BOLD activity during mental rotation and viewpoint-dependent object recognition.

abstract：:Balance between excitation and inhibition (E-I balance) in neural circuits is believed to be tightly regulated. To the contrary, in this issue of Neuron, Bridi et al. (2020) reveal that inverse oscillations of synaptic inhibition and excitation lead to peaks and valleys in E-I balance across the 24 h day. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Brunwasser SJ,Hengen KB

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Quaternary ammonium (QA) compounds inhibit K+ conductance by entering and occluding the open pore of voltage-activated K+ channels. We characterized the effects of a series of alkyl-triethylammonium blockers on the Shaker K+ channel and tested them on a series of site-directed mutants of the channel protein in order t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Choi KL,Mossman C,Aubé J,Yellen G

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Neuron, McGinty et al. (2013) report that the activity of cue-responsive neurons in the rat nucleus accumbens predicts the vigor of the subsequent approach movement. The characterization of this network state between motivation and action lends novel mechanistic insight to a spectrum of cue-elicited b...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Catanese J,van der Meer M

更新日期：2013-06-05 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：:Cortical GABAergic interneurons have essential roles for information processing and their dysfunction is implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders. Transcriptional codes are elucidating mechanisms of interneuron specification in the MGE (a subcortical progenitor zone), which regulate their migration, integration, and f...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Vogt D,Hunt RF,Mandal S,Sandberg M,Silberberg SN,Nagasawa T,Yang Z,Baraban SC,Rubenstein JL

更新日期：2014-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:During development, retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons either cross or avoid the midline at the optic chiasm. In Drosophila, the Slit protein regulates midline axon crossing through repulsion. To determine the role of Slit proteins in RGC axon guidance, we disrupted Slit1 and Slit2, two of three known mouse Slit genes....

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Plump AS,Erskine L,Sabatier C,Brose K,Epstein CJ,Goodman CS,Mason CA,Tessier-Lavigne M

更新日期：2002-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Although prefrontal cortex has been implicated in the cognitive regulation of emotion, the cortical-subcortical interactions that mediate this ability remain poorly understood. To address this issue, we identified a right ventrolateral prefrontal region (vlPFC) whose activity correlated with reduced negative emotional...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wager TD,Davidson ML,Hughes BL,Lindquist MA,Ochsner KN

更新日期：2008-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The subunit stoichiometry of the mammalian K+ channel KV1.1 (RCK1) was examined by linking together the coding sequences of 2-5 K+ channel subunits in a single open reading frame and tagging the expression of individual subunits with a mutation (Y379K or Y379R) that altered the sensitivity of the channel to block by e...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Liman ER,Tytgat J,Hess P

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apart from being a common feature of mental illness, auditory hallucinations provide an intriguing model for the study of internally generated sensory perceptions that are attributed to external sources. Until now, the knowledge about the cortical network that supports such hallucinations has been restricted by method...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Dierks T,Linden DE,Jandl M,Formisano E,Goebel R,Lanfermann H,Singer W

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory decline in aging results from multiple factors that influence both executive function and the medial temporal lobe memory system. In advanced aging, frontal-striatal systems are preferentially vulnerable to white matter change, atrophy, and certain forms of neurotransmitter depletion. Frontal-striatal change ma...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Buckner RL

更新日期：2004-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Yang et al. (2016) show that transplantation of GABAergic inhibitory neurons into the amygdala boosts the persistence of fear extinction in mice. Transplantation was found to degrade perineuronal nets on endogenous inhibitory neurons and enhance synaptic plasticity in host amygdala. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Zheng X,Gandhi SP

更新日期：2016-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Social group dynamics are highly complex. In this issue of Neuron, Anpilov et al. use a novel wireless optogenetic device to demonstrate that the repeated stimulation of oxytocin neurons modulates pro-social and agonistic behaviors in a time- and context-dependent manner. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Maltese F,Papaleo F

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes invade the developing retina from the optic nerve head, over the axons of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). RGCs express the platelet-derived growth factor A-chain (PDGF-A) and retinal astrocytes the PDGF alpha-receptor (PDGFR alpha), suggesting that PDGF mediates a paracrine interaction between these cells. T...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Fruttiger M,Calver AR,Krüger WH,Mudhar HS,Michalovich D,Takakura N,Nishikawa S,Richardson WD

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When learning to achieve a goal through a complex series of actions, humans often group several actions into a subroutine and evaluate whether the subroutine achieved a specific subgoal. A new study reports brain responses consistent with such "hierarchical reinforcement learning." ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Behrens TE,Jocham G

更新日期：2011-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The accurate formation of synaptic vesicles (SVs) and incorporation of their protein cargo during endocytosis is critical for the maintenance of neurotransmission. During intense neuronal activity, a transient and acute accumulation of SV cargo occurs at the plasma membrane. Activity-dependent bulk endocytosis (ADBE) ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nicholson-Fish JC,Kokotos AC,Gillingwater TH,Smillie KJ,Cousin MA

更新日期：2015-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional PNS regeneration requires injured axons to return to their original synaptic targets, yet the mechanisms underlying target-selective regeneration have remained elusive. Using live-cell imaging in zebrafish we find that regenerating motor axons exhibit a strong preference for their original muscle territory ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Isaacman-Beck J,Schneider V,Franzini-Armstrong C,Granato M

更新日期：2015-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate defense behaviors (IDBs) evoked by threatening sensory stimuli are essential for animal survival. Although subcortical circuits are implicated in IDBs, it remains largely unclear whether sensory cortex modulates IDBs and what the underlying neural pathways are. Here, we show that optogenetic silencing of cortic...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Liang F,Xiong XR,Zingg B,Ji XY,Zhang LI,Tao HW

更新日期：2015-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Adrenergic receptor activation has a central role in the enhancement of memory formation that occurs during heightened states of emotional arousal. Although beta-adrenergic receptor activation may enhance memory formation by modulating long-term potentiation (LTP), a candidate synaptic mechanism involved in memor...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Thomas MJ,Moody TD,Makhinson M,O'Dell TJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary motor cortex (MI) is regarded as the site for motor control. Occasional reports that MI neurons react to sensory stimuli have either been ignored or attributed to guidance of voluntary movements. Here, we show that MI activation is necessary for the somatic perception of movement of our limbs. We made use ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Naito E,Roland PE,Ehrsson HH

更新日期：2002-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-activated small conductance potassium channel SK3 plays an essential role in the regulation of dopamine neuron activity patterns. Here we demonstrate that expression of a human disease-related SK3 mutation (hSK3Δ) in dopamine neurons of mice disrupts the balance between tonic and phasic dopamine neuron act...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Soden ME,Jones GL,Sanford CA,Chung AS,Güler AD,Chavkin C,Luján R,Zweifel LS

更新日期：2013-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Direction selectivity (DS) is an important neuronal property in the visual system, but how DS is generated beyond the retina remains controversial. Here, we report a close correspondence between the preferred direction (PD) and the morphology of DS cells in the optic tectum. Ca(2+) imaging in cells expressing the gene...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gabriel JP,Trivedi CA,Maurer CM,Ryu S,Bollmann JH

更新日期：2012-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity is known to be important for the refinement of neural connections in the developing brain. In this issue of Neuron, Hanson and Landmesser provide evidence that GABA-dependent spontaneous bursting of motor neurons in the embryonic spinal cord is required for the correct execution of an early axon pathfinding d...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Goulding M

更新日期：2004-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The visual perception of words is known to activate the auditory representation of their spoken forms automatically. We examined the neural mechanism for this phonological activation using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with a masked priming paradigm. The stimulation sites (left superior temporal gyrus [L-STG...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nakamura K,Hara N,Kouider S,Takayama Y,Hanajima R,Sakai K,Ugawa Y

更新日期：2006-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the genetic and kinetic defects in a congenital myasthenic syndrome caused by heteroallelic mutations of the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) epsilon subunit gene. The mutations are an in-frame duplication of six residues in the long cytoplasmic loop (epsilon1254ins18) and a cysteine-loop null mutation (epsil...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Milone M,Wang HL,Ohno K,Prince R,Fukudome T,Shen XM,Brengman JM,Griggs RC,Sine SM,Engel AG

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a transgenic mouse line in which GFP is expressed in a single population of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), Huberman and colleagues report in this issue of Neuron that the axon terminals of RGCs exhibit an orderly pattern of distribution in the higher visual centers. This pattern undergoes a developmental refinem...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： He S

更新日期：2008-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate perception of the actions and intentions of other people is essential for successful interactions in a social environment. Several cortical areas that support this process respond selectively in fMRI to static and dynamic displays of human bodies and faces. Here we apply pattern-analysis techniques to arrive ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Peelen MV,Wiggett AJ,Downing PE

更新日期：2006-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Deciding between stimuli requires combining their learned value with one's sensory confidence. We trained mice in a visual task that probes this combination. Mouse choices reflected not only present confidence and past rewards but also past confidence. Their behavior conformed to a model that combines signal detection...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lak A,Okun M,Moss MM,Gurnani H,Farrell K,Wells MJ,Reddy CB,Kepecs A,Harris KD,Carandini M

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The inner ear's performance is greatly enhanced by an active process defined by four features: amplification, frequency selectivity, compressive nonlinearity, and spontaneous otoacoustic emission. These characteristics emerge naturally if the mechanoelectrical transduction process operates near a dynamical instability...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hudspeth AJ

更新日期：2008-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Prx gene in Schwann cells encodes L- and S-periaxin, two abundant PDZ domain proteins thought to have a role in the stabilization of myelin in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Mice lacking a functional Prx gene assemble compact PNS myelin. However, the sheath is unstable, leading to demyelination and reflex be...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gillespie CS,Sherman DL,Fleetwood-Walker SM,Cottrell DF,Tait S,Garry EM,Wallace VC,Ure J,Griffiths IR,Smith A,Brophy PJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two mutations in the sodium channel alpha subunit that have been implicated as the cause of periodic paralysis were studied by functional expression in a mammalian cell line. Both mutations disrupted inactivation without affecting the time course of the onset of the sodium current or the single-channel conductance. Th...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Cannon SC,Strittmatter SM

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00