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An energy-dependent integrate-and-fire model explains coordinated synaptic and intrinsic adaptation under metabolic stress

Neuronal computation is constrained by the energetic cost of maintaining synaptic transmission, ionic gradients and action-potential generation. Prior work has shown that food restriction in mice shifts visual cortical neurons toward a different operating regime characterized by reduced excitatory synaptic drive, increased membrane resistance and a more depolarized resting membrane potential.…

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Fire, smoke and statesmanship

When choking transboundary haze pushed Singapore and Indonesia to the brink of an economic and diplomatic standoff, pragmatic leadership proved that following the money trail—not nationalist…

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