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# Blog
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### [A Neural Mechanism for Switching between Sleep States](https://media.inscopix.com/hypothalamic-neurons-serve-as-a-switch-between-sleep-states)
- Kevin Chen, PhD |
- 03.12.2018
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What is a dream? This is a question that has been asked by people for thousands of years. Dreams have played crucial roles in affecting individual’s behaviors and even ...
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### [Must-Read Neural Circuit Papers in February 2018](https://media.inscopix.com/must-read-neural-circuit-papers-in-february-2018)
- Jami L. Milton, PhD |
- 03.02.2018
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February brought a number of blockbuster papers related to neural circuit research, including two papers that applied Inscopix technology. The behaviors studied ranged ...
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### [Podcast: Dr. Cori Bargmann on Accelerating Breakthroughs in ...](https://media.inscopix.com/podcast-dr.-cori-bargmann-on-the-brain-initiative-chan-zuckerberg-initiative-and-much-more)
- Jami L. Milton, PhD |
- 02.27.2018
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For our latest podcast, we had the honor of interviewing one of the most influential leaders in biomedical research today, the President of Science at the Chan ...
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### [Blockbuster Study from Dr. Anatol Kreitzer’s Lab Sheds Light on ...](https://media.inscopix.com/video-anatol-kreitzer-describes-how-fast-spiking-interneurons-influence-striatal-motor-learning)
- Dr. Pushkar Joshi |
- 02.20.2018
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At Inscopix, we take immense pride in the scientific success of our community members. Recently, we had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Anatol Kreitzer (Gladstone ...
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### [Must-Read Neural Circuit Papers in January 2018](https://media.inscopix.com/must-read-neural-circuit-papers-in-january-2018)
- Jami L. Milton, PhD |
- 02.02.2018
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It’s the first must-read list for neural circuit research articles in 2018, and the line-up of papers include work on circuits coding for movements to fear and anxiety. ...
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### [Anxiety is Innately Coded by a Hippocampal-Hypothalamic Neural Circuit](https://media.inscopix.com/anxiety-is-innately-coded-by-a-hippocampal-hypothalamic-neural-circuit)
- Jami L. Milton, PhD |
- 01.31.2018
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The hippocampus mediates learning and memory, and since it receives its inputs from many areas, including the cortex and limbic system, it integrates vast types of ...
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### [Podcast: Tom Insel on the Science and Future of Mental Health](https://media.inscopix.com/inscopix-podcast-thomas-insel-md-on-the-science-and-future-of-mental-health)
- Jami L. Milton, PhD |
- 01.17.2018
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The story of mental health management is a challenging one to tell. For sure, we don’t talk enough about it as a society, and we don’t yet know enough about the biology, ...
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### [Must-Read Neural Circuit Papers in December 2017](https://media.inscopix.com/must-read-neural-circuit-papers-in-december-2017)
- Jami L. Milton, PhD |
- 01.03.2018
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It's our final must-read list for 2017! These are the papers published in December that stood out as relevant to the community of neuroscientists studying neural ...
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### [A Neural Circuit Link Between Anxiety, Stress and Altered Eating](https://media.inscopix.com/a-neural-circuit-link-between-anxiety-stress-and-altered-eating)
- Jami L. Milton, PhD |
- 12.20.2017
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Do you stress eat? Based on biology, it’s no wonder our emotions are so tightly linked to feeding. Imagine when we foraged for food away from shelter and into ...
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### [Must-Read Neural Circuit Papers in November 2017](https://media.inscopix.com/must-read-neural-circuit-papers-in-november-2017)
- Jami L. Milton, PhD |
- 11.30.2017
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Every month we pool together some of the most read-worthy papers in neural circuits, and for the month of November, we have another impressive list. Please have a look, ...
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