OUT NOW in Communications Biology from Jude Mitchell: Marmosets are more easily distracted than macaques. Their brain cells have more dopamine receptors, which may make it harder to stay focused when unexpected things happen. #URochesterResearch doi.org/10.1038/s420... @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social

NEW research from Jude Mitchell shows that marmosets are more easily distracted than macaques. Their brain cells have more dopamine receptors, which may make it harder to stay focused when unexpected things happen. #URochesterResearch @cvsuor.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Likewise, would any Bernstein member be willing to support me and @tgivanov.bsky.social 's membership application? Thanks!!

Can't wait for tomorrow's #CNS2025 workshop on "Cross-species modeling of brain structure and dynamics" organised by @jchrispang.bsky.social and @elimuller.bsky.social in Florence. I will speak about this line of work:

Marmosets are more distractable than macaques. This study suggests that higher dopamine D1 receptor expression in prefrontal parvalbumin neurons is one of the main underlying reasons. @seanfw.bsky.social @tgivanov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...

I will speak about this today in the #CNS2025 workshop on "Cross-species modeling of brain structure and dynamics" in Florence.

Textbook neuroscience teaches that anatomy dictates function. But which aspects of anatomy determine differences in function between species? We think neuroscience is now well-placed to tackle this question. Here is our attempt at one piece of the puzzle: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

What happens in the brain when a stimulus enters consciousness? We built a biophysical model of the cortex to zoom in to synaptic interactions and zoom out to whole-cortex neural dynamics during perception. It revealed a key mechanism for ignition🧵... www.cell.com/cell-reports...