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Designing optimal perturbation inputs for system identification in neuroscience.

Ogino M; Sekizawa D; Kitazono J; Oizumi M

The research paper talks about how scientists want to know how brain cells work together but it's really hard to find out just by watching them. So, they try to change things in the brain and see what happens. The researchers figured out a special way to change things to learn more about the brain, and it's better than the old way of just guessing.

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Endosome-associated Rab GTPases control distinct aspects of neural circuit assembly.

Dong KX; Zhang Y; Ji H; Luginbuhl DJ; Luo L; McLaughlin CN

Building nerve circuits in our brains is like a busy road system where different paths are used to send messages. Special proteins on cell surfaces are like traffic signs that help the messages move. Two special helpers called Rab5 and Rab11 manage this traffic by deciding whether signs should come back to the road or go to recycling, making sure the message paths grow properly as we learn and change.

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