The anatomy of inference: generative models and brain structure

T Parr, KJ Friston - Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
To infer the causes of its sensations, the brain must call on a generative (predictive) model.
This necessitates passing local messages between populations of neurons to update beliefs …

Neural circuits of social behaviors: Innate yet flexible

D Wei, V Talwar, D Lin - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Social behaviors, such as mating, fighting, and parenting, are fundamental for survival of any
vertebrate species. All members of a species express social behaviors in a stereotypical and …

[图书][B] Active inference: the free energy principle in mind, brain, and behavior

T Parr, G Pezzulo, KJ Friston - 2022 - books.google.com
The first comprehensive treatment of active inference, an integrative perspective on brain,
cognition, and behavior used across multiple disciplines. Active inference is a way of …

Neuropilin‑1 as a new potential SARS‑CoV‑2 infection mediator implicated in the neurologic features and central nervous system involvement of COVID‑19

J Davies, HS Randeva, K Chatha… - Molecular …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus‑2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) is
the cause of the new viral infectious disease (coronavirus disease 2019; COVID‑19) …

Genetically identified amygdala–striatal circuits for valence-specific behaviors

X Zhang, W Guan, T Yang, A Furlan, X Xiao, K Yu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The basolateral amygdala (BLA) plays essential roles in behaviors motivated by stimuli with
either positive or negative valence, but how it processes motivationally opposing information …

Characterizing functional pathways of the human olfactory system

G Zhou, G Lane, SL Cooper, T Kahnt, C Zelano - elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The central processing pathways of the human olfactory system are not fully understood.
The olfactory bulb projects directly to a number of cortical brain structures, but the distinct …

Widespread transneuronal propagation of α-synucleinopathy triggered in olfactory bulb mimics prodromal Parkinson's disease

NL Rey, JA Steiner, N Maroof, KC Luk… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - rupress.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the progressive appearance of intraneuronal
Lewy aggregates, which are primarily composed of misfolded α-synuclein (α-syn). The …

[HTML][HTML] The olfactory bulb as the entry site for prion-like propagation in neurodegenerative diseases

NL Rey, DW Wesson, P Brundin - Neurobiology of disease, 2018 - Elsevier
Olfactory deficits are present in numerous neurodegenerative disorders and are
accompanied by pathology in related brain regions. In several of these disorders, olfactory …

Cortical processing of odor objects

DA Wilson, RM Sullivan - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
Natural odors, generally composed of many monomolecular components, are analyzed by
peripheral receptors into component features and translated into spatiotemporal patterns of …

Two miRNA clusters, miR-34b/c and miR-449, are essential for normal brain development, motile ciliogenesis, and spermatogenesis

J Wu, J Bao, M Kim, S Yuan, C Tang… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Ablation of a single miRNA gene rarely leads to a discernable developmental phenotype in
mice, in some cases because of compensatory effects by other functionally related miRNAs …