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neuroscience

1795 papers

Neuroscience explores the intricate machinery of the brain and nervous system, seeking to understand how we think, feel, and move. From the microscopic dance of individual neurons to the complex networks that shape our memories and behaviors, this field peels back the layers of our biological selves to reveal the origins of consciousness and disease.

At Gist.Science, we bring these discoveries directly from bioRxiv, the leading preprint server for biological sciences, to a broader audience. We process every new neuroscience preprint as it is uploaded, transforming dense academic manuscripts into clear, plain-language explanations alongside detailed technical summaries. This ensures that both curious readers and specialists can stay current with the latest breakthroughs before they are formally published.

Below are the latest neuroscience papers we have processed from bioRxiv, offering fresh insights into the workings of the mind.

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Ageing conserves and redistributes local geometry in the human structural connectome: an Ollivier-Ricci curvature analysis across the adult lifespan

This study demonstrates that while the overall magnitude of the human structural connectome declines with age, its local geometric redundancy, as measured by Ollivier-Ricci curvature, remains conserved in total but undergoes significant spatial redistribution across specific brain networks on a timescale distinct from connection strength.

Debona, R., Walz, R.2026-08-14
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DRG meningeal tertiary lymphoid structures are regulated by B cells as a pronociceptive locus after peripheral nerve injury

This study demonstrates that peripheral nerve injury induces the formation of germinal center B cell-dependent tertiary lymphoid structures in the dorsal root ganglia meninges, which serve as a critical pronociceptive locus driving neuropathic pain.

Acharya, T. K., Pandey, V. K., Willcox, K. F., Fiore, N. T., Lucena-Silva, G. V., O'Brien, J. A., Barry, A. M., Lesnak (…)2026-08-14
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Recovering directional brain networks under temporal undersampling: an application to schizophrenia

This paper introduces the RnR framework, a causal discovery method that explicitly models fMRI temporal undersampling to recover stable, directionally robust brain networks, successfully identifying schizophrenia-specific hyperconnectivity patterns that traditional single-timescale estimators miss.

Abavisani, m., Solovyeva, K., Danks, D., Pearlson, G. D., Calhoun, V., Plis, S.2026-08-14
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Slow Dynamics Differentially Determine the Robustness of Regular Pacemaking: Distinct Subpopulations of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Illustrate the Principle

This study demonstrates that slow dynamics, specifically the recruitment of KV4 currents by deep after-hyperpolarizing potentials to confine membrane potential trajectories within a narrow phase-space channel, are critical for ensuring the robustness of regular pacemaking in midbrain dopamine neurons projecting to the dorsomedial striatum compared to those with shallower potentials projecting to the nucleus accumbens.

Knowlton, C. J., Stojanovich, S., Janhnke, M., Roeper, J., Canavier, C. C.2026-08-14
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Graph theory for the analysis of micro-electrode array recordings of human brain slices - framework and benchmarking

This study benchmarks three graph construction methods for analyzing human brain slice MEA recordings, revealing that methodological choices significantly alter network topology and introduce hidden degrees of freedom comparable to biological signals, while identifying the spike time tiling coefficient as a robust, parameter-stable alternative.

Ort, J., Witzig, V. S., Bak, A., Heckelmann, J., Roeb, A.-K., Hamou, H., Höllig, A., Weber, Y., Clusmann, H., Delev, D. (…)2026-08-14
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GIRK Channel Loss of Function Increases Dendritic Excitability in a Mouse Model of GNB1 Encephalopathy

This study demonstrates that the GNB1 p.I80T mutation in mice causes GNB1 encephalopathy-like symptoms by impairing GIRK channel function, which reduces synaptic inhibition and increases dendritic excitability, a mechanism that can be therapeutically targeted by GIRK activators to alleviate seizures and learning deficits.

Gritz, S., Voleti, A., Scarnati, M. S., Galloni, A. R., Milstein, A. D.2026-08-13
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Emulating the influence of exoskeleton stiffness on primary afferent feedback in rat isolated muscle-tendon unit

Using an anesthetized rat model, this study demonstrates that while adding parallel elastic stiffness to emulate exoskeletons alters muscle fascicle dynamics and force, it does not significantly change primary afferent spindle firing due to compensatory trade-offs in the underlying kinematic and kinetic factors.

Alshareef, A. A., Nardelli, P. J., Simha, S. N., Cope, T. C., Ting, L. H., Sawicki, G. S.2026-08-12
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Smells like γ-synchrony: Insula-prefrontal communication depends on γ-synchrony and supports modality-specific changes in behavioral strategies

This study demonstrates that gamma-frequency synchronization between the medial insular cortex and medial prefrontal cortex is essential for mice to flexibly shift behavioral strategies from texture-based to odor-based cues, highlighting a critical, modality-specific mechanism for cognitive flexibility.

Hagopian, L. L., Phensy, A. J., Gallagher, A. J., Sohal, V. S.2026-08-12