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neuroscience

1519 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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Neural correlates of location-response compatibility in an immersive virtual-reality Attention Network Test: a multiverse electroencephalography analysis

This study utilized a multiverse EEG analysis of an immersive virtual reality Attention Network Test to demonstrate that location-response compatibility modulates target-locked lateralized neural activity associated with spatial selection and target-location coding (specifically the N2pc), rather than producing broad sensory, conflict-related, or response-referenced effects, despite showing no reliable behavioral differences.

Tekampe, D. L., Santangelo, P. S., Sulaj, A., Tekampe, P., Schwartze, M., Hausfeld, L.2026-08-26
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SPOUT: An open-source hardware and software platform to study decision making while manipulating and recording from neural activity

The paper introduces SPOUT, an open-source, affordable hardware and software platform that integrates precise neural recording and optogenetic manipulation with flexible decision-making tasks to study the neural mechanisms of behavior in head-restrained mice.

van den Boom, B. J. G., Dash, D., Rutherford, M., Girasole, A. E., Gorelik, P., Mazor, O., Sabatini, B. L.2026-08-26
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EASI-PASS: An accessible pipeline for linking functional imaging and mRNA profiling

EASI-PASS is a high-throughput pipeline that efficiently links functional imaging data with mRNA profiling by aligning live-cell activity to expanded, cleared tissue volumes, enabling the molecular characterization of thousands of functionally identified neurons with high recovery rates.

Singh Alvarado, J., Massengill, C. I., Stern, J., Amsalem, O., Ventura, B. F., Jang, A., Cook, S., Veliche, A., Sunkaval (…)2026-08-26
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Perinatal environmental enrichment affects murine neonates' brain structure before their active engagement with environment

This study demonstrates that perinatal environmental enrichment alters the brain structure of mouse neonates by postnatal day 7, primarily through changes in maternal care rather than direct environmental interaction, resulting in distinct regional effects compared to those observed in adults.

Kaller, M. S., Ligneul, C., Allemang-Grand, R., Zhang, T. Y., Ellegood, J., Meaney, M., Lerch, J. P.2026-08-25
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Prefrontal cortex glucocorticoid receptors during fear memory consolidation shift the balance between salience and default-mode networks at retrieval in rats

This study demonstrates that blocking glucocorticoid receptors in the rat dorsomedial prefrontal cortex immediately after fear conditioning accelerates hormonal recovery and promotes fear overgeneralization at remote time points by shifting the retrieval network from a salience-driven to a default-mode configuration.

dos Santos Correa, M., Vido Lopes, L., Quintiliano dos Santos, A. C., Castro, J. C., Boscariol Lourenco, W. T., da Costa (…)2026-08-25
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Behavioral and brain responses to language reflect different levels of linguistic representation

This study demonstrates that while both behavioral and neural language responses are significantly predicted by processing effort, only neural data uniquely capture rich, high-dimensional linguistic content beyond effort, suggesting that brain activity reflects detailed comprehension dynamics that behavioral measures bottleneck into simpler properties.

de Varda, A. G., Berzak, Y., Fedorenko, E., Levy, R.2026-08-25