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View article: Social touch shapes communication and animal recognition in naked mole-rats
Social touch shapes communication and animal recognition in naked mole-rats Open
Summary The East African naked mole-rat ( Heterocephalus glaber ) lives in cooperative subterranean colonies and displays a capacity to recognize social novelty, rank, and identity. The sensory cues used for social recognition remain poorl…
View article: Proposing a neural framework for the evolution of elaborate courtship displays
Proposing a neural framework for the evolution of elaborate courtship displays Open
In many vertebrates, courtship occurs through the performance of elaborate behavioral displays that are as spectacular as they are complex. The question of how sexual selection acts upon these animals’ neuromuscular systems to transform a …
View article: Synapsin II Directly Suppresses Epileptic Seizures In Vivo
Synapsin II Directly Suppresses Epileptic Seizures In Vivo Open
The synapsin family offers a strong linkage between synaptic mechanisms and the epileptic phenotype. Synapsins are phosphoproteins reversibly associated with synaptic vesicles. Synapsin deficiency can cause epilepsy in humans, and synapsin…
View article: Chronic paternal morphine exposure increases sensitivity to morphine-derived pain relief in male progeny
Chronic paternal morphine exposure increases sensitivity to morphine-derived pain relief in male progeny Open
Parental history of opioid exposure is seldom considered when prescribing opioids for pain relief. To explore whether parental opioid exposure may affect sensitivity to morphine in offspring, we developed a “rat pain scale” with high-speed…
View article: Synapsin II Directly Suppresses Epileptic Seizures in Vivo
Synapsin II Directly Suppresses Epileptic Seizures in Vivo Open
Videorecordings of seizure activity
View article: Synapsin II Directly Suppresses Epileptic Seizures in Vivo
Synapsin II Directly Suppresses Epileptic Seizures in Vivo Open
Videorecordings of seizure activity
View article: Chronic paternal morphine exposure increases sensitivity to morphine-derived antinociception
Chronic paternal morphine exposure increases sensitivity to morphine-derived antinociception Open
Parental exposure to drugs of abuse such as opioids can have profound and long-lasting effects on reward processing and drug sensitivity across generations. However, little is known about the impact of long-term paternal exposure to morphi…
View article: Serotonin Differentially Regulates L5 Pyramidal Cell Classes of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Rats and Mice
Serotonin Differentially Regulates L5 Pyramidal Cell Classes of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Rats and Mice Open
The prefrontal cortex receives a dense serotonergic innervation that plays an important role in its regulation. However, how serotonin regulates different pyramidal and interneuron cell classes in this area is incompletely understood. Prev…