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Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization Nature Neuroscience - Parcellation of the cortex into functionally modular brain areas is foundational to neuroscience. Here, Hayden, Heilbronner and Yoo question the central status of brain areas...

New Perspective from myself, Sarah Heilbronner and @myoo.bsky.social . “Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization” in Nature Neuroscience. 🧵

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Image shows the panels of the final Calvin and Hobbes cartoon, published on December 31st 1995, drawn by comic artist Bill Watterson. It depicts Calvin (a young boy) and Hobbes (a stuffed tiger and his close companion) trekking outside in their winter clothes, across a fresh blanket of snow. Calvin: Wow, it really snowed last night! Isn't it wonderful! Hobbes: Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand-new! Calvin: A new year. ... A fresh clean start! Hobbes: It's like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on! Calvin: A day full of possibilities! The two of them board their sled in anticipation. Calvin: It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy... They set off on the sled out into the snow. Calvin: ... Let's go exploring!

30 years ago today, December 31st 1995, the last ever Calvin & Hobbes comic strip was published. Even now, I still find it so poignant & moving.

The long-held belief that only female mosquitoes bite may not be true after all.

Very excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to this study showing that male mosquitoes can also bite and feed on blood.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Not playing around: Why neuroscience needs toy models Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential—and may be all neuroscience needs.

Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential—and may be all neuroscience needs, writes @marcusghosh.bsky.social.

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/theoretical-...

On biological and artificial consciousness: A case for biological computationalism The rapid advances in the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) have galvanised public and scientific debates over whether artificial systems m…

🎊📜 NEW PAPER 📜🎊

Can we seriously build synthetic consciousness?
And if so, where do we start?

I’m super excited to present recent publication in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews where @jaanaru.bsky.social and I confront this challenge head on.

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How basic neuroscience has paved the path to new drugs A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research.

“Basic neuroscience hasn’t produced new drugs.” 💊

Not true - zuranolone (PPD), suzetrigine (pain), gepants (migraine), and more... were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab.

I wrote a Perspective on why this matters. @thetransmitter.bsky.social

www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...

Thanks for your interest! Briefly it is a reconfigurable maze that we can change into very different types of mazes without having to move the mouse into different space. Please check out this page for more detailed descriptions: jieyusz.github.io/publication/...

Wow, This is really informative. Thanks for sharing the resources "Evil Graduate Student" !

Hey, Unfortunately I won't be able to attend what seems like a fantastic and rather unique poster. But would you be so nice as to explain what your paradigm is for testing generalization in mice ? Thanks and All the best for the PostDoc hunt !