Altered olfactory function is a common symptom of COVID-19, but its etiology is unknown. A
key question is whether SARS-CoV-2 (CoV-2) – the causal agent in COVID-19 – affects …

The development of precise connectivity patterns during the establishment of the nervous
system depends on the regulated action of diverse, conserved families of guidance cues and …

Slits and their Roundabout (Robo) receptors mediate repulsive axon guidance at the Drosophila
ventral midline and in the vertebrate spinal cord. Slit is cleaved to produce fragments …

10.7554/eLife.43696.001 The neocortex is functionally organized into layers. Layer four
receives the densest bottom up sensory inputs, while layers 2/3 and 5 receive top down inputs …

Fluid intake is an essential innate behaviour that is mainly caused by two distinct types of
thirst 1 , 2 – 3 . Increased blood osmolality induces osmotic thirst that drives animals to …

Cone-rod dystrophy (CRD) is an inherited progressive retinal dystrophy affecting the function
of cone and rod photoreceptors. By autozygosity mapping, we identified null mutations in …

Understanding how axon guidance receptors are activated by their extracellular ligands to
regulate growth cone motility is critical to learning how proper wiring is established during …

We report the generation of a multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian primary
motor cortex (MOp or M1) as the initial product of the BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (…

Mouse cone photoreceptors, like those of most mammals including humans, express cone
opsins derived from two ancient families: S-opsin (gene Opn1sw) and M-opsin (gene Opn1mw…

This thesis is part of a larger ongoing study of the vegetation of Benishangul Gumuz National
Regional State. Wetlands are a little studied part of this vegetation, and have not been …