Genome-wide activity-dependent MeCP2 phosphorylation regulates nervous system development and function.

abstract：:Changes in intracellular calcium (Ca) concentration following synaptic and suprathreshold activity are mediated by a wide range of sources and contribute to the regulation of myriad neuronal functions. The development of Ca imaging techniques has dramatically increased our understanding of the complex interactions bet...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Higley MJ,Sabatini BL

更新日期：2008-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) plays an essential role in the normal development of the underlying neural retina, but the mechanisms by which this regulation occurs are largely unknown. Ca2+ transients, induced by the neurotransmitter ATP acting on purinergic receptors, both increase proliferation and stimulate ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pearson RA,Dale N,Llaudet E,Mobbs P

更新日期：2005-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The M current regulates neuronal excitability, with its amplitude resulting from high open probability modal M channel behavior. The M current is affected by changing intracellular calcium levels. It is proposed that internal calcium acts by regulating M channel modal gating. Intracellular application of a preactivate...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Marrion NV

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:Pheromonal activation of the vomeronasal organ (VNO) elicits genetically preprogrammed behaviors and physiological changes in mammals. We have identified a novel gene family encoding over one hundred VNO specific receptors, the V3Rs. V3R sequences are highly similar to each other and appear distantly related to the pu...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pantages E,Dulac C

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies indicate that dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) convey distinct signals. To explore this difference, we comprehensively identified each area's monosynaptic inputs using the rabies virus. We show that dopamine neurons in both areas integrate inp...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Watabe-Uchida M,Zhu L,Ogawa SK,Vamanrao A,Uchida N

更新日期：2012-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a recently described neurodegenerative disorder of older adult carriers of premutation alleles (60-200 CGG repeats) in the fragile X mental retardation gene (FMR1). It has been proposed that FXTAS is an RNA-mediated neurodegenerative disease caused by the titratio...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Sofola OA,Jin P,Qin Y,Duan R,Liu H,de Haro M,Nelson DL,Botas J

更新日期：2007-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Glutamate is regarded as the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian CNS. However, whether the released transmitter originates from a cytosolic pool or is discharged from synaptic vesicles by exocytosis (vesicle hypothesis) remains controversial. A problem with the general acceptance of the vesicle hypoth...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Burger PM,Mehl E,Cameron PL,Maycox PR,Baumert M,Lottspeich F,De Camilli P,Jahn R

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing retina generates spontaneous glutamatergic (stage III) waves of activity that sequentially recruit neighboring ganglion cells with opposite light responses (ON and OFF RGCs). This activity pattern is thought to help establish parallel ON and OFF pathways in downstream visual areas. The circuits that pro...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Akrouh A,Kerschensteiner D

更新日期：2013-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Painful mechanical stimuli activate multiple peripheral sensory afferent subtypes simultaneously, including nociceptors and low-threshold mechanoreceptors (LTMRs). Using an optogenetic approach, we demonstrate that LTMRs do not solely serve as touch receptors but also play an important role in acute pain signaling. We...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Arcourt A,Gorham L,Dhandapani R,Prato V,Taberner FJ,Wende H,Gangadharan V,Birchmeier C,Heppenstall PA,Lechner SG

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Primates can learn to recognize a virtually limitless number of visual objects. A candidate neural substrate for this adult plasticity is the inferior temporal cortex (ITC). Using a large stimulus set, we explored the impact that long-term experience has on the response properties of two classes of neurons in ITC: bro...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Woloszyn L,Sheinberg DL

更新日期：2012-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms through which estrogen regulates gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons to control mammalian ovulation are unknown. We found that estrogen positive feedback to generate the preovulatory gonadotropin surge was normal in estrogen receptor beta knockout (ERbeta) mutant mice, but absent in ERalpha mu...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wintermantel TM,Campbell RE,Porteous R,Bock D,Gröne HJ,Todman MG,Korach KS,Greiner E,Pérez CA,Schütz G,Herbison AE

更新日期：2006-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Virtually all stages of the visual system exhibit adaptation: neurons adjust their responses based on the recent stimulus history. While some of these adjustments occur at specific stages, others may be inherited from earlier stages. How do adaptation effects cascade along the visual system? We measured spatially sele...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Dhruv NT,Carandini M

更新日期：2014-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:New technologies to probe the nervous system are propelling innovation and discovery at blinding speed, but are our trainees prepared to maximize this power? The growing role of engineering in research, such as materials, computing, electronics, and devices, compels us to rethink neuroscience education. Core technolog...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Litt B

更新日期：2015-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel, converts the free energy of binding of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into opening of its central pore. Here we present the first high-resolution structure of the receptor type found in muscle-endplate membrane and in the muscle-derived e...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Rahman MM,Teng J,Worrell BT,Noviello CM,Lee M,Karlin A,Stowell MHB,Hibbs RE

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Rostrocaudal polarity of the tectum is first detectable at embryonic day 2 (E2) in the chick by the rostrocaudal gradient of en expression. When ectopic tectum is produced by heterotopic transplantation at E2 in the diencephalon, the gradient of en expression is inverted from the host polarity by environmental influen...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Itasaki N,Nakamura H

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：:How does a visual search goal modulate the activity of neurons encoding different visual features (e.g., color, direction of motion)? Previous research suggests that goal-driven attention enhances the gain of neurons representing the target's visual features. Here, we present mathematical and behavioral evidence that ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Navalpakkam V,Itti L

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The hippocampus is essential for spatiotemporal cognition. Sequences of neuronal activation provide a substrate for this fundamental function. At the behavioral timescale, these sequences have been shown to occur either in the presence of successive external landmarks or through internal mechanisms within an episodic ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Villette V,Malvache A,Tressard T,Dupuy N,Cossart R

更新日期：2015-10-21 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：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a diverse and poorly conserved category of transcripts that have expanded greatly in primates, particularly in the brain. We identified an lncRNA, which has acquired 16 microRNA response elements for miR-143-3p in the Catarrhini branch of primates. This lncRNA, termed LncND (neurodev...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Rani N,Nowakowski TJ,Zhou H,Godshalk SE,Lisi V,Kriegstein AR,Kosik KS

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Locomotor activity in many species undergoes pronounced alterations in early postnatal life, and environmental cues may be responsible for modifying this process. To determine how these events are reflected in the nervous system, we studied rats reared under two different conditions-the presence or absence of gravity-...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Inglis FM,Zuckerman KE,Kalb RG

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:Imaging large-scale circuit dynamics is crucial to understanding brain function, but most techniques have a limited depth of field. Here, we describe volumetric functional ultrasound imaging (vfUSI), a platform for brain-wide vfUSI of hemodynamic activity in awake head-fixed mice. We combined a high-frequency 1,024-ch...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Brunner C,Grillet M,Sans-Dublanc A,Farrow K,Lambert T,Macé E,Montaldo G,Urban A

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:During the development of forebrain connectivity, ascending thalamocortical and descending corticofugal axons first intermingle at the pallial-subpallial boundary to form the internal capsule (IC). However, the identity of molecular cues that guide these axons remains largely unknown. Here, we show that the transmembr...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Mandai K,Reimert DV,Ginty DD

更新日期：2014-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Fear is a graded central motive state ranging from mild to intense. As threat intensity increases, fear transitions from discriminative to generalized. The circuit mechanisms that process threats of different intensity are not well resolved. Here, we isolate a unique population of locally projecting neurons in the cen...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Sanford CA,Soden ME,Baird MA,Miller SM,Schulkin J,Palmiter RD,Clark M,Zweifel LS

更新日期：2017-01-04 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：:In addition to the classical, center/surround receptive field of neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), there is an extraclassical, nonlinear surround that can strongly suppress LGN responses. This form of suppression likely plays an important role in adjusting the gain of LGN responses to visual stimuli. We...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Alitto HJ,Usrey WM

更新日期：2008-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine string protein alpha (CSPalpha)--an abundant synaptic vesicle protein that contains a DNA-J domain characteristic of Hsp40 chaperones--is thought to regulate Ca2+ channels and/or synaptic vesicle exocytosis. We now show that, in young mice, deletion of CSPalpha does not impair survival and causes no significa...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Fernández-Chacón R,Wölfel M,Nishimune H,Tabares L,Schmitz F,Castellano-Muñoz M,Rosenmund C,Montesinos ML,Sanes JR,Schneggenburger R,Südhof TC

更新日期：2004-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Adjustments in neural activity can drive cortical plasticity, but the underlying circuit components remain unclear. In this issue of Neuron, Barnes et al. (2015) show that visual deprivation-induced homeostatic plasticity invokes specific changes among select categories of V1 neurons. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Seabrook TA,Huberman AD

更新日期：2015-06-03 00:00:00