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Dopamine-producing neurons that connect threat detection to heart and movement responses

Tsuji M; Jinkoma D; Uemura Y; Ogasawara A; Emoto K

When a threat was felt, the fly moved and its heartbeat slowed down fast. Scientists found special brain cells that control this heartbeat change, and changing the heart’s speed also changed how much the fly moved during danger.

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Spectraplakin Is Needed to Organize Microtubules in Dendrites Through a Tip-Based Mechanism

Davies M; Sanal N; Wolterhoff N; Gigengack U; Shen Y; Frommeyer SM; Hahn I; Rumpf S

Scientists studied how nerve cells build the tiny tracks inside their branches. They found a protein called Shot helps keep these tracks in the right place in growing dendrites, and another short-lived process may also help start them.

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