Genetic Diversity in Hereditary Hearing Loss: The Potential Role of KINOCILIARY Protein TOGARAM2 Background Hearing Loss (HL) is a feature with multiple causes, and currently, research has identified pathogenic variants in over 200 genes associated with HL. Despite extensive research, the causative factor remains unidentified in more than one-third...

Neural computational mechanisms underlying fairness-based decisions: Self-Unfairness and Other-Unfairness Abstract: Fairness is a fundamental value in human society, and individuals show concern for both self-unfairness and other-unfairness. However, there has been a long-standing debate on whether self-unfairness and other-unfairness evoke shared ...

Differences in Brain Cortical Morphological Networks Between Gyri and Sulci Introduction The human brain, as an interconnected complex network, can be mapped through virtual imaging using multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. By analyzing this network using graph theory methods, many studies have discovered some non-trivial topolo...

Fluoxetine Rescues Excessive Myelin Formation and Psychological Behaviors in a Murine PTSD Model Background Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex mental disorder characterized by spontaneous intrusions of traumatic memories, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, negative emotions and cognitions, and hyperarousal. Although existing first...

Nucleus Accumbens Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons Project to Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis to Regulate Wakefulness and Positive Emotional States Background The nucleus accumbens (NAc) plays a crucial role in regulating motivation, reward, and many behaviors that depend on high levels of arousal. However, research on the neural mechani...

In the field of neuroscience, epilepsy has always been a disease of great concern, with significant challenges remaining in clinical research and treatment. Among these, the issue of secondary epileptogenesis has had a profound impact on academia and clinical treatment. Secondary epileptogenesis refers to the continuous spread of epileptic activity...

Gating of Social Behavior by Inhibitory Input from Hippocampal CA1 to Retrosplenial Agranular Cortex Background Social behavior is a fundamental requirement for mammalian survival and reproduction, requiring the perception of sensory information, processing of social relevance, and further integration in the prefrontal cortex. Neuropsychiatric diso...

Scientific Report: Study on the Mechanism of Deafness in Cx26-Deficient Mice Introduction Mutations in the Gjb2 gene are the most common cause of autosomal recessive non-syndromic hereditary deafness, accounting for about 50% of all cases. The Cx26 protein encoded by the Gjb2 gene is mainly expressed in cochlear epithelial supporting cells and is r...

A Novel Autosomal Dominant Parkinsonism/Cerebellar Ataxia Syndrome Caused by Cysteinyl-tRNA Synthetase Mutation Background Recently, a Chinese research team discovered a new pathogenic gene for a rare neurodegenerative disease that presents as a combination of Parkinson’s disease and cerebellar ataxia symptoms, which does not fit the description of...

Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate (EGCG) Inhibits Neuroinflammation in BV2 Cells by Regulating the ROS/TXNIP/NLRP3 Pathway Research Background Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a degenerative brain disorder primarily affecting the elderly, characterized by persistent cognitive dysfunction and behavioral impairment. The neuropathological changes in AD include β-...