LRP4 serves as a coreceptor of agrin.

abstract：:A new fluorescence method using the dye FM1-43 was used to examine exocytotic release from hippocampal synaptosomes. Nitric oxide caused a marked transient stimulation of vesicle release. Several structurally unrelated nitric oxide donors, sodium nitroprusside, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine, 3-morpholino-sydnonimine...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Meffert MK,Premack BA,Schulman H

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of brain imaging and genetics promises to identify neural mechanisms underlying complex traits such as cognition and psychiatric disorder. The study by Heck et al. (2014) in this issue of Neuron highlights voltage-gated cation channel activity as a likely link and culprit. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： McIntosh A,Deary I,Porteous DJ

更新日期：2014-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Neuron, Winkowski and Knudsen reveal striking parallels between the attentional systems of the barn owl and the rhesus macaque. The observation of close similarities between the attentional systems of such distantly related organisms strongly suggest that key computational principles are at work. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Reynolds J

更新日期：2008-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a novel visual-tactile paradigm in rats, Nikbakht et al. (2018) describe multisensory behavior that outperformed predictions of optimal cue combination (indicating cross-modal synergy) and exposed encoding in PPC neurons (of stimulus and choice signals) that was independent of stimulus modality. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Shalom S,Zaidel A

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been found that caspases not only function in apoptosis, but are also crucial for nonapoptotic processes such as NMDA receptor-dependent long-term depression (LTD) of synaptic transmission. It remains unknown, however, how caspases are activated and how neurons escape death in LTD. Here we show that ca...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Jiao S,Li Z

更新日期：2011-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the three human apolipoprotein E (apoE) isoforms, apoE4 increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). While transporting cholesterol is a primary function, apoE also regulates amyloid-β (Aβ) metabolism, aggregation, and deposition. Although earlier work suggests that different affinities of apoE isoforms to Aβ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kanekiyo T,Xu H,Bu G

更新日期：2014-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience-dependent plasticity in somatosensory (S1) and visual (V1) cortex involves rapid depression of responses to a deprived sensory input (a closed eye or a trimmed whisker). Such depression occurs first in layer II/III and may reflect plasticity at vertical inputs from layer IV to layer II/III pyramids. Here, I...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Feldman DE

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic disorders are a group of human genetic diseases caused by genomic rearrangements resulting in copy-number variation (CNV) affecting a dosage-sensitive gene or genes critical for normal development or maintenance. These disorders represent a wide range of clinically distinct entities but include many diseases a...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lee JA,Lupski JR

更新日期：2006-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The idea that memory is stored in the brain as physical alterations goes back at least as far as Plato, but further conceptualization of this idea had to wait until the 20(th) century when two guiding theories were presented: the "engram theory" of Richard Semon and Donald Hebb's "synaptic plasticity theory." While a ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Tonegawa S,Liu X,Ramirez S,Redondo R

更新日期：2015-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulation of beta-amyloid protein (Abeta) in the extracellular space of the brain has been hypothesized to be a culprit in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. In this issue of Neuron, Cirrito et al. describe a series of experiments demonstrating that extracellular Abeta levels are directly modulated by neurona...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Schroeder BE,Koo EH

更新日期：2005-12-22 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：:Neuroimaging studies using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) have revealed regions of cerebral white matter with decreased microstructural organization (lowerfractional anisotropy or FA) among poor readers. We examined whether 100 hr of intensive remedial instruction affected the white matter of 8- to 10-year-old poor re...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Keller TA,Just MA

更新日期：2009-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Exocytosis and the cell-averaged cytosolic [Ca2+], [Ca2+]i, were tracked in single gonadotrophs. Cells released 100 granules/s at 1 microM = [Ca2+]i when gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) activated IP3-mediated Ca2+ release from internal stores, but only 1 granule/s when [Ca2+]i was raised uniformly to 1 microM by...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Tse FW,Tse A,Hille B,Horstmann H,Almers W

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective synaptic and axonal degeneration are critical aspects of both brain development and neurodegenerative disease. Inhibition of caspase signaling in neurons is a potential therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative disease, but no neuron-specific modulators of caspase signaling have been described. Using a mass...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hertz NT,Adams EL,Weber RA,Shen RJ,O'Rourke MK,Simon DJ,Zebroski H,Olsen O,Morgan CW,Mileur TR,Hitchcock AM,Sinnott Armstrong NA,Wainberg M,Bassik MC,Molina H,Wells JA,Tessier-Lavigne M

更新日期：2019-08-07 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：: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：: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：:Using electrical acupuncture, Liu et al. show how electrical stimulation of primary somatosensory neurons at different body regions can tap into discreet autonomic circuits and, depending on the parameters, initiate either a pro- or anti-inflammatory response. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kupari J,Ernfors P

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory systems transform the external world into time-varying spike trains. What features of spiking activity are used to guide behavior? In the mouse olfactory bulb, inhalation of different odors leads to changes in the set of neurons activated, as well as when neurons are activated relative to each other (synchrony...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gill JV,Lerman GM,Zhao H,Stetler BJ,Rinberg D,Shoham S

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Although deep brain electrical stimulation can alleviate the motor symptoms of Parkinson disease (PD), just a small fraction of patients with PD can take advantage of this procedure due to its invasive nature. A significantly less invasive method--epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS)--has been suggested as an altern...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Santana MB,Halje P,Simplício H,Richter U,Freire MAM,Petersson P,Fuentes R,Nicolelis MAL

更新日期：2014-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Piezo proteins have been proposed as the long-sought-after mechanosensitive cation channels in mammals that play critical roles in various mechanotransduction processes. However, the molecular bases that underlie their ion permeation and mechanotransduction have remained functionally undefined. Here we report our find...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Zhao Q,Wu K,Geng J,Chi S,Wang Y,Zhi P,Zhang M,Xiao B

更新日期：2016-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis (NF1) is a common inherited human disease. The events leading to patient symptoms from inheritance of a defective NF1 gene are unknown. Since knowledge of the distribution of the normal NF1 gene product should improve understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease, we raised an...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Daston MM,Scrable H,Nordlund M,Sturbaum AK,Nissen LM,Ratner N

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory and synaptic plasticity exhibit distinct temporal phases, with long-lasting forms distinguished by their dependence on macromolecular synthesis. Prevailing models for the molecular mechanisms underlying long-lasting synaptic plasticity have largely focused on transcriptional regulation. However, a growing body ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kelleher RJ 3rd,Govindarajan A,Tonegawa S

更新日期：2004-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of AMPA-type glutamate receptor (AMPAR) number at synapses is a major mechanism for controlling synaptic strength during homeostatic scaling in response to global changes in neural activity. We show that the secreted guidance cue semaphorin 3F (Sema3F) and its neuropilin-2 (Npn-2)/plexinA3 (PlexA3) holorece...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wang Q,Chiu SL,Koropouli E,Hong I,Mitchell S,Easwaran TP,Hamilton NR,Gustina AS,Zhu Q,Ginty DD,Huganir RL,Kolodkin AL

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules play an important role in neuronal polarity. In this issue of Neuron, Watabe-Uchida et al. link a novel Rac-mediated pathway that regulates microtubule dynamics to axon formation. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pinheiro EM,Gertler FB

更新日期：2006-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We utilized the Cre-LoxP system to establish erbB2 conditional mutant mice in order to investigate the role of erbB2 in postnatal development of the enteric nervous system. The erbB2/nestin-Cre conditional mutants exhibit retarded growth, distended colons, and premature death, resembling human Hirschsprung's disease. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Crone SA,Negro A,Trumpp A,Giovannini M,Lee KF

更新日期：2003-01-09 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：:The role of the target cell in neurotrophin-induced modifications of glutamatergic synaptic transmission was examined in cultured hippocampal neurons. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) induced rapid and persistent potentiation of evoked glutamate release when the postsynaptic neuron was glutamatergic, or excita...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Schinder AF,Berninger B,Poo M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frontline anti-malarial drug artemisinin and its derivatives have also been implicated in modulating multiple mammalian cellular pathways, including the recent identification of targeting γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABAAR) signaling in the pancreas. Their molecular mechanism of action, however, remains e...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kasaragod VB,Hausrat TJ,Schaefer N,Kuhn M,Christensen NR,Tessmer I,Maric HM,Madsen KL,Sotriffer C,Villmann C,Kneussel M,Schindelin H

更新日期：2019-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the contribution of the inferior temporal (IT) cortical neurons to the active maintenance of internal representations. The activity of single neurons in the IT cortex was recorded while the monkeys performed a sequential-type associative memory task in which distractor stimuli interrupted the delay epo...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Takeda M,Naya Y,Fujimichi R,Takeuchi D,Miyashita Y

更新日期：2005-12-08 00:00:00