Understanding cross-species 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿, and implications for 𝗣𝗧𝗦𝗗. This looks like a fantastic review paper by Dunsmoor, Cisler, Fonzo, Creech, and Nemeroff. doi.org/10.1016/j.neur…

I see lots of great papers coming out analysing the functions of specific brain areas (sometimes several at a time) in behavioral control, using all the amazing tools now to hand in rodents... 1/n

𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺, for how much longer can we keep doing papers like this "Dopamine (or some other neurotransmitter) X receptors in Y-neurons regulate Z1 and Z2 behaviors"??

New paper w Dani S. Bassett on "Causation in neuroscience: keeping mechanism meaningful" in Nature Reviews Neuroscience Nature Rev Neurosci We explore different meanings of mechanism in the field, the challenges this presents & how to move forward. 🧠 U.S. National Science Foundation nature.com/articles/s4158…