Autophosphorylation of alphaCaMKII is required for ocular dominance plasticity.

abstract：:A fundamental property of neuronal circuits is the ability to adapt to altered sensory inputs. It is well established that the functional synaptic changes underlying this adaptation are reflected by structural modifications in excitatory neurons. In contrast, the degree to which structural plasticity in inhibitory neu...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Keck T,Scheuss V,Jacobsen RI,Wierenga CJ,Eysel UT,Bonhoeffer T,Hübener M

更新日期：2011-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The perception of visual motion is critical for animal navigation, and flies are a prominent model system for exploring this neural computation. In Drosophila, the T4 cells of the medulla are directionally selective and necessary for ON motion behavioral responses. To examine the emergence of directional selectivity, ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Strother JA,Wu ST,Wong AM,Nern A,Rogers EM,Le JQ,Rubin GM,Reiser MB

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Incoming stimuli are encoded collectively by populations of cortical neurons, which transmit information by using a neural code thought to be predominantly redundant. Redundant coding is widely believed to reflect a design choice whereby neurons with overlapping receptive fields sample environmental stimuli to convey ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nigam S,Pojoga S,Dragoi V

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebellum is well appreciated to impart speed, smoothness, and precision to skilled movements such as reaching. How these functions are executed by the final output stage of the cerebellum, the cerebellar nuclei, remains unknown. Here, we identify a causal relationship between cerebellar output and mouse reach ki...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Becker MI,Person AL

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic vesicles are tethered to the active zone where they are docked/primed so that they can fuse rapidly upon Ca(2+) influx. To directly study these steps at a CNS presynaptic terminal, we used total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy at the live isolated calyx of Held terminal and measured the mov...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Midorikawa M,Sakaba T

更新日期：2015-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic structure critically determines the electrical properties of neurons and, thereby, defines the fundamental process of input-to-output conversion. The diversity of dendritic architectures enables neurons to fulfill their specialized circuit functions during cognitive processes. It is known that this dendritic...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Šišková Z,Justus D,Kaneko H,Friedrichs D,Henneberg N,Beutel T,Pitsch J,Schoch S,Becker A,von der Kammer H,Remy S

更新日期：2014-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho GTPases are essential regulators of cytoskeletal reorganization, but how they do so during neuronal morphogenesis in vivo is poorly understood. Here we show that the actin depolymerization factor cofilin is essential for axon growth in Drosophila neurons. Cofilin function in axon growth is inhibited by LIM kinase ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ng J,Luo L

更新日期：2004-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective error-driven learning benefits from scaling of prediction errors to reward variability. Such behavioral adaptation may be facilitated by neurons coding prediction errors relative to the standard deviation (SD) of reward distributions. To investigate this hypothesis, we required participants to predict the ma...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Diederen KM,Spencer T,Vestergaard MD,Fletcher PC,Schultz W

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We induced and characterized a recessive lethal mutation, nic-1, in zebrafish that blocks the function of muscle acetylcholine (ACh) receptors. Homozygous nic-1 embryos are nonmotile and fail to respond to exogenous application of cholinergic agonists, although their muscles contract in response to direct electrical s...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Westerfield M,Liu DW,Kimmel CB,Walker C

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We perceive motion when presented with spatiotemporal changes in contrast (second-order cue). This requires linear signals to be rectified and then summed in temporal order to compute direction. Although both operations have been attributed to cortex, rectification might occur in retina, prior to the ganglion cell. He...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Demb JB,Zaghloul K,Sterling P

更新日期：2001-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of Clostridium difficile toxin B, an inhibitor of the Rho family of GTPases, at the Aplysia sensory to motor neuron synapse blocks long-term facilitation and the associated growth of new sensory neuron varicosities induced by repeated pulses of serotonin (5-HT). We have isolated cDNAs encoding Aplysia Rho,...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Udo H,Jin I,Kim JH,Li HL,Youn T,Hawkins RD,Kandel ER,Bailey CH

更新日期：2005-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural basis for the synthesis of specific proteins within distinct intraneuronal compartments is unknown. We studied the distribution of poly(A) mRNA within cultured cerebrocortical neurons using high resolution in situ hybridization to identify cytoskeletal components that may anchor mRNA. After 1 day in cul...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Bassell GJ,Singer RH,Kosik KS

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms involved in glial/neuronal fate decisions during embryonic development are largely unknown. Here we show that the segment-polarity gene engrailed, which encodes a homeodomain protein, controls these decisions within an insect CNS lineage. The grasshopper median neuroblast (MNB) generates both ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Condron BG,Patel NH,Zinn K

更新日期：1994-09-01 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：:Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-dependent phosphoinositide signaling has been implicated in diverse cellular systems coupled to receptors for many different ligands, but the extent to which it functions in sensory transduction is yet to be determined. We now report that blocking PI3K activity increases odorant-ev...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Spehr M,Wetzel CH,Hatt H,Ache BW

更新日期：2002-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:During development of the mammalian nervous system, neural stem cells generate neurons first and glia second, thereby allowing the initial establishment of neural circuitry, and subsequent matching of glial numbers and position to that circuitry. Here, we have reviewed work addressing the mechanisms underlying this ti...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Miller FD,Gauthier AS

更新日期：2007-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The balance between excitatory and inhibitory (E and I) synapses is thought to be critical for information processing in neural circuits. However, little is known about the spatial principles of E and I synaptic organization across the entire dendritic tree of mammalian neurons. We developed a new open-source reconstr...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Iascone DM,Li Y,Sümbül U,Doron M,Chen H,Andreu V,Goudy F,Blockus H,Abbott LF,Segev I,Peng H,Polleux F

更新日期：2020-05-20 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：:Spontaneous and sensory-evoked cortical activity is highly state-dependent, yet relatively little is known about transitions between distinct waking states. Patterns of activity in mouse V1 differ dramatically between quiescence and locomotion, but this difference could be explained by either motor feedback or a chang...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Vinck M,Batista-Brito R,Knoblich U,Cardin JA

更新日期：2015-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the mechanisms whereby BACE1, the aspartyl protease required for the initial cleavage of APP to generate amyloid-beta (Abeta), is regulated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains incomplete. In this issue of Neuron, O'Connor and coworkers show how energy deprivation, a potential risk factor in AD, tr...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wong PC

更新日期：2008-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:cGMP has long been suspected to play a role in synaptic plasticity, but the inaccessibility of nerve terminals to electrical recording has impeded tests of this hypothesis. In posterior pituitary nerve terminals, nitric oxide enhanced Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel activity by activating guanylate cyclase and PKG. This e...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Klyachko VA,Ahern GP,Jackson MB

更新日期：2001-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The posterior septum consisting of the triangular septum (TS) and the bed nucleus of the anterior commissure (BAC) is predominantly linked with the medial habenula (MHb) and has been implicated in the control of anxiety and fear responses. However, its anatomical and functional linkage has largely remained elusive. We...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Yamaguchi T,Danjo T,Pastan I,Hikida T,Nakanishi S

更新日期：2013-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A longstanding debate in binocular rivalry literature is whether the perceptual competition in rivalry occurs at an early or late stage of visual processing. Central to this debate is the determination of the source of the competition. Overwhelming evidence exists that local interocular differences can lead to binocul...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Carlson TA,He S

更新日期：2004-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic scaling is a key homeostatic plasticity mechanism and is thought to be involved in the regulation of cortical activity levels. Here we investigated the spatial scale of homeostatic changes in spine size following sensory deprivation in a subset of inhibitory (layer 2/3 GAD65-positive) and excitatory (layer 5 ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Barnes SJ,Franzoni E,Jacobsen RI,Erdelyi F,Szabo G,Clopath C,Keller GB,Keck T

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic mutation of the MTOR gene is a genetic etiology of focal malformations of cortical development. In this issue of Neuron, Park et al. (2018) identify defective autophagy-dependent ciliogenesis/Wnt signaling as an underlying mechanism affecting neuronal migration and cortical lamination. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Di Nardo A,Sahin M

更新日期：2018-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromuscular junction (NMJ) formation requires agrin, a factor released from motoneurons, and MuSK, a transmembrane tyrosine kinase that is activated by agrin. However, how signal is transduced from agrin to MuSK remains unclear. We report that LRP4, a low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)-related protein, is expre...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Zhang B,Luo S,Wang Q,Suzuki T,Xiong WC,Mei L

更新日期：2008-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has challenged the view that memories are made permanent by a consolidation process that happens just once and instead have suggested that memories are "re-consolidated" after reminders. The current findings of Morris et al. in this issue of Neuron suggest that reconsolidation may involve a complex int...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Eichenbaum H

更新日期：2006-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhythmic spontaneous electrical activity occurs in many parts of the developing nervous system, where it plays essential roles in the refinement of neural connections. By blocking or slowing this bursting activity, via in ovo drug applications at precise developmental periods, we show that such activity is also requir...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hanson MG,Landmesser LT

更新日期：2004-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide (CO) induces a long-lasting alteration in cerebellar alpha 3-Na,K-ATPase independent of [Na+] but linked to cGMP synthesis and localized to Purkinje neurons. The action of CO is absent in Purkinje neuron-deficient mice, mimicked by 8-Br-cGMP, and blocked by inhibition of PKG. Glutamate (Glu) and metabo...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nathanson JA,Scavone C,Scanlon C,McKee M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is a cytokine that affects the survival and differentiation of certain neuronal populations in vitro. To identify LIF-responsive neurons in the adult rat, we have demonstrated retrograde axonal transport of 125I-LIF to sensory and motor neurons. The accumulation of 125I-LIF by both cel...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Curtis R,Scherer SS,Somogyi R,Adryan KM,Ip NY,Zhu Y,Lindsay RM,DiStefano PS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00