/3 of the mouse vibrissal somatosensory cortex reveals that recurrent activity in cortical neurons can drive input-specific amplification during behaviour.

    • Simon Peron
    • , Ravi Pancholi
    •  & Karel Svoboda

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    Neuron-tracing and labelling experiments in Drosophila females reveal the neural circuitry that coordinates mating and egg laying, and the role of sex peptide from male seminal fluid in triggering these neurons.

    • Fei Wang
    • , Kaiyu Wang
    •  & Barry J. Dickson

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    The complex patterns of activity in motor cortex that control movements such as reach and grasp are dependent on both upstream neuronal activity in the thalamus and the current state of the cortex.

    • Britton A. Sauerbrei
    • , Jian-Zhong Guo
    •  & Adam W. Hantman

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    Two-photon calcium imaging and optogenetic experiments in tethered flying flies, combined with modelling, demonstrate how the correlation of compass and visual neurons underpins plasticity that enables the transformation of visual cues into stable heading representations.

    • Sung Soo Kim
    • , Ann M. Hermundstad
    •  & Vivek Jayaraman

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    Using mouse lines in which subsets of neurons are genetically labelled, the authors provide generalized anatomical rules for connections within and between the cortex and thalamus.

    • Julie A. Harris
    • , Stefan Mihalas
    •  & Hongkui Zeng

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    Quantitative connectivity matrices (or connectomes) for both adult sexes of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans are presented that encompass all connections from sensory input to end-organ output across the entire animal.

    • Steven J. Cook
    • , Travis A. Jarrell
    •  & Scott W. Emmons

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    Cells in the mouse medial entorhinal cortex that fire when mice are at a specific distance and direction from a stationary object suggest that vector coding is important for rodent navigation.

    • Øyvind Arne Høydal
    • , Emilie Ranheim Skytøen
    •  & Edvard I. Moser

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    Transcriptional profiling and axonal reconstructions identify two types of pyramidal tract neuron in the motor cortex: one type projects to thalamic regions and produces early and persistent preparatory activity, and the other type projects to motor centres in the medulla and produces motor commands.

    • Michael N. Economo
    • , Sarada Viswanathan
    •  & Karel Svoboda

  • Letter |

    Training of mice to associate a particular sound frequency with locomotion results in selective suppression of cortical responses to that frequency during movement, consistent with a motor-dependent form of auditory cortical plasticity.

    • David M. Schneider
    • , Janani Sundararajan
    •  & Richard Mooney

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     In the midbrain defensive circuit, the decision to escape is computed by an unreliable synaptic connection that thresholds threat information integrated in the medial superior colliculus, and controls activation of dorsal periaqueductal grey neurons.

    • Dominic A. Evans
    • , A. Vanessa Stempel
    •  & Tiago Branco

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    The identity and hedonic value of tastes are encoded in distinct neural substrates; in mice, the amygdala is necessary and sufficient to drive valence-specific behaviours in response to bitter or sweet taste stimuli, and the cortex can independently represent taste identity.

    • Li Wang
    • , Sarah Gillis-Smith
    •  & Charles S. Zuker

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    In mouse models of Parkinson’s disease and dyskinesia, striatal spiny projection neurons of the direct and indirect pathways have abnormal, imbalanced levels of spontaneous and locomotor-related activity, with the two different disease states characterized by opposite abnormalities.

    • Jones G. Parker
    • , Jesse D. Marshall
    •  & Mark J. Schnitzer

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    Galanin-expressing neurons in the medial preoptic area coordinate different aspects of motor, motivational, hormonal and social behaviour associated with parenting by projecting to different brain regions depending on the type of behaviour and sex and reproductive state of mice.

    • Johannes Kohl
    • , Benedicte M. Babayan
    •  & Catherine Dulac

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    Tracing of projection neuron axons from the primary visual cortex to their targets shows that these neurons often project to multiple cortical areas of the mouse brain.

    • Yunyun Han
    • , Justus M. Kebschull
    •  & Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel

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    Thirst is regulated by hierarchical neural circuits in the lamina terminalis, and these integrate the instinctive need for water with consequent drinking behaviour to maintain internal water homeostasis.

    • Vineet Augustine
    • , Sertan Kutal Gokce
    •  & Yuki Oka

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