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There were so many interesting neuroscience papers published in August relevant to neural circuits that curation across journals was extra challenging. Here you go! 1. Calcium Transient Dynamics of Neural Ensembles in the Primary Motor Cortex of Naturally Behaving Monkeys by Takahiro Kondo, Risa Saito, Masaki Otaka, Kimika Yoshino-Saito, Akihiro Yamanaka, Tetsuo Yamamori, Akiya Watakabe,
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I recently spent a week traveling through the US Southeast together with our regional field team colleagues, Sarah MacNamee, Ph.D., Shanna Resendez, Ph.D., and Patrick Stemkowski, Ph.D. This trip was an opportunity to engage with neuroscientists utilizing our technology, and to immerse myself in the community of brain researchers thriving in the US Southeast. During
We’ve compiled our latest list of the neural circuit research papers published in July with relevance and interest to the Inscopix Community. They include several resource-oriented papers like simultaneous optogenetics and calcium imaging during free behavior, genetically-encoded fluorescent indicators for dopamine, and new calcium sensors, etc., all validated during in vivo behaviors. We include papers
The conference center for FENS 2018. Image by Stina Börchers (@stina.biologista). Thousands of scientists descended upon Berlin several weeks ago to attend Europe’s largest neuroscience conference. The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (i.e., “FENS”) Forum is a 5-day, biennial meeting boasting a full schedule of brainy presentations, exhibits, and social events. This year FENS was