Hypocretin/Orexin excites hypocretin neurons via a local glutamate neuron-A potential mechanism for orchestrating the hypothalamic arousal system.

abstract：:Voltage-gated calcium channels are well characterized at neuronal somata but less thoroughly understood at the presynaptic terminal where they trigger transmitter release. In order to elucidate how the intrinsic properties of presynaptic calcium channels influence synaptic function, we have made direct recordings of t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Forsythe ID,Tsujimoto T,Barnes-Davies M,Cuttle MF,Takahashi T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms controlling the transition from neurogenesis to gliogenesis in the vertebrate CNS are incompletely understood. We identified a family of transcription factors, called NFI genes, which are induced throughout the spinal cord ventricular zone (VZ) concomitantly with the induction of GLAST, an early marker ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Deneen B,Ho R,Lukaszewicz A,Hochstim CJ,Gronostajski RM,Anderson DJ

更新日期：2006-12-21 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：:From the intracellularly recorded responses to small, rapidly flashed spots, we have quantitatively mapped the receptive fields of simple cells in the cat visual cortex. We then applied these maps to a feedforward model of orientation selectivity. Both the preferred orientation and the width of orientation tuning of t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lampl I,Anderson JS,Gillespie DC,Ferster D

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the diverse interneuron subtypes in the neocortex, chandelier cells (ChCs) are the only population that selectively innervate pyramidal neurons (PyNs) at their axon initial segment (AIS), the site of action potential initiation, allowing them to exert powerful control over PyN output. Yet, mechanisms underlying ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Tai Y,Gallo NB,Wang M,Yu JR,Van Aelst L

更新日期：2019-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work has suggested a link between h channels and epilepsy. In this issue of Neuron, Shah et al. demonstrate that a robust, postseizure decrease in h channels during a critical phase of epileptogenesis mechanistically underlies dendritic hyperexcitability in entorhinal-hippocampal pyramidal cells. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Dyhrfjeld-Johnsen J,Soltesz I

更新日期：2004-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise relationship between functional and structural connectivity in the brain is not well understood. Research in this area has, so far, mostly remained descriptive. In this issue of Neuron, Mišić et al. (2015) forge a promising new direction by modeling the propagation of information as it relates to spatially...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gonzalez-Castillo J,Bandettini PA

更新日期：2015-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathways that convert neural stem cells (NSCs) into functional neurons in the adult hippocampus are tightly regulated. In this issue of Neuron, Yeh et al. (2018) demonstrate that the activity of dentate mossy cells determines the balance between quiescence and activation of NSCs. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Piatti VC,Schinder AF

更新日期：2018-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau protein undergoes a shift in its molecular mass and its electrophoretic complexity during early postnatal development. We have sequenced a tau cDNA from an adult rat brain expression library and have found two inserted sequences. One of these inserts predicts a fourth repeated sequence homologous to the other thre...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kosik KS,Orecchio LD,Bakalis S,Neve RL

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the CNS, activity of individual neurons has a small but quantifiable relationship to sensory representations and motor outputs. Coactivation of a few 10s to 100s of neurons can code sensory inputs and behavioral task performance within psychophysical limits. However, in a sea of sensory inputs and demand for comple...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ainsworth M,Lee S,Cunningham MO,Traub RD,Kopell NJ,Whittington MA

更新日期：2012-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression may occur in unexpected ectopic sites when diverse genetic elements are juxtaposed as chimeric genes in transgenic mice. To determine the specific contribution of the promoter and reporter gene in ectopic expression, we have analyzed the expression of 14 different fusion genes in transgenic mice. Chime...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Russo AF,Crenshaw EB 3rd,Lira SA,Simmons DM,Swanson LW,Rosenfeld MG

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functionally distinct types of neurons develop in stereotypical positions in the vertebrate spinal cord. The mechanisms that generate this diversity have been well studied in the ventral and intermediate regions of the spinal cord, while dorsal cells have received less attention. In this issue of Neuron, two papers fo...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Matise M

更新日期：2002-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic spines have been proposed as primary sites of synaptic plasticity in the brain. Consistent with this hypothesis, spines contain high concentrations of actin, suggesting that they might be motile. To investigate this possibility, we made video recordings from hippocampal neurons expressing actin tagged with g...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Fischer M,Kaech S,Knutti D,Matus A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of cellular interactions in determining the fates of two identified motoneurons in the embryonic zebrafish was investigated by transplanting individual motoneurons from labeled donor embryos to unlabeled hosts. The results suggest that although these cells normally adopt different fates, they form an equivale...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Eisen JS

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a neuronal surface glycoprotein to mediate the formation of neuronal connections was tested in an explant culture system. A monoclonal antibody against the limbic system-associated membrane protein (LAMP) was used in co-cultures containing cholinergic neurons of the septum and their hippocampal target n...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Keller F,Rimvall K,Barbe MF,Levitt P

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commissural axons are attracted to the midline intermediate target by chemoattractants, but upon crossing the midline they switch off responsiveness to attractants and switch on responsiveness to midline repellents, which expel the axons from the midline and enable them to move on. Here we show that midline exit also ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gore BB,Wong KG,Tessier-Lavigne M

更新日期：2008-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Neuron, Ajemian et al. present a computational model of the activity of neurons in primary motor cortex (M1) during isometric movements in different postures. By modeling the output of M1 neurons in terms of their influence on muscles, they find each M1 neuron maps its output into a particular pattern...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pesaran B,Movshon JA

更新日期：2008-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Light-evoked responses of all three major classes of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are mediated by NMDA receptors (NMDARs) and AMPA receptors (AMPARs). Although synaptic activity at RGC synapses is highly dynamic, synaptic plasticity has not been observed in adult RGCs. Here, using patch-clamp recordings in dark-adapt...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Jones RS,Carroll RC,Nawy S

更新日期：2012-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying the spatial organization of tissues at cellular resolution from single-cell gene expression profiles is essential to understanding biological systems. Using an in situ 3D multiplexed imaging method, seqFISH, we identify unique transcriptional states by quantifying and clustering up to 249 genes in 16,958 c...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Shah S,Lubeck E,Zhou W,Cai L

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pletikos et al. (2014) demonstrate in this issue of Neuron that the human neocortex has an "hourglass" temporal gene expression pattern with robust and dynamic transcriptome differences during the prenatal and adolescent/adult periods. Similar changes are not observed in the nonhuman primate-is this what makes us huma...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Korade Z,Mirnics K

更新日期：2014-01-22 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：:Using exome sequencing, we identified a p.R191Q amino acid change in the valosin-containing protein (VCP) gene in an Italian family with autosomal dominantly inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Mutations in VCP have previously been identified in families with Inclusion Body Myopathy, Paget disease, and Fron...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Johnson JO,Mandrioli J,Benatar M,Abramzon Y,Van Deerlin VM,Trojanowski JQ,Gibbs JR,Brunetti M,Gronka S,Wuu J,Ding J,McCluskey L,Martinez-Lage M,Falcone D,Hernandez DG,Arepalli S,Chong S,Schymick JC,Rothstein J,Landi

更新日期：2010-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A neuron-specific cytoskeletal antigen (5E10), whose expression pattern during initial motoneuron outgrowth into the chick limb suggests that it is playing a role in axon guidance, is described. This antigen, which was shown to be a phosphorylated epitope, probably of the intermediate weight neurofilament protein (NF-...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Landmesser L,Swain S

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of motor pattern generation and motor control has progressed markedly in the last decade. There has been a revolutionary shift in thinking from hard-wired circuits to multifunctional networks. Yet, it is clear that we still have a long way to go before we understand how very large ensembles of neurons produc...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Katz PS

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Neuron, Stepanyants et al. embark on quantitative analyses of the axonal and dendritic arbors of cortical neurons. They test whether the paths taken by axons actually bring them closer to their true synaptic partners than they would have gotten by chance encounters based on the same axon trajectories....

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Callaway EM

更新日期：2004-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:An axon is thought to faithfully conduct action potentials to its terminals. However, many features of the axon and axon terminals, especially at inhibitory synapses, remain unknown. By directly recording from the axon and terminal of a cultured cerebellar Purkinje cell (PC), we demonstrate that low membrane excitabil...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kawaguchi SY,Sakaba T

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The forebrain is one of most complex cellular structures known. Two phenomena that enable this complexity are tangential migrations that mix neurons from distinct progenitor fields, and axon guidance across intervening, noninnervated fields. A new paper in Cell by López-Bendito et al. has discovered the convergence of...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Maroof AM,Anderson SA

更新日期：2006-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the long-term effects of notochord ablation at chick stages 9-10 on formation of the floor plate and motor neurons. Although missing or reduced 2 days postablation, the floor plate and motor neurons were morphologically normal by 4 postoperative days. When isolated whole or ventral, but not lateral, n...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Artinger KB,Bronner-Fraser M

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the early days of research into language and the brain, word meaning was assumed to be processed in specific brain regions, which most modern neuroscientists localize to the left temporal lobe. Here we use event-related fMRI to show that action words referring to face, arm, or leg actions (e.g., to lick, pick, o...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hauk O,Johnsrude I,Pulvermüller F

更新日期：2004-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans the hippocampus is required for episodic memory, which extends into the spatial and temporal domains. Work on the rodent hippocampus has shown that NMDA receptor (NMDAR) -mediated plasticity is essential for spatial memory. Here, we have examined whether hippocampal NMDARs are also needed for temporal memory...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Huerta PT,Sun LD,Wilson MA,Tonegawa S

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00