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7 September 2021: Julia Jun
- Scott GA, Liu MC, Tahir NB, Zabder NK, Song Y, Greba Q, Howland JG (2020). Roles of the medial prefrontal cortex, mediodorsal thalamus, and their combined circuit for performance of the odor span task in rats: analysis of memory capacity and foraging behavior. Learning & Memory 27(2):67-77.
14 September 2021: Jesse Werth
- Schoonover CE, Ohashi SN, Axel R, Fink AJP (2021). Representational drift in primary olfactory cortex. Nature 594: 541-546.
- Followup papers of interest:
- Raman D, O'Leary T (2021). Optimal Optimal plasticity for memory maintenance during ongoing synaptic change. eLife 10:e62912. (Online only; PDF not yet available).
21 September 2021: Margaret Cruz
- Meinhardt J, et al. (2021). Olfactory transmucosal SARS-CoV-2 invasion as a port of central nervous system entry in individuals with COVID-19. Nature Neuroscience 24: 168-175.
- The role of brain microglia in synaptic plasticity (as well as the immune response) arose during discussion. Here are a couple of starting-point reviews of the topic for those interested.
- Morris GP et al. (2013). Microglia: a new frontier for synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, and neurodegenerative disease research.
- Augusto-Oliveira M et al. (2021). Lifestyle-dependent microglial plasticity: training the brain guardians.
- The role of brain microglia in synaptic plasticity (as well as the immune response) arose during discussion. Here are a couple of starting-point reviews of the topic for those interested.
28 September 2021: Celia McLean
- Vahaba DM, Hecsh A, Remage-Healey L (2020).. Neuroestrogen synthesis modifies neural representations of learned song without altering vocal imitation in developing songbirds. Scientific Reports 10:3602.
5 October 2021: Michael Mariscal
- Kato HK, Chu MW, Isaacson JS, Komiyama T (2012). Dynamic sensory representations in the olfactory bulb: modulation by wakefulness and experience. Neuron 76: 962-975.
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- Cornblath EJ, Li HL, ..., Henderson MX (2021). Computational modeling of tau pathology spread reveals patterns of regional vulnerability and the impact of a genetic risk factor. Science Advances 7: eabg6677.
- Followups from discussion:
- Seminal & review papers about graph theoretic analysis of brain networks: Bassett & Bullmore 2006, Bullmore & Sporns 2009, Bullmore & Sporns 2012, Bassett & Bullmore 2017
- Dementia papers utilizing brain network analyses: Rittman et al 2016, Rittman et al 2019
- Followups from discussion:
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