The Journal Club

Paquola, C., Garber, M., Frässle, S. et al. The architecture of the human default mode network explored through cytoarchitecture, wiring and signal flow. Nat Neurosci 28, 654–664 (2025). 

Hasnain, M.A., Birnbaum, J.E., Ugarte Nunez, J.L. et al. Separating cognitive and motor processes in the behaving mouse. Nat Neurosci 28, 640–653 (2025).

Vega-Zuniga, T., Sumser, A., Symonova, O. et al. A thalamic hub-and-spoke network enables visual perception during action by coordinating visuomotor dynamics. Nat Neurosci 28, 627–639 (2025)

Serra, I., Martín-Monteagudo, C., Sánchez Romero, J. et al. Astrocyte ensembles manipulated with AstroLight tune cue-motivated behavior. Nat Neurosci 28, 616–626 (2025)

Sehgal, M., Filho, D.A., Kastellakis, G. et al. Compartmentalized dendritic plasticity in the mouse retrosplenial cortex links contextual memories formed close in time. Nat Neurosci 28, 602–615 (2025).

Kayyal, H., Cruciani, F., Chandran, S.K. et al. Retrieval of conditioned immune response in male mice is mediated by an anterior–posterior insula circuit. Nat Neurosci 28, 589–601 (2025). 

Yuan, X., Nie, S., Yang, Y. et al. Propagation of pathologic α-synuclein from kidney to brain may contribute to Parkinson’s disease. Nat Neurosci 28, 577–588 (2025)

Fekete, R., Simats, A., Bíró, E. et al. Microglia dysfunction, neurovascular inflammation and focal neuropathologies are linked to IL-1- and IL-6-related systemic inflammation in COVID-19. Nat Neurosci 28, 558–576 (2025)

DeSpenza, T., Kiziltug, E., Allington, G. et al. PTEN mutations impair CSF dynamics and cortical networks by dysregulating periventricular neural progenitors. Nat Neurosci 28, 536–557 (2025). 

Bernier, LP., Hefendehl, J.K., Scott, R.W. et al. Brain pericytes and perivascular fibroblasts are stromal progenitors with dual functions in cerebrovascular regeneration after stroke. Nat Neurosci 28, 517–535 (2025).