A kainate receptor increases the efficacy of GABAergic synapses.

abstract：:Functional neural circuit formation during development involves massive elimination of redundant synapses. In the cerebellum, one-to-one connection from excitatory climbing fiber (CF) to Purkinje cell (PC) is established by elimination of early-formed surplus CFs. This process depends on glutamatergic excitatory input...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nakayama H,Miyazaki T,Kitamura K,Hashimoto K,Yanagawa Y,Obata K,Sakimura K,Watanabe M,Kano M

更新日期：2012-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Neuron, Katsuki and colleagues show that cell-autonomous mechanisms divide Drosophila axons into proximal and distal compartments. Axon guidance receptors selectively localize to one compartment. A diffusion barrier exists near the compartment boundary, suggesting that it may have properties like thos...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wright AP,Zinn K

更新日期：2009-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Dscam1 potentially encodes 19,008 ectodomains of a cell recognition molecule of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily through alternative splicing. Each ectodomain, comprising a unique combination of three variable (Ig) domains, exhibits isoform-specific homophilic binding in vitro. Although we have proposed that the ab...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wu W,Ahlsen G,Baker D,Shapiro L,Zipursky SL

更新日期：2012-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the cis-acting DNA elements required for rhodopsin expression, we generated lines of transgenic mice carrying sequences upstream of the bovine rhodopsin gene fused to the E. coli beta-galactosidase gene (lacZ). Upstream sequences extending from -2174 to +70 bp, from -734 to +70 bp, and from -222 to +70 bp di...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Zack DJ,Bennett J,Wang Y,Davenport C,Klaunberg B,Gearhart J,Nathans J

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous activity patterns in the developing retina appear important for the functional organization of the visual system. We show here that an absence of early retinal waves in mice lacking the beta2 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is associated with both gain and loss of functional organiz...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Grubb MS,Rossi FM,Changeux JP,Thompson ID

更新日期：2003-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:How do neurons develop, control, and maintain their electrical signaling properties in spite of ongoing protein turnover and perturbations to activity? From generic assumptions about the molecular biology underlying channel expression, we derive a simple model and show how it encodes an "activity set point" in single ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： O'Leary T,Williams AH,Franci A,Marder E

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The link between dysregulated serotonergic activity and depression and anxiety disorders is well established, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying these psychopathologies are not fully understood. Here, we explore the role of microRNAs in regulating serotonergic (5HT) neuron activity. To this end, we determined the...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Issler O,Haramati S,Paul ED,Maeno H,Navon I,Zwang R,Gil S,Mayberg HS,Dunlop BW,Menke A,Awatramani R,Binder EB,Deneris ES,Lowry CA,Chen A

更新日期：2014-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:About two-thirds of the antibodies to the nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptor in patients with the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis bind to the main immunogenic region (MIR). This is small, well-defined region on each of the two alpha subunits, containing residues 67-76 (alpha 67-76). By determining the structu...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Beroukhim R,Unwin N

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory systems transform the external world into time-varying spike trains. What features of spiking activity are used to guide behavior? In the mouse olfactory bulb, inhalation of different odors leads to changes in the set of neurons activated, as well as when neurons are activated relative to each other (synchrony...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gill JV,Lerman GM,Zhao H,Stetler BJ,Rinberg D,Shoham S

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the fact that strong trial-to-trial correlated variability in responses has been reported in many cortical areas, recent evidence suggests that neuronal correlations are much lower than previously thought. Here, we used multicontact laminar probes to revisit the issue of correlated variability in primary visua...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hansen BJ,Chelaru MI,Dragoi V

更新日期：2012-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of electrotonic coupling in the inferior olive is extremely high, but its functional role in cerebellar motor control remains elusive. Here, we subjected mice that lack olivary coupling to paradigms that require learning-dependent timing. Cx36-deficient mice showed impaired timing of both locomotion and eye-...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Van Der Giessen RS,Koekkoek SK,van Dorp S,De Gruijl JR,Cupido A,Khosrovani S,Dortland B,Wellershaus K,Degen J,Deuchars J,Fuchs EC,Monyer H,Willecke K,De Jeu MT,De Zeeuw CI

更新日期：2008-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The entire length of myelinated axons is organized into a series of polarized domains that center around nodes of Ranvier. These domains, which are crucial for normal saltatory conduction, consist of distinct multiprotein complexes of cell adhesion molecules, ion channels, and scaffolding molecules; they also differ i...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Salzer JL

更新日期：2003-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Our perception of fine visual detail relies on small receptive fields at early stages of visual processing. However, small receptive fields tend to confound the orientation and velocity of moving edges, leading to ambiguous or inaccurate motion measurements (the aperture problem). Thus, it is often assumed that neuron...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pack CC,Livingstone MS,Duffy KR,Born RT

更新日期：2003-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Locomotion is controlled by spinal networks that generate rhythm and coordinate left-right and flexor-extensor patterning. Defined populations of spinal interneurons have been linked to patterning circuits; however, neurons comprising the rhythm-generating kernel have remained elusive. Here, we identify an ipsilateral...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Dougherty KJ,Zagoraiou L,Satoh D,Rozani I,Doobar S,Arber S,Jessell TM,Kiehn O

更新日期：2013-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the deposition of senile plaques and progressive dementia. The molecular mechanisms that couple plaque deposition to neural system failure, however, are unknown. Using transgenic mouse models of AD together with multiphoton imaging, we measured neuronal calcium in individual neu...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kuchibhotla KV,Goldman ST,Lattarulo CR,Wu HY,Hyman BT,Bacskai BJ

更新日期：2008-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging studies using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) have revealed regions of cerebral white matter with decreased microstructural organization (lowerfractional anisotropy or FA) among poor readers. We examined whether 100 hr of intensive remedial instruction affected the white matter of 8- to 10-year-old poor re...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Keller TA,Just MA

更新日期：2009-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroanatomical and functional asymmetries are universal features of the vertebrate CNS, but how asymmetry is generated is unknown. Here we show that zebrafish fgf8 mutants do not elaborate forebrain asymmetries, demonstrated by the failure of the parapineal nucleus to migrate from its initial midline position to the ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Regan JC,Concha ML,Roussigne M,Russell C,Wilson SW

更新日期：2009-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful visual navigation requires a sense of the geometry of the local environment. How do our brains extract this information from retinal images? Here we visually presented scenes with all possible combinations of five scene-bounding elements (left, right, and back walls; ceiling; floor) to human subjects during...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Henriksson L,Mur M,Kriegeskorte N

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocannabinoids are released after brain injury and believed to attenuate neuronal damage by binding to CB(1) receptors and protecting against excitotoxicity. Such excitotoxic brain lesions initially result in primary destruction of brain parenchyma, which attracts macrophages and microglia. These inflammatory cells ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Eljaschewitsch E,Witting A,Mawrin C,Lee T,Schmidt PM,Wolf S,Hoertnagl H,Raine CS,Schneider-Stock R,Nitsch R,Ullrich O

更新日期：2006-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cDNAs encoding novel GABAA receptor subunits were isolated from a rat brain library. These subunits, gamma 2 and delta, share approximately 35% sequence identity with alpha and beta subunits and form functional GABA-gated chloride channels when expressed alone in vitro. The gamma 2 subunit is the rat homolog of th...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Shivers BD,Killisch I,Sprengel R,Sontheimer H,Köhler M,Schofield PR,Seeburg PH

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) is thought to regulate behavioral responses under emotionally arousing conditions. Reward-associated cues activate PVT neurons; however, the specific PVT efferents regulating reward seeking remain elusive. Using a cued sucrose-seeking task, we manipulated PVT activity ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Do-Monte FH,Minier-Toribio A,Quiñones-Laracuente K,Medina-Colón EM,Quirk GJ

更新日期：2017-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal bipolar cells are essential to the transmission of light information. Although bipolar cell dysfunction can result in blindness, little is known about the factors required for bipolar cell development and functional maturation. The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor Bhlhb4 was found to be expre...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Bramblett DE,Pennesi ME,Wu SM,Tsai MJ

更新日期：2004-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic homeostasis is a phenomenon that prevents the nervous system from descending into chaos. In this issue of Neuron, Frank et al. overturn the notion that synaptic homeostasis at Drosophila NMJs is a slow developmental process. They report that postsynaptic changes are offset within minutes by a homeostatic incr...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Macleod GT,Zinsmaier KE

更新日期：2006-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The replay of previously stored memories during hippocampal sharp wave ripples (SWRs) is thought to support both memory retrieval and consolidation in distributed hippocampal-neocortical circuits. Replay events consist of precisely timed sequences of spikes from CA3 and CA1 neurons that are coordinated both within and...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Carr MF,Karlsson MP,Frank LM

更新日期：2012-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian olfactory sensory neurons that express a particular odorant receptor (OR) project axons to the same few glomeruli in the olfactory bulb. In this issue of Neuron, Vassalli et al. use OR minigenes that coexpress histochemical markers and show that the determinants in the sensory neurons required to generate th...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ranganathan R,Buck LB

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive control is subjectively costly, suggesting that engagement is modulated in relationship to incentive state. Dopamine appears to play key roles. In particular, dopamine may mediate cognitive effort by two broad classes of functions: (1) modulating the functional parameters of working memory circuits subservin...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Westbrook A,Braver TS

更新日期：2016-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Brief bath application of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) to hippocampal slices produces long-term synaptic depression (LTD) in CA1 that is (1) sensitive to postnatal age, (2) saturable, (3) induced postsynaptically, (4) reversible, and (5) not associated with a change in paired pulse facilitation. Chemically induced LTD ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lee HK,Kameyama K,Huganir RL,Bear MF

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopaminergic D3 receptor (D3R) is emerging as an antagonist of sensitized behavior induced by addictive drugs such as cocaine. New work by Wang and coworkers in this issue of Neuron now identifies CaMKII as an important negative regulator of the D3R. CaMKII relieves the D3R-mediated inhibition on sensitized behavi...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hell JW

更新日期：2009-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal ganglia (BG) circuits orchestrate complex motor behaviors predominantly via inhibitory synaptic outputs. Although these inhibitory BG outputs are known to reduce the excitability of postsynaptic target neurons, precisely how this change impairs motor performance remains poorly understood. Here, we show that opto...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kim J,Kim Y,Nakajima R,Shin A,Jeong M,Park AH,Jeong Y,Jo S,Yang S,Park H,Cho SH,Cho KH,Shim I,Chung JH,Paik SB,Augustine GJ,Kim D

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies indicate that dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) convey distinct signals. To explore this difference, we comprehensively identified each area's monosynaptic inputs using the rabies virus. We show that dopamine neurons in both areas integrate inp...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Watabe-Uchida M,Zhu L,Ogawa SK,Vamanrao A,Uchida N

更新日期：2012-06-07 00:00:00