Stimulus timing-dependent plasticity in cortical processing of orientation.

abstract：:Each residue in and flanking the M2 membrane-spanning segment of the alpha subunit, from Glu-241 to Glu-262, was mutated to cysteine, and the mutant subunits were expressed together with wild-type beta, gamma, and delta subunits in Xenopus oocytes. Cysteines substituted for Glu-262, Leu-258, Val-255, Ser-252, Leu-251,...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Akabas MH,Kaufmann C,Archdeacon P,Karlin A

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LIM kinase 1 regulates actin filament dynamics through inhibition of ADF/cofilins. Surprisingly, nervous system development in LIM kinase 1 knockout mice is grossly normal, but the animals have deficits in spatial learning, alterations in LTP, and abnormalities in hippocampal dendritic spine structure. The findings ar...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Sarmiere PD,Bamburg JR

更新日期：2002-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a polyglutamine disease caused by the expansion of a CAG repeat in the androgen receptor (AR) gene. We generated a transgenic mouse model carrying a full-length AR containing 97 CAGs. Three of the five lines showed progressive muscular atrophy and weakness as well as diffus...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Katsuno M,Adachi H,Kume A,Li M,Nakagomi Y,Niwa H,Sang C,Kobayashi Y,Doyu M,Sobue G

更新日期：2002-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Arc/Arg3.1 is robustly induced by plasticity-producing stimulation and specifically targeted to stimulated synaptic areas. To investigate the role of Arc/Arg3.1 in synaptic plasticity and learning and memory, we generated Arc/Arg3.1 knockout mice. These animals fail to form long-lasting memories for implicit and expli...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Plath N,Ohana O,Dammermann B,Errington ML,Schmitz D,Gross C,Mao X,Engelsberg A,Mahlke C,Welzl H,Kobalz U,Stawrakakis A,Fernandez E,Waltereit R,Bick-Sander A,Therstappen E,Cooke SF,Blanquet V,Wurst W,Salmen B,Bösl

更新日期：2006-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Oscillatory activity in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) is critical for emotional behavior. In this issue of Neuron, Stujenske et al. (2014) describe novel dynamics of BLA theta-gamma-coupled neuronal oscillations associated with conditioned and innate fear. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Bocchio M,Capogna M

更新日期：2014-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the function of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in mediating the flight-or-fight response was recognized decades ago, the crucial role of peripheral innervation in regulating cell behavior and response to the microenvironment has only recently emerged. In the hematopoietic system, the ANS regulates stem ce...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hanoun M,Maryanovich M,Arnal-Estapé A,Frenette PS

更新日期：2015-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Hundreds of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and at least six GPCR kinases have been identified, but the only GPCR phosphatase that has been definitively demonstrated is the rhodopsin phosphatase encoded by the rdgC locus of Drosophila. Mutations in rdgC result in defects in termination of the light response and ca...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lee SJ,Montell C

更新日期：2001-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain is a vulnerable metabolic organ and must adapt to different fuel conditions to sustain function. Nerve terminals are a locus of this vulnerability, but how they regulate ATP synthesis as fuel conditions vary is unknown. We show that synapses can switch from glycolytic to oxidative metabolism, but to do so, t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ashrafi G,de Juan-Sanz J,Farrell RJ,Ryan TA

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:During synaptic development, proteins aggregate at specialized pre- and postsynaptic structures. Mechanisms that mediate protein clustering at these sites remain unknown. To investigate this process, we analyzed synaptic targeting of a postsynaptic density protein, PSD-95, by expressing green fluorescent protein- (GFP...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Craven SE,El-Husseini AE,Bredt DS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Developmental dyslexia is a reading disorder, yet deficits also manifest in the magnocellular-dominated dorsal visual system. Uncertainty about whether visual deficits are causal or consequential to reading disability encumbers accurate identification and appropriate treatment of this common learning disabil...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Olulade OA,Napoliello EM,Eden GF

更新日期：2013-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Grid cells, border cells, head-directions cells, and conjunctive correlates found in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex (MEC) indicate the presence of highly specialized neural circuits that process allocentric space. New technical advancements, as described by Tang et al. (2014) in this issue, offer an integrated approach ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Savelli F,Knierim JJ

更新日期：2014-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ hybridization histochemistry reveals localized expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) alpha 2 subunit mRNA restricted to the lateral spiriform nucleus (SpL) of the chick diencephalon. The alpha 2 nAChR transcripts are not detected in immature SpL neurons at 4.5-5 days of embryonic developme...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Daubas P,Devillers-Thiéry A,Geoffroy B,Martinez S,Bessis A,Changeux JP

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopamine D3 receptor is expressed primarily in regions of the brain that are thought to influence motivation and motor functions. To specify in vivo D3 receptor function, we generated mutant mice lacking this receptor. Our analysis indicates that in a novel environment, D3 mutant mice are transiently more active t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Xu M,Koeltzow TE,Santiago GT,Moratalla R,Cooper DC,Hu XT,White NM,Graybiel AM,White FJ,Tonegawa S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much is known about the functions and properties of neuronal dendrites, but rarely has dendritic activation been monitored while the dendrite performs a computational task. In this issue of Neuron, Bollmann and Engert demonstrate that different regions of a dendrite in the tadpole optic tectum are tuned to stimuli in ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Waters J

更新日期：2009-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevation of cerebral Mg2+ with a novel orally delivered ionophore, magnesium threonate, enhances cognition in young and old rats over a 12-24 day treatment interval, as outlined in a paper by Slutsky et al. in this issue of Neuron. Despite both Mg2+ and Zn2+ blocking the NMDA receptor channel, sustained extracellular...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Bush AI

更新日期：2010-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate motion detection requires neural circuitry that compensates for global visual field motion. Select subtypes of retinal ganglion cells perceive image motion and connect to the accessory optic system (AOS) in the brain, which generates compensatory eye movements that stabilize images during slow visual field mo...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Sun LO,Brady CM,Cahill H,Al-Khindi T,Sakuta H,Dhande OS,Noda M,Huberman AD,Nathans J,Kolodkin AL

更新日期：2015-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the extent to which presynaptic structures at the embryonic neuromuscular junction of Drosophila can form in mutants where development of postsynaptic somatic muscles is affected. Although twist mutant embryos lack mesoderm, motor axons still grow out of the CNS and form morphologically normal presynaptic ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Prokop A,Landgraf M,Rushton E,Broadie K,Bate M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulation of specific proteins at synaptic structures is essential for synapse assembly and function, but mechanisms regulating local protein enrichment remain poorly understood. At the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), subsynaptic nuclei underlie motor axon terminals within extrafusal muscle fibers and are transcripti...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hippenmeyer S,Huber RM,Ladle DR,Murphy K,Arber S

更新日期：2007-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Pheromonal activation of the vomeronasal organ (VNO) elicits genetically preprogrammed behaviors and physiological changes in mammals. We have identified a novel gene family encoding over one hundred VNO specific receptors, the V3Rs. V3R sequences are highly similar to each other and appear distantly related to the pu...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pantages E,Dulac C

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the structural determinants underlying transport by the glutamate transporter EAAT1, we mutated each of 24 highly conserved residues (P392 to Q415) to cysteine. A majority of these substituted cysteines react with the sulfhydryl-modifying reagent MTSEA, suggesting that they reside in an aqueous environm...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Seal RP,Amara SG

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) density at the neuromuscular junction of frog cutaneous pectoris muscle was determined by electron microscope autoradiography and biochemistry to be approximately 600 sites micron-2 of postsynaptic area, approximately 4-fold lower than all previous reports (mouse), whereas the hydrolytic tu...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Anglister L,Stiles JR,Salpeter MM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons must extend toward and grow through the optic disc to exit the eye into the optic nerve. In the embryonic mouse eye, we found that immunoreactivity for the axon guidance molecule netrin-1 was specifically on neuroepithelial cells at the disk surrounding exiting RGC axons, an...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Deiner MS,Kennedy TE,Fazeli A,Serafini T,Tessier-Lavigne M,Sretavan DW

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) can be regulated by synaptic activity and could therefore be involved in activity-dependent control of neuronal growth. We tested whether increased CaMKII activity in postsynaptic optic tectal neurons can modify the development of retinotectal axons in Xenopus. T...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Zou DJ,Cline HT

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Action potentials initiate in the axon initial segment (AIS), a specialized compartment enriched with Na(+) and K(+) channels. Recently, we found that T- and R-type Ca(2+) channels are concentrated in the AIS, where they contribute to local subthreshold membrane depolarization and thereby influence action potential in...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Bender KJ,Ford CP,Trussell LO

更新日期：2010-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical patterning molecules that were previously implicated in controlling cell fate choices in the nervous system have recently been shown to play additional roles in axon guidance and synaptogenesis. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), Sonic hedgehog (Shh), Wnts, and fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) all participa...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Salie R,Niederkofler V,Arber S

更新日期：2005-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Flux of substrate and charge mediated by three cloned excitatory amino acid transporters widely expressed in human brain were studied in voltage-clamped Xenopus oocytes. Superfusion of L-glutamate or D-aspartate resulted in currents due in part to electrogenic Na+ cotransport, which contributed 1 net positive charge p...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wadiche JI,Amara SG,Kavanaugh MP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase A (PKA) is a key regulator of neurosecretion, but the molecular targets remain elusive. We combined pharmacological manipulations of kinase and phosphatase activities with mutational studies on the exocytotic machinery driving fusion of catecholamine-containing vesicles from chromaffin cells. We found t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nagy G,Reim K,Matti U,Brose N,Binz T,Rettig J,Neher E,Sørensen JB

更新日期：2004-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The local field potential (LFP) reflects activity of many neurons in the vicinity of the recording electrode and is therefore useful for studying local network dynamics. Much of the nature of the LFP is, however, still unknown. There are, for instance, contradicting reports on the spatial extent of the region generati...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lindén H,Tetzlaff T,Potjans TC,Pettersen KH,Grün S,Diesmann M,Einevoll GT

更新日期：2011-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals must discern important stimuli and place them onto their cognitive map of their environment. The neocortex conveys general representations of sensory events to the hippocampus, and the hippocampus is thought to classify and sharpen the distinctions between these events. We recorded populations of dentate gyrus...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Woods NI,Stefanini F,Apodaca-Montano DL,Tan IMC,Biane JS,Kheirbek MA

更新日期：2020-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the sec6/8 complex and septin filaments have been implicated in directing vesicles and proteins to sites of active membrane addition in yeast. The rat brain sec6/8 complex coimmunoprecipitates with a filament composed of four mammalian septins, suggesting an interaction between these complexes. One of the septins...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hsu SC,Hazuka CD,Roth R,Foletti DL,Heuser J,Scheller RH

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00