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Zongren Zhang

University of California, Santa BarbaraORCID 0009-0001-7709-9980Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintApr 22, 2026

A recurrent neural network model of chronic pain development and recovery

Katherine Huang, Guy Marmor, Tjitse van der Molen…·Paul K. Hansma

The paper develops a recurrent neural network model to explain chronic pain development and recovery, showing that calming stimuli can reduce pain without pharmacological intervention.

DOI 10.64898/2026.04.18.719337

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NeuroscienceNature NeurosciencePeer-reviewedNov 24, 2025

Protosequences in brain organoids model intrinsic brain states

Tjitse van der Molen, Alex Spaeth, Mattia Chini…·Tal Sharf

This study shows that structured firing sequences emerge in human and murine brain organoids and neonatal brain slices, suggesting innate rather than experience-dependent neural coding.

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