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ArticleNature2026

A critical initialization for biological neural networks.

Marius Pachitariu, Lin Zhong, Alexa Gracias, Amanda Minisi, Crystall Lopez, Carsen Stringer

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Marius PachitariuHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA. pachitarium@janelia.hhmi.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7106-814X
Lin ZhongHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-628X
Alexa GraciasHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Amanda MinisiHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Crystall LopezHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Carsen StringerHHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA. stringerc@janelia.hhmi.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9229-4100

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrinsically generated, brainwide neural activity displays macroscopic coordination among large populations of neurons that persists beyond the biophysical timescales of individual neurons

Indexed as

Models, NeurologicalNerve NetNeuronsAnimalsCA1 Region, HippocampalMemory, Short-TermMiceTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID42162432
PMCPMC13391357

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