Marissa C. Applegate

The paper identifies two specialized intrinsic cardiac neuron subtypes in mice that play distinct roles in maintaining cardiac homeostasis and stress resilience.

The paper maps input patterns into the hippocampal formation of black-capped chickadees, revealing topographic organization along both the transverse and long axes, with similarities to mammalian brains.

The paper identifies an entorhinal-like structure in chickadees that exhibits similar anatomical and physiological features to the mammalian entorhinal cortex, suggesting conserved functions in hippocampal processing.

This study shows chickadees use flexible memory strategies for caching and retrieving food in a lab setting, combining memory-independent behaviors with precise spatial memory.