Nature Network Journal Club: Curbing cocaine addiction using gene therapy

The next installment of the Nature Network Neuroscience group journal club is now live. The paper discusses a potential therapeutic strategy involving the upregulation of the dopamine receptor D2R that may be beneficial in the treatment of cocaine abuse and addiction.

The contributor discussing this paper for the neuroscience group is Áine Duffy, a postdoctoral fellow at Weill-Cornell Medical College in New York. I want to thank Áine for her participation.

Nature Network Journal Club: Giving sounds the silent treatment

The next installment of the Nature Network Neuroscience group journal club is now live. The paper provides evidence that in unanesthetized animals, sounds are sparsely represented in the auditory cortex.

The contributor discussing this paper for the neuroscience group is Lizzie Buchen, a science writer for Discover Magazine in New York. I want to thank Lizzie for her participation.

Nature Network Journal Club: Neuronal dynamics mediate efficient coding

The next installment of the Nature Network Neuroscience group journal club is now live. The paper discusses the role for brief adaptation in the improvement of population-based encoding accuracy during sensory information processing.

The contributor discussing this paper for the neuroscience group is Adam Packer, a graduate student at Columbia University in the lab of Rafa Yuste. I want to thank Adam for his participation.

Nature Network Journal Club: Getting a GRASP on synapse location

The next installment of the Nature Network Neuroscience group journal club is now live. The paper proposes a new strategy to track the location of select synapses using split fluorescent proteins.

The contributor discussing this paper for the neuroscience group is Andrew Hires, a postdoctoral fellow at Janelia Farm Research Campus in the lab of Loren Looger. I want to thank Andrew for his participation.

Nature Network Journal Club: Sticky matters configuring a synapse

The next installment of the Nature Network Neuroscience group journal club is now live. The paper explores the in vivo function of neurexins in the coordination of pre- and postsynaptic apposition using Drosophila.

The contributor discussing this paper for the neuroscience group is Margaret Ho, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica Taiwan in the lab of Cheng-Ting Chien. I want to thank Margaret for her participation.

Nature Network Journal Club: Drug craving and internal state

The next installment of the Nature Network Neuroscience group journal club is now live. The paper is on the role of insular cortex in drug craving and the behavioral signs of abstinence-related malaise.

The contributor discussing this paper for the neuroscience group is Ben Saunders, a graduate student at the University of Michigan in the lab of Terry Robinson. I want to thank Ben for his participation.

Nature Network Journal Club: Crossing the threshold to consciousness

The next installment of the Nature Network Neuroscience group journal club is now live. The paper is attempting to understand the neural mechanisms that distinguish between conscious and unconscious processing, and is from a collaborative group in Paris.

The contributor discussing this paper for the neuroscience group is Alfredo Pereira, Jr, an adjunct professor at São Paulo State University. I want to thank Alfredo for his participation.

Nature Network Journal Club: Special delivery of an anesthetic

The next installment of the Nature Network Neuroscience group journal club is now live. The paper is on selective nociceptor inhibition, from the lab of Clifford Woolf at Harvard.

The contributor discussing this paper for the neuroscience group is Damien Samways, a post-doctoral fellow at St. Louis University in the lab of Terrance Egan. I want to thank Damien for his participation.

Nature Network Journal Club: Manufacturing new hair cells is for the birds

The next installment of the Nature Network Neuroscience group journal club is now live. The paper focuses on the generation of new hair cells from avian mesenchymal tissue.

The contributor discussing this paper for the neuroscience group is Shelley Batts, a graduate student at the University of Michigan. I want to thank Shelley for her participation.

Next installment of Nature Network Neuroscience journal club

The next installment of the Nature Network Neuroscience group journal club is now live. The paper is on somatosensory processing in sensory and motor cortex, from the lab of Carl Petersen in Lausanne.

The contributor breaking down the paper for the neuroscience group is Eric Thomson, a post-doctoral fellow at Duke University in the lab of Miguel Nicolelis. I want to thank Eric for his participation in this new endeavor.

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