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Microscopic structure of neurons and synapses
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Nature Communications · 2025 · Neuroscience

Dynamic Regulation of Excitatory Circuits by Inhibitory Interneurons in the Cerebral Cortex

Dynamic regulation of excitatory circuits by inhibitory interneurons in the cerebral cortex

Research methods
Two-photon imaging · Causal manipulation · Computational modelling
Breakdown author
Mingyuan Zhang · Peking University
Reading time
18 min
View full breakdown →Chinese article · English version coming soon
A mountain wind farm and climate landscape
PNAS · 2024 · Environmental Science

Assessing the Effects of Global Land-Use Change on Regional Climate

Methods: Remote sensing analysis · Spatiotemporal modelling

14 min readView breakdown →Chinese article · English version coming soon
Single-cell tissue microscopy image
Cell Reports · 2023 · Immunology

Macrophage Polarization and Functional Remodelling in the Tumour Microenvironment

Methods: Single-cell sequencing · Flow cytometry

16 min readView breakdown →Chinese article · English version coming soon

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