Journal of Neuroscience
Articles in this Issue
Projection of Cortical Beta Band Oscillations to a Motor Neuron Pool across the Full Range of Recruitment
Cortical beta band oscillations (13–30 Hz) are associated with sensorimotor control, but their precise role remains unclear. Evidence suggests that for low-threshold motor neurons (MNs), these oscilla...
Incorporation of a Cost of Deliberation Time in Perceptual Decision Making
Many decisions benefit from the accumulation of evidence obtained sequentially over time. In such circumstances, the decision-maker must balance speed against accuracy, while considering the cost asso...
Conceptual Knowledge Shapes the Neural Representations of Learned Faces in Non-Visual Regions of the Brain
When we encounter people in real life, increased visual experience with their face is accompanied by an accumulation of conceptual knowledge about them. This conceptual knowledge has been shown to pla...
Positive Emotion Enhances Memory by Promoting Memory Reinstatement across Repeated Learning
In daily life, we frequently encounter items within emotional contexts through repeated exposure. However, it remains unclear how emotion influences the memory of items learned across multiple repetit...
Unveiling Cortical Criticality Changes along the Prodromal to the Overt Continuum of Alpha-Synucleinopathy
Patients with idiopathic/isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) are in the prodromal stage of alpha-synucleinopathies. Neurodegeneration early affects subcortical structures, including the substa...
Stress Sensitization of Neurons in the Dentate Gyrus Is Dependent on Neuronal Interleukin-1 Receptor Signaling and Is Associated with Increased Synaptic Plasticity, Perineuronal Nets, and Excitatory/Inhibitory Input Imbalance
Repeated social defeat (RSD) in mice causes sensitization of hippocampal neurons associated with enhanced contextual fear memory. Because enhanced fear memory is an integral component of posttraumatic...
Online Movements Reflect Ongoing Deliberation
From navigating a crowded hallway to skiing down a treacherous hill, humans are constantly making decisions while moving. Insightful past work has provided a glimpse of decision deliberation at the mo...
Basal Forebrain to Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamatergic Pathway Promotes Emergence from Isoflurane Anesthesia in Mice
Recent evidence highlights the importance of glutamatergic neurons in the basal forebrain (BF) in promoting cortical activity; however, whether BF glutamatergic neurons are involved in regulating gene...
ALS Mutations Shift the Isoelectric Point of the KIF5A C Terminal Inducing Protein Aggregation and TDP-43 Mislocalization
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease characterized by death of lower and upper motor neurons. Although the mechanism behind the selective neuron loss is still...
Fine-Tuning the Details: Post-encoding Music Differentially Impacts General and Detailed Memory
Music can effectively induce emotional arousal, which is associated with the release of stress hormones that are important for the emotional modulation of memory. Thus, music may serve as a powerful m...