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THE INPUTOME OF DOPAMINE NEURONS IDENTIFIED [UCHIDA LAB]

A central goal in neuroscience is to understand how diverse types of neurons interact to form complex networks. A critical step toward this goal is to find out…

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DISSECTING COMPUTATION IN THE DOPAMINE REWARD CIRCUIT

(L to R) Sebastian Haesler, Naoshige Uchida and Jeremiah Cohen In 1954, Olds and Milner discovered that direct, electrical stimulation of particular brain areas was powerfully rewarding: rats…

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MCB AWARDS 2011 PERALTA AND MESELSON PRIZES TO GHAZALEH ASHRAFI AND JEREMIAH COHEN

(l-r) Ghazaleh Ashrafi and Markus Meister (l-r) Matthew Meselson, Jeremiah Cohen and Nao Uchida Ghazaleh Ashrafi and Jeremiah Cohen received prizes given annually for outstanding research achievement at…

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SNIFFING OUT THE ODOR CODE: A ROLE FOR SPIKE TIMING

How would you describe the smell of fresh baked bread, a rose, or an ocean breeze? The world of smell is extremely diverse, and with intangible qualities that…

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NAOSHIGE UCHIDA GOES IN SEARCH OF THE MIND

Naoshige Uchida Of all the systems in biology, the mind could be the hardest to conceptualize. How can we understand the way neurons produce the mind, with its…

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