Regulation of transmitter release by Unc-13 and its homologues.

abstract：:Prions cause transmissible and genetic neurodegenerative diseases. Infectious prion particles are composed largely, if not entirely, of an abnormal isoform of the prion protein (PrPSc), which is encoded by a chromosomal gene. Although the PrP gene is single copy, transgenic mice with both alleles of the PrP gene ablat...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Prusiner SB

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synapses are specialized sites of cell contact that mediate information flow between neurons and their targets. Genetic screens in the nematode C. elegans have led to the discovery of a number of molecules required for synapse patterning and assembly. Recent studies have demonstrated the importance of guidepost cells ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Margeta MA,Shen K,Grill B

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The behavioral repertoire of an organism can be highly diverse, spanning from social to defensive. How an animal efficiently switches between distinct behaviors is a fundamental question whose inquiry will provide insights into the mechanisms that are necessary for an organism's survival. Previous work aimed at identi...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Rozeske RR,Herry C

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The established function of oligodendrocytes and their progenitors is to drive the cellular events of myelination, a highly diversified process necessary to match the needs of various neuronal subtypes and networks. The morphological and molecular heterogeneity of oligodendrocytes and their progenitors point to functi...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Dimou L,Simons M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crustacean stomatogastric nervous system is a long-standing test bed for studies of circuit dynamics and neuromodulation. We give a brief update on the most recent work on this system, with an emphasis on the broader implications for understanding neural circuits. In particular, we focus on new findings underlinin...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Daur N,Nadim F,Bucher D

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glial regulation of synaptic function provides important modulation of the synaptic and behavioral changes induced by drugs of abuse. In some cases, this regulation is adaptive, reducing drug-induced change, and in other cases maladaptive, contributing to the induction or maintenance of these changes. Understandin...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Stellwagen D,Kemp GM,Valade S,Chambon J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroepithelial cells, the progenitors to the CNS neurons and glia, undergo both symmetric and asymmetric divisions. Symmetric divisions underlie the proliferation of neuroepithelial cells that predominates early in CNS development. Asymmetric divisions are thought to generate the cell types derived from neuroepitheli...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Huttner WB,Brand M

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though many neuronal cell fate decisions result in reproducible outcomes, stochastic choices often lead to spatial randomization of cell subtypes. This is often the case in sensory systems where expression of a specific sensory receptor gene is selected randomly from a set of possible outcomes. Here, we describe recen...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Johnston RJ Jr,Desplan C

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reward valuation in social contexts is by nature relative rather than absolute; it is made in reference to others. This socially relative reward valuation is based on our propensity to conduct comparisons and competitions between self and other. Exploring its neural substrate has been an active area of research in hum...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Isoda M

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Echolocating bats exhibit accurate three-dimensional (3D) auditory localization to avoid obstacles and intercept prey. The bat achieves high spatial resolution through a biological sonar system. Key features of the bat's sonar system are (1) high frequency, directional echolocation signals; (2) high frequency hearing;...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Wohlgemuth MJ,Luo J,Moss CF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma membrane neurotransmitter transporters for monoamines, GABA, glycine and excitatory amino acids are homologous to two sizable families of bacterial amino acid transporters. Recently, a high resolution structure was determined for a thermophilic glutamate transporter. Also, a bacterial tryptophan transporter rel...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Sonders MS,Quick M,Javitch JA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal life is rhythmic. Here we provide an overview of various rhythmic behaviors, connected environmental factors and endogenous mechanisms. We not only cover terrestrial species, but also highlight aquatic environments with typically complex interconnected rhythms. We further address diel, seasonal and potential lu...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Häfker NS,Tessmar-Raible K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing axons appear to navigate to their targets partly in response to long-range diffusible chemoattractants secreted by target cells. The past year has seen the identification of the first target-derived attractants for developing axons, the netrins. Target-derived diffusible factors have also been implicated in...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Kennedy TE,Tessier-Lavigne M

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nervous system is evolutionarily conservative compared to the peripheral appendages that it controls. However, species-specific behaviors may have arisen from very small changes in neuronal circuits. In particular, changes in neuromodulatory systems may allow multifunctional circuits to produce different sets of b...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Katz PS,Harris-Warrick RM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective transport of transmembrane proteins to different intracellular compartments often involves the recognition of sorting signals in the cytosolic domains of the proteins by components of membrane coats. Some of these coats have as their key components a family of heterotetrameric adaptor protein (AP) complexes ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Guardia CM,De Pace R,Mattera R,Bonifacino JS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons have a multiplicity of ionic conductance mechanisms, the interactions of which determine in part the response of a neuron to chemical and electrical synaptic interactions, firing patterns, excitability, membrane potential and action-potential waveform. Several papers published in the past year have provided im...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Baxter DA,Byrne JH

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past year, evidence has accrued that adult CNS stem cells are a widespread progenitor cell type. These cells may normally replace neurons and/or glia in the adult brain and spinal cord. Advances have been made in understanding the signals that regulate stem cell proliferation and differentiation. A deeper und...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Temple S,Alvarez-Buylla A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associative fear learning in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) is crucial for an animal's survival upon environmental threats. BLA neurons are defined on the basis of their projection target, genetic markers, and associated function. BLA principal neuron responses to threat signaling stimuli are potentiated upon associat...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Gründemann J,Lüthi A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral nerves show a remarkable ability to regenerate following a transection injury. Downstream of the cut, the axons degenerate and so to regenerate the nerve, the severed axons need to regrow back to their targets and regain function. This requires the axons to navigate through two different environments. (1) T...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Cattin AL,Lloyd AC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast synaptic inhibition is largely mediated by GABA(A) receptors (GABA(A)Rs), ligand-gated chloride channels that play an essential role in the control of cell and network activity in the brain. Recent work has demonstrated that the delivery, number and stability of GABA(A)Rs at inhibitory synapses play a key role in...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Smith KR,Kittler JT

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mouse olfactory system, there are approximately 1000 types of odorant receptors (ORs), which perform multiple functions in olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). In addition to detecting odors, the functional OR protein ensures the singular gene choice of the OR by negative-feedback regulation. ORs also direct the a...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Imai T,Sakano H

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tympanic hearing is a true evolutionary novelty that arose in parallel within early tetrapods. We propose that in these tetrapods, selection for sound localization in air acted upon pre-existing directionally sensitive brainstem circuits, similar to those in fishes. Auditory circuits in birds and lizards resemble this...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Carr CE,Christensen-Dalsgaard J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now 15 years since the discovery that N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor activity is required to maintain the refined topographic organization of retinotectal projections. Recent studies have identified additional components of the signaling pathways required for activity-dependent map formation and maintenance. Nitr...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Debski EA,Cline HT

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delineating the lineage of neural cells that captures the progressive steps in their specification is fundamental to understanding brain development, organization, and function. Since the earliest days of embryology, lineage questions have been addressed with methods of increasing specificity, capacity, and resolution...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Ma J,Shen Z,Yu YC,Shi SH

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the cellular and molecular bases of transduction of painful stimuli has burgeoned in the past year, mainly as a result of studies on isolated sensory neurones in culture. The ion channels underlying neuronal responses to noxious heat, to protons and to ATP have recently been characterized. The typ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Cesare P,McNaughton P

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that frontoparietal cortices and interconnecting regions in the basal ganglia and the cerebellum are related to motor skill learning. We propose that motor skill learning occurs independently and in different coordinates in two sets of loop circuits: cortex-basal ganglia and cortex-cerebellum...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Hikosaka O,Nakamura K,Sakai K,Nakahara H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals respond to sensory cues emitted by their conspecifics by initiating a repertoire of sex-specific social behaviors, such as mating, fighting, and parental care. These behavioral responses are thought to be largely driven by genetically pre-programmed circuits. However, they can also vary significantly according...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Li Y,Dulac C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent technological advances have enabled the use of different optical methods to activate neurons, including 'caged' glutamate, photoactivation of genetically engineered cascades, and direct two-photon excitation. The ability to use light as a stimulation tool provides, in principle, a non-invasive method for the te...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Callaway EM,Yuste R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloning of the Huntington's disease gene uncovered huntingtin, which is remarkable for its lack of similarity with known proteins despite its large size, approximately 350 kDa. Subsequent experiments established that huntingtin has an as yet unknown function, crucial for embryonic development and neurogenesis. Recent ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Gusella JF,MacDonald ME

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large capacity of episodic memory is thought to be supported by the emergence of distinct hippocampal cell assemblies for unrelated memories, such that interference is minimized. In large-scale population recordings, the orthogonal nature of hippocampal representations across environments is evident in the complet...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Sasaki T,Leutgeb S,Leutgeb JK

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00