Hidden synaptic differences in a neural circuit underlie differential behavioral susceptibility to a neural injury.

abstract：:Swi2/Snf2 ATPases remodel substrates such as nucleosomes and transcription complexes to control a wide range of DNA-associated processes, but detailed structural information on the ATP-dependent remodeling reactions is largely absent. The single subunit remodeler Mot1 (modifier of transcription 1) dissociates TATA box...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Butryn A,Schuller JM,Stoehr G,Runge-Wollmann P,Förster F,Auble DT,Hopfner KP

更新日期：2015-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human-based modelling and simulations are becoming ubiquitous in biomedical science due to their ability to augment experimental and clinical investigations. Cardiac electrophysiology is one of the most advanced areas, with cardiac modelling and simulation being considered for virtual testing of pharmacological therap...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Tomek J,Bueno-Orovio A,Passini E,Zhou X,Minchole A,Britton O,Bartolucci C,Severi S,Shrier A,Virag L,Varro A,Rodriguez B

更新日期：2019-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis disproportionately affects the Canadian Inuit. To address this, it is imperative we understand transmission dynamics in this population. We investigate whether 'deep' sequencing can provide additional resolution compared to standard sequencing, using a well-characterized outbreak from the Arctic (2011-201...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lee RS,Proulx JF,McIntosh F,Behr MA,Hanage WP

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise and efficient manipulation of genes is crucial for understanding the molecular mechanisms that govern human hematopoiesis and for developing novel therapies for diseases of the blood and immune system. Current methods do not enable precise engineering of complex genotypes that can be easily tracked in a mixed ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bak RO,Dever DP,Reinisch A,Cruz Hernandez D,Majeti R,Porteus MH

更新日期：2017-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease involving cytotoxic conformations of Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1). A major challenge in understanding ALS disease pathology has been the identification and atomic-level characterization of these conformers. Here, we use a combination ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Sekhar A,Rumfeldt JA,Broom HR,Doyle CM,Bouvignies G,Meiering EM,Kay LE

更新日期：2015-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Correct neuronal development requires tailored neurite outgrowth. Neurite outgrowth is driven in part by microtubule-sliding - the transport of microtubules along each other. We have recently demonstrated that a 'mitotic' kinesin-6 (Pavarotti in Drosophila) effectively inhibits microtubule-sliding and neurite outgrowt...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Norkett R,Del Castillo U,Lu W,Gelfand VI

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is crucial for signaling mediated by stress-induced high levels of glucocorticoids. The lateral nucleus of the amygdala (LA) is a key structure underlying auditory-cued fear conditioning. Here, we demonstrate that genetic disruption of GR in the LA (LAGRKO) resulted in an auditory-cued fea...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Inoue R,Abdou K,Hayashi-Tanaka A,Muramatsu SI,Mino K,Inokuchi K,Mori H

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Human disease agents exist within complex environments that have underappreciated effects on transmission, especially for parasites with multi-host life cycles. We examined the impact of multiple host and parasite species on transmission of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni in Kenya. We show S. mansoni is impacte...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Laidemitt MR,Anderson LC,Wearing HJ,Mutuku MW,Mkoji GM,Loker ES

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain neuron types fire spontaneously at high rates, an ability that is crucial for their function in brain circuits. The spontaneously active GABAergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr), a major output of the basal ganglia, provide tonic inhibition of downstream brain areas. A depolarizing 'leak...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lutas A,Lahmann C,Soumillon M,Yellen G

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the role of the synaptic ribbon for sound encoding at the synapses between inner hair cells (IHCs) and spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) in mice lacking RIBEYE (RBEKO/KO). Electron and immunofluorescence microscopy revealed a lack of synaptic ribbons and an assembly of several small active zones (AZs) at each ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Jean P,Lopez de la Morena D,Michanski S,Jaime Tobón LM,Chakrabarti R,Picher MM,Neef J,Jung S,Gültas M,Maxeiner S,Neef A,Wichmann C,Strenzke N,Grabner C,Moser T

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The sense of ownership of one's body is important for survival, e.g., in defending the body against a threat. However, in addition to affecting behavior, it also affects perception of the world. In the case of visuospatial perception, it has been shown that the sense of ownership causes external space to be perceptual...

journal_title：eLife

authors： van der Hoort B,Reingardt M,Ehrsson HH

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Engineered molecules based on human cytokines have potential uses in research and medicine. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Villarino A,O'Shea JJ

更新日期：2017-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Decisions are accompanied by a degree of confidence that a selected option is correct. A sequential sampling framework explains the speed and accuracy of decisions and extends naturally to the confidence that the decision rendered is likely to be correct. However, discrepancies between confidence and accuracy suggest ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： van den Berg R,Anandalingam K,Zylberberg A,Kiani R,Shadlen MN,Wolpert DM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TOR complex 1 (TORC1) is an evolutionarily conserved protein kinase complex that promotes cellular macromolecular synthesis and suppresses autophagy. Amino-acid-induced activation of mammalian TORC1 is initiated by its recruitment to the RagA/B-RagC/D GTPase heterodimer, which is anchored to lysosomal membranes throug...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chia KH,Fukuda T,Sofyantoro F,Matsuda T,Amai T,Shiozaki K

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Goal-directed behavior involves distributed neuronal circuits in the mammalian brain, including diverse regions of neocortex. However, the cellular basis of long-range cortico-cortical signaling during goal-directed behavior is poorly understood. Here, we recorded membrane potential of excitatory layer 2/3 pyramidal n...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Yamashita T,Petersen CCh

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether neurons encode information through their spike rates, their activity times or both is an ongoing debate in systems neuroscience. Here, we tested whether humans can discriminate between a pair of temporal odor mixtures (TOMs) composed of the same two components delivered in rapid succession in either one tempor...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Perl O,Nahum N,Belelovsky K,Haddad R

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A small molecule called Sm4 can disrupt interactions involving a transcription factor called Sox18, while having little impact on other members of the SoxF family. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Kim I,Koh GY

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic dynein plays critical roles within the developing and mature nervous systems, including effecting nuclear migration, and retrograde transport of various cargos. Unsurprisingly, mutations in dynein are causative of various developmental neuropathies and motor neuron diseases. These 'dyneinopathies' define a...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Marzo MG,Griswold JM,Ruff KM,Buchmeier RE,Fees CP,Markus SM

更新日期：2019-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the polycystin genes, PKD1 or PKD2, results in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). Although a genetic basis of ADPKD is established, we lack a clear understanding of polycystin proteins' functions as ion channels. This question remains unsolved largely because polycystins localize to the...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Liu X,Vien T,Duan J,Sheu SH,DeCaen PG,Clapham DE

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional (2D) human skeletal muscle fiber cultures are ill-equipped to support the contractile properties of maturing muscle fibers. This limits their application to the study of adult human neuromuscular junction (NMJ) development, a process requiring maturation of muscle fibers in the presence of motor neuron...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Afshar Bakooshli M,Lippmann ES,Mulcahy B,Iyer N,Nguyen CT,Tung K,Stewart BA,van den Dorpel H,Fuehrmann T,Shoichet M,Bigot A,Pegoraro E,Ahn H,Ginsberg H,Zhen M,Ashton RS,Gilbert PM

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The incubation period for typhoid, polio, measles, leukemia and many other diseases follows a right-skewed, approximately lognormal distribution. Although this pattern was discovered more than sixty years ago, it remains an open question to explain its ubiquity. Here, we propose an explanation based on evolutionary dy...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Ottino-Loffler B,Scott JG,Strogatz SH

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR), the rate-limiting enzyme of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway and the therapeutic target of statins, is post-transcriptionally regulated by sterol-accelerated degradation. Under cholesterol-replete conditions, HMGCR is ubiquitinated and degraded, but the identity of the E3 ubiqu...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Menzies SA,Volkmar N,van den Boomen DJ,Timms RT,Dickson AS,Nathan JA,Lehner PJ

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous brain regions have been shown to have neural correlates of gradually accumulating evidence for decision-making, but the causal roles of these regions in decisions driven by accumulation of evidence have yet to be determined. Here, in rats performing an auditory evidence accumulation task, we inactivated the f...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Erlich JC,Brunton BW,Duan CA,Hanks TD,Brody CD

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To initiate DNA replication, cells first load an MCM helicase double hexamer at origins in a reaction requiring ORC, Cdc6, and Cdt1, also called pre-replicative complex (pre-RC) assembly. The essential mechanistic role of Cdc6 ATP hydrolysis in this reaction is still incompletely understood. Here, we show that althoug...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chang F,Riera A,Evrin C,Sun J,Li H,Speck C,Weinreich M

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic metabolic reprogramming induced by infection exerts profound, pathogen-specific effects on infection outcome. Here, we detail the host immune and metabolic response during sickness and recovery in a mouse model of malaria. We describe extensive alterations in metabolism during acute infection, and identify in...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lissner MM,Cumnock K,Davis NM,Vilches-Moure JG,Basak P,Navarrete DJ,Allen JA,Schneider D

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The ellipsoid body (EB) in the Drosophila brain is a central complex (CX) substructure that harbors circumferentially laminated ring (R) neuron axons and mediates multifaceted sensory integration and motor coordination functions. However, what regulates R axon lamination and how lamination affects R neuron function re...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Xie X,Tabuchi M,Brown MP,Mitchell SP,Wu MN,Kolodkin AL

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporary circuits amplify spontaneous activity in the visual system of neonatal rats. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Fogerson PM,Huguenard JR

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined whether the mutations found in ovarian cancers could be identified in the patients' ovarian cyst fluids. Tumor-specific mutations were detectable in the cyst fluids of 19 of 23 (83%) borderline tumors, 10 of 13 (77%) type I cancers, and 18 of 18 (100%) type II cancers. In contrast, no mutations were foun...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Wang Y,Sundfeldt K,Mateoiu C,Shih IeM,Kurman RJ,Schaefer J,Silliman N,Kinde I,Springer S,Foote M,Kristjansdottir B,James N,Kinzler KW,Papadopoulos N,Diaz LA,Vogelstein B

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The eukaryotic replisome assembles around the CMG helicase, which stably associates with DNA replication forks throughout elongation. When replication terminates, CMG is ubiquitylated on its Mcm7 subunit and disassembled by the Cdc48/p97 ATPase. Until now, the regulation that restricts CMG ubiquitylation to terminatio...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Deegan TD,Mukherjee PP,Fujisawa R,Polo Rivera C,Labib K

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy metabolism is essential for T cell function. However, how persistent antigenic stimulation affects T cell metabolism is unknown. Here, we report that long-term in vivo antigenic exposure induced a specific deficit in numerous metabolic enzymes. Accordingly, T cells exhibited low basal glycolytic flux and limite...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Bettonville M,d'Aria S,Weatherly K,Porporato PE,Zhang J,Bousbata S,Sonveaux P,Braun MY

更新日期：2018-06-18 00:00:00