Electrophysiological dynamics of antagonistic brain networks reflect attentional fluctuations.

abstract：:Theory predicts a trade-off between investments in precopulatory (ornaments and armaments) and postcopulatory (testes and ejaculates) sexual traits due to the costs associated with their growth and maintenance within the finite energy resources available. Empirical studies, however, have revealed considerable inconsis...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lüpold S,Tomkins JL,Simmons LW,Fitzpatrick JL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytic endfeet cover the entire cerebral vasculature and serve as exchange sites for ions, metabolites and energy substrates from the blood to the brain. They maintain endothelial tight junctions that form the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and release vasoactive molecules that regulate vascular tone. Malignant gliomas...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Watkins S,Robel S,Kimbrough IF,Robert SM,Ellis-Davies G,Sontheimer H

更新日期：2014-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pre-implantation embryonic development involves extensive changes in chromatin structure and transcriptional activity. Here, we report on LiCAT-seq, a technique that enables simultaneous profiling of chromatin accessibility and gene expression with ultra-low input of cells, and map the chromatin accessibility an...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu L,Leng L,Liu C,Lu C,Yuan Y,Wu L,Gong F,Zhang S,Wei X,Wang M,Zhao L,Hu L,Wang J,Yang H,Zhu S,Chen F,Lu G,Shang Z,Lin G

更新日期：2019-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Normalization is a common cortical computation widely observed in sensory perception, but its importance in perception of reward value and decision making remains largely unknown. We examined (1) whether normalized value signals occur in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and (2) whether changes in behavioral task context...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yamada H,Louie K,Tymula A,Glimcher PW

更新日期：2018-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital polymers with precisely ordered units acting as the coded 0- or 1-bit, are introduced as a promising option for molecular data storage. However, the pursuit of better performance in terms of high storage capacity and useful functions never stops. Herein, we propose a concept of an information-coded 2D digital ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Huang Z,Shi Q,Guo J,Meng F,Zhang Y,Lu Y,Qian Z,Li X,Zhou N,Zhang Z,Zhu X

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxic damage to the developing brain due to preterm birth causes many anatomical changes, including damage to the periventricular white matter. This results in the loss of glial cells, significant disruptions in myelination, and thereby cognitive and behavioral disabilities seen throughout life. Encouragingly, these...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Forbes TA,Goldstein EZ,Dupree JL,Jablonska B,Scafidi J,Adams KL,Imamura Y,Hashimoto-Torii K,Gallo V

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring the Earth's stress state plays a role in our understanding of an earthquake's mechanism and in the distribution of hazards. Crustal deformation due to the July 2019 earthquake sequence in Ridgecrest (California) that culminated in a preceding quake of magnitude (M) 6.4 and a subsequent M7.1 quake caused str...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nanjo KZ

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms underlying vascular inflammation and associated inflammatory vascular diseases are not well defined. Here we show that endothelial intracellular adenosine and its key regulator adenosine kinase (ADK) play important roles in vascular inflammation. Pro-inflammatory stimuli lead to endothelial in...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xu Y,Wang Y,Yan S,Yang Q,Zhou Y,Zeng X,Liu Z,An X,Toque HA,Dong Z,Jiang X,Fulton DJ,Weintraub NL,Li Q,Bagi Z,Hong M,Boison D,Wu C,Huo Y

更新日期：2017-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In reducing the high operating temperatures (≥800 °C) of solid-oxide fuel cells, use of protonic ceramics as an alternative electrolyte material is attractive due to their high conductivity and low activation energy in a low-temperature regime (≤600 °C). Among many protonic ceramics, yttrium-doped barium zirconate has...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bae K,Jang DY,Choi HJ,Kim D,Hong J,Kim BK,Lee JH,Son JW,Shim JH

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Assembly of infectious influenza A viruses (IAV) is a complex process involving transport from the nucleus to the plasma membrane. Rab11A-containing recycling endosomes have been identified as a platform for intracellular transport of viral RNA (vRNA). Here, using high spatiotemporal resolution light-sheet microscopy ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bhagwat AR,Le Sage V,Nturibi E,Kulej K,Jones J,Guo M,Tae Kim E,Garcia BA,Weitzman MD,Shroff H,Lakdawala SS

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of innate immunity by membrane-localized receptors is conserved across eukaryotes. Plant genomes contain hundreds of such receptor-like genes and those encoding proteins with an extracellular leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain represent the largest family. Here, we develop a high-throughput approach to study ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang Y,Xu Y,Sun Y,Wang H,Qi J,Wan B,Ye W,Lin Y,Shao Y,Dong S,Tyler BM,Wang Y

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The world's coastal zones are experiencing rapid development and an increase in storms and flooding. These hazards put coastal communities at heightened risk, which may increase with habitat loss. Here we analyse globally the role and cost effectiveness of coral reefs in risk reduction. Meta-analyses reveal that coral...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ferrario F,Beck MW,Storlazzi CD,Micheli F,Shepard CC,Airoldi L

更新日期：2014-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalent functionalization tailors carbon nanotubes for a wide range of applications in varying environments. Its strength and stability of attachment come at the price of degrading the carbon nanotubes sp2 network and destroying the tubes electronic and optoelectronic features. Here we present a non-destructive, cova...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Setaro A,Adeli M,Glaeske M,Przyrembel D,Bisswanger T,Gordeev G,Maschietto F,Faghani A,Paulus B,Weinelt M,Arenal R,Haag R,Reich S

更新日期：2017-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We report color-selective photodetection from intermediate, monolayered, quantum dots buried in between amorphous-oxide semiconductors. The proposed active channel in phototransistors is a hybrid configuration of oxide-quantum dot-oxide layers, where the gate-tunable electrical property of silicon-doped, indium-zinc-o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cho KS,Heo K,Baik CW,Choi JY,Jeong H,Hwang S,Lee SY

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The cost of whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) remains a bottleneck for many studies and it is therefore imperative to extract as much information as possible from a given dataset. This is particularly important because even at the recommend 30X coverage for reference methylomes, up to 50% of high-resolution fea...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Libertini E,Heath SC,Hamoudi RA,Gut M,Ziller MJ,Czyz A,Ruotti V,Stunnenberg HG,Frontini M,Ouwehand WH,Meissner A,Gut IG,Beck S

更新日期：2016-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite progress in understanding pollination network structure, the functional roles of floral sensory stimuli (visual, olfactory) have never been addressed comprehensively in a community context, even though such traits are known to mediate plant-pollinator interactions. Here, we use a comprehensive dataset of flora...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kantsa A,Raguso RA,Dyer AG,Olesen JM,Tscheulin T,Petanidou T

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Netrins, a family of laminin-related molecules, have been proposed to act as guidance cues either during nervous system development or the establishment of the vascular system. This was clearly demonstrated for netrin-1 via its interaction with the receptors DCC and UNC5s. However, mainly based on shared homologies wi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Reuten R,Patel TR,McDougall M,Rama N,Nikodemus D,Gibert B,Delcros JG,Prein C,Meier M,Metzger S,Zhou Z,Kaltenberg J,McKee KK,Bald T,Tüting T,Zigrino P,Djonov V,Bloch W,Clausen-Schaumann H,Poschl E,Yurchenco PD,Eh

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Models of quantum gravity imply a fundamental revision of our description of position and momentum that manifests in modifications of the canonical commutation relations. Experimental tests of such modifications remain an outstanding challenge. These corrections scale with the mass of test particles, which motivates e...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kumar SP,Plenio MB

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen spillover phenomenon is well-documented in hydrogenation catalysis but still highly disputed in hydrogen storage. Until now, the existence of hydrogen spillover through metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) remains a topic of ongoing debate and how far the split hydrogen atoms diffuse in such materials is unknown. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhan G,Zeng HC

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:International corporations in an increasingly globalized economy exert a major influence on the planet's land use and resources through their product design and material sourcing decisions. Many companies use life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate their sustainability, yet commonly-used LCA methodologies lack the spa...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chaplin-Kramer R,Sim S,Hamel P,Bryant B,Noe R,Mueller C,Rigarlsford G,Kulak M,Kowal V,Sharp R,Clavreul J,Price E,Polasky S,Ruckelshaus M,Daily G

更新日期：2017-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Base editors (BEs) are RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas-derived genome editing tools that induce single-nucleotide changes. The limitations of current BEs lie in their low precision (especially when multiple target nucleotides of the deaminase are present within the activity window) and their restriction to targets that are in p...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tan J,Zhang F,Karcher D,Bock R

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The prefrontal cortex and striatum form a recurrent network whose spiking activity encodes multiple types of learning-relevant information. This spike-encoded information is evident in average firing rates, but finer temporal coding might allow multiplexing and enhanced readout across the connected network. We tested ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Voloh B,Oemisch M,Womelsdorf T

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation allows for unconventional initiation at disease-causing repeat expansions. As RAN translation contributes to pathogenesis in multiple neurodegenerative disorders, determining its mechanistic underpinnings may inform therapeutic development. Here we analyze RAN translation at...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Green KM,Glineburg MR,Kearse MG,Flores BN,Linsalata AE,Fedak SJ,Goldstrohm AC,Barmada SJ,Todd PK

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Batesian mimicry, in which harmless species (mimics) deter predators by deceitfully imitating the warning signals of noxious species (models), generates striking cases of phenotypic convergence that are classic examples of evolution by natural selection. However, mimicry of venomous coral snakes has remained controver...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Davis Rabosky AR,Cox CL,Rabosky DL,Title PO,Holmes IA,Feldman A,McGuire JA

更新日期：2016-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:As children grow, they gradually learn how to make decisions independently. However, decisions like choosing healthy but less-tasty foods can be challenging for children whose self-regulation and executive cognitive functions are still maturing. We propose a computational decision-making process in which children esti...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lim SL,Cherry JB,Davis AM,Balakrishnan SN,Ha OR,Bruce JM,Bruce AS

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:High harmonics generated by counter-rotating laser fields at the fundamental and second harmonic frequencies have raised important interest as a table-top source of circularly polarized ultrashort extreme-ultraviolet light. However, this emission has not yet been fully characterized: in particular it was assumed to be...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Barreau L,Veyrinas K,Gruson V,Weber SJ,Auguste T,Hergott JF,Lepetit F,Carré B,Houver JC,Dowek D,Salières P

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Atmospheric iron affects the global carbon cycle by modulating ocean biogeochemistry through the deposition of soluble iron to the ocean. Iron emitted by anthropogenic (fossil fuel) combustion is a source of soluble iron that is currently considered less important than other soluble iron sources, such as mineral dust ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Matsui H,Mahowald NM,Moteki N,Hamilton DS,Ohata S,Yoshida A,Koike M,Scanza RA,Flanner MG

更新日期：2018-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible acetylation of α-tubulin is an evolutionarily conserved modification in microtubule networks. Despite its prevalence, the physiological function and regulation of microtubule acetylation remain poorly understood. Here we report that macrophages challenged by bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) undergo exten...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang B,Rao YH,Inoue M,Hao R,Lai CH,Chen D,McDonald SL,Choi MC,Wang Q,Shinohara ML,Yao TP

更新日期：2014-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Modelling of processes involving deep Earth liquids requires information on their structures and compression mechanisms. However, knowledge of the local structures of silicates and silica (SiO2) melts at deep mantle conditions and of their densification mechanisms is still limited. Here we report the synthesis and cha...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bykova E,Bykov M,Černok A,Tidholm J,Simak SI,Hellman O,Belov MP,Abrikosov IA,Liermann HP,Hanfland M,Prakapenka VB,Prescher C,Dubrovinskaia N,Dubrovinsky L

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of many natural and artificial systems are well described as random walks on a network: the stochastic behaviour of molecules, traffic patterns on the internet, fluctuations in stock prices and so on. The vast literature on random walks provides many tools for computing properties such as steady-state pro...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Perkins TJ,Foxall E,Glass L,Edwards R

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00