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Signaling mechanisms underlying activity‐dependent integration of adult‐born neurons in the mouse olfactory bulb by Bao, Suyang, Romero, Juan M., Belfort, Benjamin D. W., Arenkiel, Benjamin R.

“…Summary Adult neurogenesis has fascinated the field of neuroscience for decades given the prospects of harnessing mechanisms that facilitate the rewiring…”
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Co-transmitting interneurons in the mouse olfactory bulb regulate olfactory detection and discrimination by Lyons-Warren, Ariel M., Tantry, Evelyne K., Moss, Elizabeth H., Kochukov, Mikhail Y., Belfort, Benjamin D.W., Ortiz-Guzman, Joshua, Freyberg, Zachary, Arenkiel, Benjamin R.

“…Co-transmission of multiple neurotransmitters from a single neuron increases the complexity of signaling information within defined neuronal circuits…”
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Oxytocin signaling is necessary for synaptic maturation of adult-born neurons by Pekarek, Brandon T, Kochukov, Mikhail, Lozzi, Brittney, Wu, Timothy, Hunt, Patrick J, Tepe, Burak, Hanson Moss, Elizabeth, Tantry, Evelyne K, Swanson, Jessica L, Dooling, Sean W, Patel, Mayuri, Belfort, Benjamin D W, Romero, Juan M, Bao, Suyang, Hill, Matthew C, Arenkiel, Benjamin R

“…Neural circuit plasticity and sensory response dynamics depend on forming new synaptic connections. Despite recent advances toward understanding the…”
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Visualization of microbes by 16S in situ hybridization in term and preterm placentas without intraamniotic infection by Seferovic, Maxim D., Pace, Ryan M., Carroll, Matthew, Belfort, Benjamin, Major, Angela M., Chu, Derrick M., Racusin, Diana A., Castro, Eumenia C.C., Muldrew, Kenneth L., Versalovic, James, Aagaard, Kjersti M.

“…Numerous reports have documented bacteria in the placental membranes and basal plate decidua in the absence of immunopathology using histologic techniques…”
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Modulations in the offspring gut microbiome are refractory to postnatal synbiotic supplementation among juvenile primates by Pace, Ryan M, Prince, Amanda L, Ma, Jun, Belfort, Benjamin D W, Harvey, Alexia S, Hu, Min, Baquero, Karalee, Blundell, Peter, Takahashi, Diana, Dean, Tyler, Kievit, Paul, Sullivan, Elinor L, Friedman, Jacob E, Grove, Kevin, Aagaard, Kjersti M

“…We and others have previously shown that alterations in the mammalian gut microbiome are associated with diet, notably early life exposure to a maternal high…”
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Imaging and Quantification of Intact Neuronal Dendrites via CLARITY Tissue Clearing by Pekarek, Brandon T, Hunt, Patrick J, Belfort, Benjamin D W, Liu, Gary, Arenkiel, Benjamin R

“…Brain activity, the electrochemical signals passed between neurons, is determined by the connectivity patterns of neuronal networks, and from the morphology of…”
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Co-transmitting neurons in the lateral septal nucleus exhibit features of neurotransmitter switching by Hunt, Patrick J., Kochukov, Mikhail, Pekarek, Brandon T., Belfort, Benjamin D.W., Romero, Juan M., Swanson, Jessica L., Arenkiel, Benjamin R.

“…The lateral septal nucleus (LSN) is a highly interconnected region of the central brain whose activity regulates widespread circuitry. As such, the mechanisms…”
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On equivalent hydraulic conductivity for oscillation–free solutions of Richard’s equation by Belfort, Benjamin, Younes, Anis, Fahs, Marwan, Lehmann, François

“…•The issue of oscillations in the solutions of Richards’ equation is discussed.•Different formulations of equivalent conductivity are presented and…”
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Encoder–Decoder Convolutional Neural Networks for Flow Modeling in Unsaturated Porous Media: Forward and Inverse Approaches by Mohammad Reza Hajizadeh Javaran, Mohammad Mahdi Rajabi, Nima Kamali, Marwan Fahs, Benjamin Belfort

“…The computational cost of approximating the Richards equation for water flow in unsaturated porous media is a major challenge, especially for tasks that…”
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Laboratory Experiments of Drainage, Imbibition and Infiltration under Artificial Rainfall Characterized by Image Analysis Method and Numerical Simulations by Benjamin Belfort, Sylvain Weill, Marwan Fahs, François Lehmann

“…Two laboratory experiments consisting of drainage/imbibition and rainfall were carried out to study flow in variably saturated porous media and to test the…”
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Cholinergic basal forebrain connectivity to the basolateral amygdala modulates food intake by Ortiz-Guzman, Joshua, Swanson, Jessica L, Tantry, Evelyne K, Kochukov, Mikhail, Ung, Kevin, Addison, Angela P, Srivastava, Snigdha, Belfort, Benjamin D, Ji, Emily, Dooling, Sean W, Chen, Sarah A, Tong, Qingchun, Arenkiel, Benjamin R

“…Obesity results from excessive caloric input associated with overeating and presents a major public health challenge. The hypothalamus has received significant…”
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A Generalized Semi-Analytical Solution for the Dispersive Henry Problem: Effect of Stratification and Anisotropy on Seawater Intrusion by Marwan Fahs, Behshad Koohbor, Benjamin Belfort, Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani, Craig T. Simmons, Anis Younes, Philippe Ackerer

“…The Henry problem (HP) continues to play a useful role in theoretical and practical studies related to seawater intrusion (SWI) into coastal aquifers. The…”
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245: Seeing is believing: visualization of placental bacteria in pregnancies uncomplicated by intraamnionic infection using amplified RNA targeted probes by Belfort, Benjamin D, Seferovic, Maxim D, Major, Angela M, Racusin, Diana, Moller, Michelle, Castro, Eumenia C, Versalovic, James, Aagaard, Kjersti M

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Vadose Zone Modeling in a Small Forested Catchment: Impact of Water Pressure Head Sampling Frequency on 1D-Model Calibration by Belfort, Benjamin, Toloni, Ivan, Ackerer, Philippe, Cotel, Solenn, Viville, Daniel, Lehmann, François

“…The characterization of vadose zone processes is a primary goal for understanding, predicting, and managing water resources. In this study, the issue of soil…”
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Uncertainty analysis for seawater intrusion in fractured coastal aquifers: Effects of fracture location, aperture, density and hydrodynamic parameters by Koohbor, Behshad, Fahs, Marwan, Ataie-Ashtiani, Behzad, Belfort, Benjamin, Simmons, Craig T., Younes, Anis

“…[Display omitted] •Uncertainty quantification of seawater intrusion in fractured aquifers is performed.•A new efficient polynomial chaos expansion method is…”
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An advanced discrete fracture model for variably saturated flow in fractured porous media by Koohbor, Behshad, Fahs, Marwan, Hoteit, Hussein, Doummar, Joanna, Younes, Anis, Belfort, Benjamin

“…•Variably saturated flow in fractured domains is a computationally challenging problem.•An advanced numerical model is developed to enable large field…”
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Modeling variable-density flow in saturated-unsaturated porous media: An advanced numerical model by Younes, Anis, Koohbor, Behshad, Belfort, Benjamin, Ackerer, Philippe, Doummar, Joanna, Fahs, Marwan

“…•An advanced model is developed for variable density flow in unsaturated media.•Sophisticated methods for spatial and temporal discretizations are…”
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Image analysis method for the measurement of water saturation in a two-dimensional experimental flow tank by Belfort, Benjamin, Weill, Sylvain, Lehmann, François

“…•A 2D non-invasive measurement technique based on photography is developed.•The method relates light intensities and water content without using tracers or…”
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Uncertainty quantification and global sensitivity analysis of double-diffusive natural convection in a porous enclosure by Rajabi, Mohammad Mahdi, Fahs, Marwan, Panjehfouladgaran, Aref, Ataie-Ashtiani, Behzad, Simmons, Craig T., Belfort, Benjamin

“…•Double-diffusive convection in porous media is modeled under uncertainty.•An efficient strategy is developed to perform uncertainty and sensitivity…”
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An improved Kalman filtering approach for the estimation of unsaturated flow parameters by assimilating photographic imaging data by Rajabi, Mohammad Mahdi, Belfort, Benjamin, Lehmann, François, Weill, Sylvain, Ataie-Ashtiani, Behzad, Fahs, Marwan

“…•Photographs of unsaturated flow provide data for soil hydraulic parameter estimation.•An improved ensemble Kalman filter is developed for assimilation of…”
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