Histidine residues regulate the transition of photoexcited rhodopsin to its active conformation, metarhodopsin II.

abstract：:Antibodies were raised to three portions of the predicted sequences of Shaker, a gene that encodes a family of K+ channel components that are produced by the alternative splicing of transcripts. On immunoblots, the protein products appear to be 65,000-85,000 daltons in size. No smaller products were detected. Immunocy...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Schwarz TL,Papazian DM,Carretto RC,Jan YN,Jan LY

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a modular approach for analyzing calcium imaging recordings of large neuronal ensembles. Our goal is to simultaneously identify the locations of the neurons, demix spatially overlapping components, and denoise and deconvolve the spiking activity from the slow dynamics of the calcium indicator. Our approach ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pnevmatikakis EA,Soudry D,Gao Y,Machado TA,Merel J,Pfau D,Reardon T,Mu Y,Lacefield C,Yang W,Ahrens M,Bruno R,Jessell TM,Peterka DS,Yuste R,Paninski L

更新日期：2016-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Notch1 has been shown to induce glia in the peripheral nervous system. However, it has not been known whether Notch can direct commitment to glia from multipotent progenitors of the central nervous system. Here we present evidence that activated Notch1 and Notch3 promotes the differentiation of astroglia from the rat ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Tanigaki K,Nogaki F,Takahashi J,Tashiro K,Kurooka H,Honjo T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To achieve simultaneous measurement of multiple cellular events in molecularly defined groups of neurons in vivo, we designed a spectrometer-based fiber photometry system that allows for spectral unmixing of multiple fluorescence signals recorded from deep brain structures in behaving animals. Using green and red Ca2+...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Meng C,Zhou J,Papaneri A,Peddada T,Xu K,Cui G

更新日期：2018-05-16 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：:Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders with symptoms including social deficits, anxiety, and communication difficulties. However, ASD pathogenic mechanisms are poorly understood. Mutations of CUL3, which encodes Cullin 3 (CUL3), a component of an E3 ligase complex, are thought of a...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Dong Z,Chen W,Chen C,Wang H,Cui W,Tan Z,Robinson H,Gao N,Luo B,Zhang L,Zhao K,Xiong WC,Mei L

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research suggests that synchronous neural activity underlies perceptual grouping of visual image features. The generality of this mechanism is unclear, however, as previous studies have focused on pairs of neurons with overlapping or collinear receptive fields. By sampling more broadly and employing stimuli t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Palanca BJ,DeAngelis GC

更新日期：2005-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate ventral midbrain contains 3-4 x 10(4) dopaminergic neurons that influence motor activity, emotional behavior, and cognition. Recently, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) was shown to be a potent survival factor for these dopaminergic neurons in culture. However, many midbrain dopaminergi...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Poulsen KT,Armanini MP,Klein RD,Hynes MA,Phillips HS,Rosenthal A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical development depends upon tightly controlled cell fate and cell survival decisions that generate a functional neuronal population, but the coordination of these two processes is poorly understood. Here we show that conditional removal of a key apical complex protein, Pals1, causes premature withdrawal from the...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kim S,Lehtinen MK,Sessa A,Zappaterra MW,Cho SH,Gonzalez D,Boggan B,Austin CA,Wijnholds J,Gambello MJ,Malicki J,LaMantia AS,Broccoli V,Walsh CA

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular basis of the selective death of motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been an enigma since its description by Charcot in 1869. In this issue of Neuron, demonstrate a motor neuron-specific death pathway which involves Fas and NO. Remarkably, motor neurons from mice carrying ALS-linked m...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Xiong ZQ,McNamara JO

更新日期：2002-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Abl and Arg tyrosine kinases play fundamental roles in the development and function of the central nervous system. Arg is most abundant in adult mouse brain, especially in synapse-rich regions. arg(-/-) mice develop normally but exhibit multiple behavioral abnormalities, suggesting that arg(-/-) brains suffer from...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Koleske AJ,Gifford AM,Scott ML,Nee M,Bronson RT,Miczek KA,Baltimore D

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined GABAA receptor activation by making rapid applications of GABA to outside-out patches excised from cultured postnatal rat cerebellar neurons. The rate of development of current increases with increasing GABA concentration from a low to a high concentration asymptote. The low concentration asymptote is...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Maconochie DJ,Zempel JM,Steinbach JH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:K+ channels contain two main functional domains, an ion-selective pore and a sensor that determines whether the cytoplasmic pore gate is open or closed. In this issue of Neuron, Niu et al. provide compelling evidence that the link between sensor and gate is a remarkably simple mechanical spring. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Papazian DM

更新日期：2004-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic interneurons (CHIs) play a major role in motor and learning functions of the striatum. As acetylcholine does not directly evoke postsynaptic events at most striatal synapses, it remains unclear how postsynaptic cholinergic receptors encode the firing patterns of CHIs in the striatum. To examine the dynamic...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Mamaligas AA,Ford CP

更新日期：2016-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The targeting of sensory afferent neurons in the leech CNS occurs in two discrete steps that are mediated via different carbohydrate recognitions, as shown by molecular perturbations of cultured embryos. A constitutive carbohydrate marker that is generic to all of these neurons mediates their initial defasciculation a...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Song J,Zipser B

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined context-dependent encoding of speech in children with and without developmental dyslexia by measuring auditory brainstem responses to a speech syllable presented in a repetitive or variable context. Typically developing children showed enhanced brainstem representation of features related to voice pitch in...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Chandrasekaran B,Hornickel J,Skoe E,Nicol T,Kraus N

更新日期：2009-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smokers tend to drink more alcohol than their nonsmoking peers. In this issue of Neuron, Doyon et al. (2013) found that nicotine-induced increases in stress hormones can augment ethanol self-administration in rats, suggesting that a drug interaction may contribute to this phenomenon. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Britt JP,Bonci A

更新日期：2013-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two rabbit polyclonal antibodies generated against different portions of the amyloid precursor protein were used to localize this protein in normal rat brain. Light and electron microscopic immunohistochemical localizations demonstrate that the protein is widely distributed throughout the neuraxis, with the highest co...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Card JP,Meade RP,Davis LG

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screens for genes that orchestrate neural circuit formation in mammals have been hindered by practical constraints of germline mutagenesis. To overcome these limitations, we combined RNA-seq with somatic CRISPR mutagenesis to study synapse development in the mouse retina. Here synapses occur between cellular layers, f...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Sarin S,Zuniga-Sanchez E,Kurmangaliyev YZ,Cousins H,Patel M,Hernandez J,Zhang KX,Samuel MA,Morey M,Sanes JR,Zipursky SL

更新日期：2018-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory information is actively gathered by animals, but the synaptic mechanisms driving neuronal circuit function during active sensory processing are poorly understood. Here, we investigated the synaptically driven membrane potential dynamics during active whisker sensation using whole-cell recordings from layer 2/3...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Crochet S,Poulet JF,Kremer Y,Petersen CC

更新日期：2011-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In nerve terminals, residual Ca(2+) remaining from previous activity can cause facilitation of transmitter release by a mechanism that is still under debate. Here we show that the intracellular Ca(2+) sensitivity of transmitter release at the calyx of Held is largely unchanged during facilitation, which leaves an incr...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Felmy F,Neher E,Schneggenburger R

更新日期：2003-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal microtubules support intracellular transport, facilitate axon growth, and form a basis for neuronal morphology. While microtubules in nonneuronal cells are depolymerized by cold, Ca(2+), or antimitotic drugs, neuronal microtubules are unusually stable. Such stability is important for normal axon growth and ma...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Song Y,Kirkpatrick LL,Schilling AB,Helseth DL,Chabot N,Keillor JW,Johnson GV,Brady ST

更新日期：2013-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism coupling exocytosis and endocytosis remains to be elucidated at central synapses. Here, we show that the mechanism linking these two processes is dependent on microdomain-[Ca2+](i) similar to that which triggers exocytosis, as well as the exocytotic protein synaptobrevin/VAMP. Furthermore, block of endoc...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hosoi N,Holt M,Sakaba T

更新日期：2009-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent results implicating cholesterol metabolism in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) bring cholesterol to the forefront of AD research. Research from genetics, epidemiology, and cell biology all converge, suggesting that cholesterol plays a central role in the biology of amyloid precursor protein and t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wolozin B

更新日期：2004-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptogenesis, the generation and maturation of functional synapses between nerve cells, is an essential step in the development of neuronal networks in the brain. It is thought to be triggered by members of the neuroligin family of postsynaptic cell adhesion proteins, which may form transsynaptic contacts with presy...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Varoqueaux F,Aramuni G,Rawson RL,Mohrmann R,Missler M,Gottmann K,Zhang W,Südhof TC,Brose N

更新日期：2006-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a conserved pathway that delivers cytoplasmic contents to the lysosome for degradation. Here we consider its roles in neuronal health and disease. We review evidence from mouse knockout studies demonstrating the normal functions of autophagy as a protective factor against neurodegeneration associated with...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Menzies FM,Fleming A,Caricasole A,Bento CF,Andrews SP,Ashkenazi A,Füllgrabe J,Jackson A,Jimenez Sanchez M,Karabiyik C,Licitra F,Lopez Ramirez A,Pavel M,Puri C,Renna M,Ricketts T,Schlotawa L,Vicinanza M,Won H,Zhu Y,

更新日期：2017-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of synaptic strength is essential for neuronal information processing, but the molecular mechanisms that control changes in neuroexocytosis are only partially known. Here we show that the putative G protein-coupled receptor Methuselah (Mth) is required in the presynaptic motor neuron to acutely upregulate n...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Song W,Ranjan R,Dawson-Scully K,Bronk P,Marin L,Seroude L,Lin YJ,Nie Z,Atwood HL,Benzer S,Zinsmaier KE

更新日期：2002-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In cerebellar Purkinje cell dendrites, heterosynaptic calcium signaling induced by the proximal climbing fiber (CF) input controls plasticity at distal parallel fiber (PF) synapses. The substrate and regulation of this long-range dendritic calcium signaling are poorly understood. Using high-speed calcium imaging, we e...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Otsu Y,Marcaggi P,Feltz A,Isope P,Kollo M,Nusser Z,Mathieu B,Kano M,Tsujita M,Sakimura K,Dieudonné S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue clearing and light-sheet microscopy have a 100-year-plus history, yet these fields have been combined only recently to facilitate novel experiments and measurements in neuroscience. Since tissue-clearing methods were first combined with modernized light-sheet microscopy a decade ago, the performance of both tec...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ueda HR,Dodt HU,Osten P,Economo MN,Chandrashekar J,Keller PJ

更新日期：2020-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified the species of K+ channel that underlies the neuronal M-current in rat sympathetic ganglion cells. The channels were kinetically and pharmacologically defined using outside-out and cell-attached patches. They exhibited multiple conductance levels, predominantly 3-9 pS. Their slow gating in response ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Stansfeld CE,Marsh SJ,Gibb AJ,Brown DA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00