#JNeurosci: Findings from Paez-Beltran et al. provide a new framework for understanding how transcription factor dynamics shape glial development and diversity in the brain and how their dysregulation may contribute to brain tumor development.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0240-26.2026

#JNeurosci: Results from Yamada et al. suggest that the reduction of excitatory neurometabolites, rather than the recruitment of GABAergic inhibition, is closely linked to a smooth transition into sleep.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0372-26.2026

#JNeurosci highlight of the week: Resource scarcity influences maternal brain activity and caregiving in rats
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This Week in The Journal #JNeurosci | How Inhibitory Medulla Neurons Regulate Breathing; How Astrocytic Tau Pathology Leads to Parkinsonism
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/46/40/etwij46402026

In this 2006 #JNeurosci Symposium, Deisseroth & colleagues explored advances in #optogenetic technology. The authors presented their Symposium at the SfN annual meeting that year. www.jneurosci.org/content/26/4...

Excited to share the lab's first fiber photometry paper, out now in #JNeurosci 🎉😃🐀🧠💫

This one feels particularly special: it marks a new experimental direction for the lab and reflects so much hard work, troubleshooting, learning, and persistence from an incredible team 🔬✨ More to come!

Does resource scarcity blunt the maternal brain’s reward system? Not exactly. New in #JNeurosci: Rat mothers with reduced nesting materials show altered VTA dopamine neuron activity around insensitive caregiving and pup separation, but not food reward.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0997-26.2026

#JNeurosci highlight of the week: Exploring how brain aging influences language issues after stroke.
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#JNeurosci: Findings in rats from Wang et al. challenge traditional views of hippocampal function by suggesting that its role in decision making is not limited to flexible, outcome-sensitive choices, but can also extend to outcome-insensitive behavior.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0389-26.2026

#JNeurosci: Using EEG recordings in humans, Tomassini et al. show that different neural rhythms are used to balance speed and accuracy, helping explain how the brain flexibly controls goal-directed behavior.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0765-25.2025

#JNeurosci: Giancani et al. proposed a new hypothesis that attributes a specific role to intracortical travelling waves and tested its behavioral consequences exploiting the known retinotopic architecture of the visual cortex.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1953-25.2026

#JNeurosci: Findings from Magyar et al. reveal a previously unrecognized organization of fear circuits that process sensory information during cue-shock association.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2285-25.2026

This Week in The Journal #JNeurosci | How Inputs Activate Nucleus Accumbens Cholinergic Interneurons; Recording from Cat Spinal Interneurons In Vivo
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/46/39/etwij46392026

#JNeurosci: Findings from Jalil et al. identify a specific brain-to-heart pathway in mice that controls heart rate and provide a new access point to investigate how the nervous system regulates the heart in health and disease.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0398-26.2026

New in #JNeurosci: After stroke, uninjured areas of the brain can age faster than expected, relating to the severity of their language difficulties. These brain aging patterns can predict how well patients respond to treatment & regain language ability.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2058-25.2026

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#JNeurosci: Johantges et al. used mice to study excitatory and inhibitory synaptic connections in the CA1 region, creating a circuit map with cell-type resolution that will guide future research on how the hippocampus supports learning and memory.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1102-25.2025

“We always really welcome the feedback that our authors may have.” Editor-in-Chief Sabine Kastner highlights how important feedback is to the editorial board at #JNeurosci.

#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.
📷 This image was selected as the cover of #JNeurosci @sfnjournals.bsky.social. Credit: Bárbara Corral Sánchez. 🧵3/5