#JNeurosci highlight of the week: Exploring the brain and behavior of children who struggle at math.
Explore this week’s selection of featured research: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/featured-research

The results show that, without GluN3A, dendritic trees branch prematurely in cortical neurons. This complexity does not necessarily mean that connections form more effectively.
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🧠A new study led by Isabel Pérez Otaño's lab is now published in #JNeurosci @sfnjournals.bsky.social 🙌
Researchers find that non-conventional NMDA receptors synchronise dendritic arborization with the arrival of callosal axons and connectivity during early life. 🧵1/5 👇
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This Week in The Journal #JNeurosci | How Oligodendrocyte-Lineage Cells Respond to Nerve Injury; Hippocampus and Body Interactions during the Sleep–Wake Cycle
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/46/38/etwij46382026

#JNeurosci: Rai et al. compared the organization of brain areas and how these areas communicate in parent–child pairs, finding that it is necessary to highlight specific brain networks to observe age-related differences in how brain areas communicate.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0388-26.2026

New in #JNeurosci: Lasnick et al. identify characteristic behaviors and brain activity that may explain how developmental dyscalculia persists in some children and not others. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2200-25.2026

#JNeurosci: Using advanced electron microscopy in rats, Zhang et al. captured 3D images of chemical synapses that perform visual computations in the retina. Their findings reveal how neural connections are structured for efficient visual signaling.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0945-25.2025

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#JNeurosci highlight of the week: Using mice to find a way to detect Alzheimer's disease early.
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#JNeurosci: To quickly perceive an environment, the brain generalizes some details & makes estimates about statistics of the scene, like the size of a group. Kong et al explore how the human brain creates structured representations from complex visuals.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0325-26.2026

#JNeurosci: Findings from Li et al. suggest that targeted disruption of the TLR4–lipid raft, the membrane platform that organizes many nociceptive channels and receptors into functional complexes, may offer a novel approach to treating neuropathic pain.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1273-25.2026

This Week in The Journal #JNeurosci | How Mitochondria Influence Neural Homeostatic Mechanisms; Mapping Anterior Cingulate Cortex to Amygdala Pathways
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/46/37/etwij46372026

#JNeurosci: How do people use information from their memory to act on their goals? Nielsen and colleagues explored how dopamine signaling plays a role in this process.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0200-26.2026

New in #JNeurosci from Liu and van der Molen: Socially more anxious individuals show amplified context-sensitive brain activity that may improve learning under low demands, but hinder learning under higher demands.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2161-25.2026

#JNeurosci: Lu and Matsunami analyzed gene activity to find proteins that help odor-detecting receptors reach the cell surface. They identified three helper genes—Gfy, Clgn, and Syt1—that support receptor function as olfactory cells mature.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0454-25.2025

#JNeurosci Review | Nestin-Cre Mouse Lines: A User Guide for CNS Genetics https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0537-26.2026

#JNeurosci: Aryal and Mishra assessed hearing sensitivity in people with clinically normal hearing and discovered that there are large individual differences in a core mechanism for hearing sensitivity and range.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0476-26.2026

#JNeurosci highlight of the week: Challenging assumptions about a mechanism for hearing loss
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#JNeurosci: How does the brain understand the meanings of tangible things we can see and touch, like “apple,” as well as abstract ideas like “freedom”? Chiou et al. focused on the angular gyrus to explore this concept.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0285-26.2026

🔬A new study led by @glb-lab.bsky.social at @neuroalc.bsky.social is now published in #JNeurosci @sfnjournals.bsky.social 🙌
Researchers have discovered that the thalamus actively contributes to visual circuit development by regulating interneuron integration 👇
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