Behind the scenes of auditory perception.

abstract：:Delineating the lineage of neural cells that captures the progressive steps in their specification is fundamental to understanding brain development, organization, and function. Since the earliest days of embryology, lineage questions have been addressed with methods of increasing specificity, capacity, and resolution...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Ma J,Shen Z,Yu YC,Shi SH

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila visual system offers an excellent opportunity for studying the development of proper retinotopic connections at the level of individual identifiable cell types. Recent work suggests that, despite obvious anatomical and developmental differences, at least some of the general developmental strategies oper...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Kunes S,Steller H

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in multi-electrode recording have brought us closer to understanding how visual information is encoded by populations of retinal ganglion cells. By monitoring the visual responses of many ganglion cells at once, it is now possible to examine how ganglion cells act together to encode a visual scene. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Nirenberg S,Latham PE

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slow axonal transport conveys cytosolic and cytoskeletal proteins into axons and synapses at overall velocities that are several orders of magnitude slower than the fast transport of membranous organelles such as vesicles and mitochondria. The phenomenon of slow transport was characterized by in vivo pulse-chase radio...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Roy S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent invention of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy brings more than an order of magnitude gain in the spatial resolution of light microscopy. New opportunities keep emerging with the multicolor, three-dimensional, and live imaging functionalities gained in the past three years. The power of this technolo...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Dani A,Huang B

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats sweep their vibrissae through space to locate objects in their immediate environment. In essence, their view of the proximal world is generated through pliable hairs that tap and palpate objects. The texture and shape of those objects must be discerned for the rat to assess the value of the object. Furthermore, t...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Kleinfeld D,Ahissar E,Diamond ME

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent application of molecular biological techniques to taste cells has led to the identification and cloning of a number of proteins that are involved in signal transduction. Some of these are expressed only in taste cells, whereas others are expressed at higher levels in taste cells than in other, non-sensory l...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Margolskee RF

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Converging evidence indicates that primates have a distinct cortical image of homeostatic afferent activity that reflects all aspects of the physiological condition of all tissues of the body. This interoceptive system, associated with autonomic motor control, is distinct from the exteroceptive system (cutaneous mecha...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Craig AD

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High densities of acetylcholine receptors and sodium channels in the crests and troughs of the postsynaptic folds, respectively, ensure reliable neuromuscular signalling. Clustering of both ion channels is mediated by agrin. In the case of acetylcholine receptors, agrin activates the tyrosine kinase receptor muscle-sp...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Colledge M,Froehner SC

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pruning, a process by which neurons selectively remove exuberant or unnecessary processes without causing cell death, is crucial for the establishment of mature neural circuits during animal development. Yet relatively little is known about molecular and cellular mechanisms that govern neuronal pruning. Holometabolous...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Yu F,Schuldiner O

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent cloning of the gamma-aminobutyric acid and norepinephrine Na(+)-dependent neurotransmitter transporters has led to new approaches for understanding the structure and function of these important synaptic proteins and provides a conceptual model in which to consider recent advances in the physiology, pharmaco...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Amara SG,Pacholczyk T

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic administration of opiates or cocaine has been shown to alter the activity or expression of diverse types of cellular proteins in specific target neurons within the central nervous system. Prominent examples include signaling proteins, such as receptors, G proteins, second-messenger synthetic enzymes, and prote...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Nestler EJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a similar fashion to transcription factors, non-coding RNAs can be essential regulators of gene expression. The largest class of non-coding RNAs is the microRNAs. These approximately 22 nt double-stranded RNA molecules can repress translation or target mRNA degradation. There has been a surge of research in the pas...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Klein ME,Impey S,Goodman RH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insular cortex is the primary cortical site devoted to taste processing. A large body of evidence is available for how insular neurons respond to gustatory stimulation in both anesthetized and behaving animals. Most of the reports describe broadly tuned neurons that are involved in processing the chemosensory, phy...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Maffei A,Haley M,Fontanini A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhythms are a prominent signature of brain activity. Their expression is correlated with numerous examples of healthy information processing and their fluctuations are a marker of disease states. Yet, their causal or epiphenomenal role in brain function is still highly debated. We review recent studies showing brain r...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Jones SR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work on the retinotectal projection clearly establishes the roles of neuronal activity and position-based cues in the patterning of nerve connections. In some species, the high degree of spatial order has been shown to emerge from a continued process of terminal growth and refinement. The future challenge is no...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Fraser SE

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term imprinting is used to refer to biologically relevant learning during a sensitive period defined by a particular developmental stage or physiological state. Although olfactory imprinting may occur at any age, and some of the best-studied paradigms involve adult animals, recent reports of long-term memory for o...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Hudson R

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, interest has grown in the ability to manipulate, in a temporally precise fashion, the electrical activity of specific neurons embedded within densely wired brain circuits, in order to reveal how specific neurons subserve behaviors and neural computations, and to open up new horizons on the clinical tr...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Bernstein JG,Garrity PA,Boyden ES

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slow waves, the hallmark of NREM (Non Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, are not uniformly distributed across the cortical surface, but can occur locally and asynchronously across brain regions. Their regional distribution and amplitude is affected by brain maturation and by time spent awake, mediated in part by experience-de...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Siclari F,Tononi G

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neocortex expansion in development and evolution reflects an increased and prolonged activity of neural progenitor cells. Insight into key aspects of the underlying cell biology has recently been obtained. First, the restriction of apical progenitors to undergo mitosis at the ventricular surface is overcome by generat...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Wilsch-Bräuninger M,Florio M,Huttner WB

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidences linking pathological mechanisms of prions and tauopathies are accumulating. However, Tau assemblies do not yet fulfill all the criteria of prions. Here, we review recent data pointing similarities between prions and tauopathies and discuss the still existing uncertainties. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Clavaguera F,Duyckaerts C,Haïk S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crustacean stomatogastric nervous system is a long-standing test bed for studies of circuit dynamics and neuromodulation. We give a brief update on the most recent work on this system, with an emphasis on the broader implications for understanding neural circuits. In particular, we focus on new findings underlinin...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Daur N,Nadim F,Bucher D

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is used widely to determine the spatial layout of brain activation associated with specific cognitive tasks at a spatial scale of millimeters. Recent methodological improvements have made it possible to determine the latency and temporal structure of the activation at a tem...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Formisano E,Goebel R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast synaptic inhibition is largely mediated by GABA(A) receptors (GABA(A)Rs), ligand-gated chloride channels that play an essential role in the control of cell and network activity in the brain. Recent work has demonstrated that the delivery, number and stability of GABA(A)Rs at inhibitory synapses play a key role in...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Smith KR,Kittler JT

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory perception in the real world requires proper integration of different modality inputs. Process of multisensory integration is not uniform. It varies from individual to individual and changes at different behavioral states of the animal. What factors affect multisensory integration? How does the mammalian brain...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Choi I,Lee JY,Lee SH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic nucleotide gated (CNG) cation channels are critical for signal transduction in vertebrate visual and olfactory systems. Members of the CNG channel gene family have now been cloned from a number of species, from Caenorhabditis elegans to humans. An important advance has been the discovery that CNG channels are p...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Zufall F,Shepherd GM,Barnstable CJ

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of a functional neuronal network requires that axons navigate precisely to their appropriate targets. Molecules that specify guidance decisions have been identified, and the signaling events that occur downstream of guidance receptors are beginning to be understood. New research shows that guidance rece...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Grunwald IC,Klein R

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory gating mechanisms are deployed during vertebrate locomotion to ensure that adaptive and appropriate motor responses to afferent input occur during all phases of the movement cycle. Recent animal studies on the integration of cutaneous information have investigated the roles of interneurones in sensory gating. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Sillar KT

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent functional brain imaging studies of the neurobiology of emotion have investigated how individual differences among subjects modulate neural responses during emotion processing. Differences in personality, dispositional affect, biological sex, and genotype can all substantially modulate the neural bases of emoti...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Hamann S,Canli T

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The established function of oligodendrocytes and their progenitors is to drive the cellular events of myelination, a highly diversified process necessary to match the needs of various neuronal subtypes and networks. The morphological and molecular heterogeneity of oligodendrocytes and their progenitors point to functi...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Dimou L,Simons M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00