Mark P. Beenhakker

TL;DR: It is shown that meningeal immunity is also critical for social behaviour; mice deficient in adaptive immunity exhibit social deficits and hyper-connectivity of fronto-cortical brain regions, and suggests a co-evolutionary link between social behaviour and an anti-pathogen immune response driven by IFN-γ signalling.

TL;DR: Recent advances in understanding of how epilepsy co-opts normal, sleep-related circuits to generate seizures are discussed.

TL;DR: The stomatogastric nervous system of decapod crustaceans has contributed significantly to the general principles guiding the present understanding of how rhythmic motor circuits operate at the cellular level.

TL;DR: This work synthesizes a single-component, magnetically sensitive actuator, “Magneto,” comprising the cation channel TRPV4 fused to the paramagnetic protein ferritin, capable of remotely controlling circuits associated with complex animal behaviors.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that GABAB-mediated IPSCs recorded in the thalamus are primarily defined by GABA diffusion and activation of distal extrasynaptic receptors potentially up to tens of micrometers from synapses, and this diffusion is differentially regulated by two astrocytic GABA transporters, GAT1 and GAT3, which are localized near and far fromsynapses, respectively.