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January 6, 2022

Long-Term Motor Learning in the "Wild" With High Volume Video Game Data

Front Hum Neurosci. 2021 Dec 20;15:777779. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.777779. eCollection 2021.

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January 5, 2022

What do Reinforcement Learning Models Measure? Interpreting Model Parameters in Cognition and Neuroscience

Curr Opin Behav Sci. 2021 Oct;41:128-137. doi: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.06.004. Epub 2021 Jul 3.

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January 3, 2022

A silicon-rhodamine chemical-genetic hybrid for far red voltage imaging from defined neurons in brain slice

RSC Chem Biol. 2021 Sep 29;2(6):1594-1599. doi: 10.1039/d1cb00156f. eCollection 2021 Dec 2.

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December 30, 2021

Distinct Factors Drive the Spatiotemporal Progression of Tau Pathology in Older Adults

J Neurosci. 2022 Feb 16;42(7):1352-1361. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1601-21.2021. Epub 2021 Dec 29.

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December 21, 2021

Cognitive strategies shift information from single neurons to populations in prefrontal cortex

Neuron. 2022 Feb 16;110(4):709-721.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.11.021. Epub 2021 Dec 20.

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December 18, 2021

The retrocalcarine sulcus maps different retinotopic representations in macaques and humans

Brain Struct Funct. 2022 May;227(4):1227-1245. doi: 10.1007/s00429-021-02427-0. Epub 2021 Dec 17.

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December 14, 2021

Regional gray matter oligodendrocyte- and myelin-related measures are associated with differential susceptibility to stress-induced behavior in rats and humans

Transl Psychiatry. 2021 Dec 13;11(1):631. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01745-5.

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May 24, 2021

2021 Q&A with the Neuroscience PhD Program graduates
Congratulations to our 2021 graduates! Read our Q&A with some of them.

April 30, 2021

Being flexible: PhD alum Michele Insanally studies plasticity and learning in the auditory system
Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD alum Michele Insanally, an assistant professor at the University…

January 1, 2021

2016 Q&A with the Neuroscience PhD Program graduates
Congratulations to our 2016 graduates! Read our Q&A with some of them. (Original Publication: May 20, 2016)
2017 Q&A with the Neuroscience PhD Program graduates
Congratulations to our 2017 graduates! Read our Q&A with some of them. (Original Publication: July 25, 2017)
2018 Q&A with the Neuroscience PhD Program graduates
Congratulations to our 2018 graduates! Read our Q&A with some of them. (Original Publication Date: May 29, 2018)
2019 Q&A with the Neuroscience PhD Program graduates
Congratulations to our 2019 graduates! Read our Q&A with some of them. (Original Publication Date: May 28, 2019)
2020 Q&A with the Neuroscience PhD Program graduates
Congratulations to our 2020 graduates! Read our Q&A with some of them. (Original Publication Date: May 27, 2020)

December 16, 2020

Beyond the lab: PhD alum Antonio Lara builds wearable devices to gain insight into the human brain

“What really interested me, and still interests me, is how neural activity gives rise to cognition.”

Antonio Lara, Neuroscience PhD Program alum (entering class of 2004)

November 17, 2020

Home over hospital: PhD alum Elena Allen develops products to manage heart failure at home
by Rachel Henderson

“To me, it seemed like building something — whether it’s an app, or an actual tool, or a device that someone uses — was a more concrete goal that I could literally put my hands on.”

Elena Allen, Neuroscience PhD Program alum (entering class of 2003)

October 30, 2020

Berkeley Neuro PhD Program: ASK US ANYTHING!
On October 29th Neuroscience PhD students hosted a Q&A for prospective applicants. If you missed the event we invite you to read the full transcript or view the recording.

October 1, 2020

Structural basis for pH gating of the two-pore domain K<sup>+/sup> channel TASK2

Nature. 2020 Sep 30. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2770-2. Online ahead of print.

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September 5, 2020

Sleep Disturbance Forecasts β-Amyloid Accumulation across Subsequent Years

Curr Biol. 2020 Aug 28:S0960-9822(20)31171-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.017. Online ahead of print.

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Magnetotactic bacteria accumulate a large pool of iron distinct from their magnetite crystals

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2020 Sep 4:AEM.01278-20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01278-20. Online ahead of print.

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