Relating Introspective Accuracy to Individual Differences in Brain Structure

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Stephen M. Fleming, Rimona S. Weil, Zoltan Nagy, Raymond J. Dolan, and Geraint Rees

The ability to introspect about self-performance is key to human subjective experience, but the neuroanatomical basis of this ability is unknown. Such accurate introspection requires discriminating correct decisions from incorrect ones, a capacity that varies substantially across individuals. We dissociated variation . . . → Read More: Relating Introspective Accuracy to Individual Differences in Brain Structure

MiR-16 Targets the Serotonin Transporter: A New Facet for Adaptive Responses to Antidepressants

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Anne Baudry, Sophie Mouillet-Richard, BenoƮt Schneider, Jean-Marie Launay, and Odile Kellermann

The serotonin transporter (SERT) ensures the recapture of serotonin and is the pharmacological target of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants. We show that SERT is a target of microRNA-16 (miR-16). miR-16 is expressed at higher levels in noradrenergic than in serotonergic cells; its . . . → Read More: MiR-16 Targets the Serotonin Transporter: A New Facet for Adaptive Responses to Antidepressants