The Journal Club

Enriquez-Traba, J., Arenivar, M., Yarur-Castillo, H.E. et al. Dissociable control of motivation and reinforcement by distinct ventral striatal dopamine receptors. Nat Neurosci 28, 105–121 (2025)

Osorio-Forero, A., Foustoukos, G., Cardis, R. et al. Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM–REM sleep cycle. Nat Neurosci 28, 84–96 (2025)

Fowler, S.L., Behr, T.S., Turkes, E. et al. Tau filaments are tethered within brain extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer’s disease. Nat Neurosci 28, 40–48 (2025).

Shin, M.E., Parra-Bueno, P. & Yasuda, R. Formation of long-term memory without short-term memory revealed by CaMKII inhibition. Nat Neurosci 28, 35–39 (2025).

Bayer, K.U., Giese, K.P. A revised view of the role of CaMKII in learning and memory. Nat Neurosci 28, 24–34 (2025)

Pereira-Iglesias, M., Maldonado-Teixido, J., Melero, A. et al. Microglia as hunters or gatherers of brain synapses. Nat Neurosci 28, 15–23 (2025). 

Elston, T.W., Wallis, J.D. Context-dependent decision-making in the primate hippocampal–prefrontal circuit. Nat Neurosci 28, 374–382 (2025)

Groos, D., Reuss, A.M., Rupprecht, P. et al. A distinct hypothalamus–habenula circuit governs risk preference. Nat Neurosci 28, 361–373 (2025).

Ambroziak, W., Nencini, S., Pohle, J. et al. Thermally induced neuronal plasticity in the hypothalamus mediates heat tolerance. Nat Neurosci 28, 346–360 (2025)

Kim, S.H., Lee, J., Jang, M. et al. Cerebellar Bergmann glia integrate noxious information and modulate nocifensive behaviors. Nat Neurosci 28, 336–345 (2025).

Paul, M.A., Sigoillot, S.M., Marti, L. et al. Stepwise molecular specification of excitatory synapse diversity onto cerebellar Purkinje cells. Nat Neurosci 28, 308–319 (2025).

Watamura, N., Foiani, M.S., Bez, S. et al. In vivo hyperphosphorylation of tau is associated with synaptic loss and behavioral abnormalities in the absence of tau seeds. Nat Neurosci 28, 293–307 (2025).

Nguyen, T.B., Miramontes, R., Chillon-Marinas, C. et al. Aberrant splicing in Huntington’s disease accompanies disrupted TDP-43 activity and altered m6A RNA modification. Nat Neurosci 28, 280–292 (2025). 

O’Keeffe, M., Booker, S.A., Walsh, D. et al. Typical development of synaptic and neuronal properties can proceed without microglia in the cortex and thalamus. Nat Neurosci 28, 268–279 (2025)

Duncan, L.E., Li, T., Salem, M. et al. Mapping the cellular etiology of schizophrenia and complex brain phenotypes. Nat Neurosci 28, 248–258 (2025). 

Wang, H., Lou, R., Wang, Y. et al. Parallel gut-to-brain pathways orchestrate feeding behaviors. Nat Neurosci 28, 320–335 (2025)

Wright WJ, Hedrick NG, Komiyama T. Distinct synaptic plasticity rules operate across dendritic compartments in vivo during learning. Science. 2025 Apr 18

Groisman AI, Letzkus JJ. Dendritic arbors structure memories. Science. 2025 Apr 18;388(6744):253-254. doi: 10.1126/science.adx0640. Epub 2025 Apr 17.

Glanville, J. et al. Cell https://doi org.ccmain.ohionet.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.03.050 (2025).

Bourzac K. Blood of man who's had 200 snake bites helps make a potent antivenom. Nature. 2025 May 2

Aguilar-Gómez D, Bejder J, Graae J, Ko Y, Vaughn A, Clement K, Tristani-Firouzi M, Lee JY, Nordsborg NB, Nielsen R, Ilardo M. Genetic and training adaptations in the Haenyeo divers of Jeju, Korea. Cell Rep. 2025 Apr 16