Pathfinding and synapse formation in a zebrafish mutant lacking functional acetylcholine receptors.

abstract：:In this issue of Neuron, Costa et al. (2017) introduce a theoretical framework that predicts the ratio of presynaptic and postsynaptic changes taking place during LTP and LTD and show that these processes co-operate so as to optimize the postsynaptic response statistics. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Poirazi P,Kastellakis G

更新日期：2017-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is increasingly recognized to regulate gene expression across different cell types, but obtaining APA maps from individual cell types typically requires prior purification, a stressful procedure that can itself alter cellular states. Here, we describe a new platform, cTag-PAPERCLIP, t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hwang HW,Saito Y,Park CY,Blachère NE,Tajima Y,Fak JJ,Zucker-Scharff I,Darnell RB

更新日期：2017-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Although substantial advances have been made in behavioral and pharmacological treatments for addictions, moving treatment development to the next stage may require novel ways of approaching addictions, particularly ways based on new findings regarding the neurobiological underpinnings of addictions that also assimila...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Potenza MN,Sofuoglu M,Carroll KM,Rounsaville BJ

更新日期：2011-02-24 00:00:00

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：:The process by which neural circuitry in the brain plans and executes movements is not well understood. Until recently, most available data were limited either to single-neuron electrophysiological recordings or to measures of aggregate field or metabolism. Neither approach reveals how individual neurons' activities a...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Afshar A,Santhanam G,Yu BM,Ryu SI,Sahani M,Shenoy KV

更新日期：2011-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Which neurons in the brain "decide" to initiate particular behaviors in response to sensory information? In this issue of Neuron, two papers (Kohatsu et al. and von Philipsborn et al.) identify candidates in the courtship circuitry of Drosophila. The activity of these neurons is both regulated by sex pheromones and ne...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Benton R

更新日期：2011-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic activity induces changes in the number of dendritic spines. Here, we report a pathway of regulated endocytosis triggered by arcadlin, a protocadherin induced by electroconvulsive and other excitatory stimuli in hippocampal neurons. The homophilic binding of extracellular arcadlin domains activates TAO2beta, a...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Yasuda S,Tanaka H,Sugiura H,Okamura K,Sakaguchi T,Tran U,Takemiya T,Mizoguchi A,Yagita Y,Sakurai T,De Robertis EM,Yamagata K

更新日期：2007-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane potential recordings in awake mice have correlated cortical state with locomotion and whisker movements. In this issue of Neuron, Reimer et al. (2014) now reveal that pupil dilation in stationary mice equally signals a change in cortical state and an enhancement of visual processing. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Poulet JF

更新日期：2014-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA) transmission mediates numerous aspects of behavior. Although DA release is strongly linked to firing of DA neurons, recent developments indicate the importance of presynaptic modulation at striatal dopaminergic terminals. The endocannabinoid (eCB) system regulates DA release and is a canonical gatekeeper...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Mateo Y,Johnson KA,Covey DP,Atwood BK,Wang HL,Zhang S,Gildish I,Cachope R,Bellocchio L,Guzmán M,Morales M,Cheer JF,Lovinger DM

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are pleotrophic proteins that coordinate the host response to infection as well as mediate normal, ongoing signaling between cells of nonimmune tissues, including the nervous system. As a consequence of this dual role, cytokines induced in response to maternal infection or prenatal hypoxia can profoundly imp...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Deverman BE,Patterson PH

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted therapy for neuropsychiatric disorders requires selective modulation of dysfunctional neuronal pathways. Receptors relevant to CNS disorders typically have associated proteins discretely expressed in specific neuronal pathways; these accessory proteins provide a new dimension for drug discovery. Recent studie...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Maher MP,Matta JA,Gu S,Seierstad M,Bredt DS

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium-activated potassium channels were expressed in Xenopus oocytes by injection of RNA transcribed in vitro from complementary DNAs derived from the slo locus of Drosophila melanogaster. Many cDNAs were found that encode closely related proteins of about 1200 aa. The predicted sequences of these proteins differ by...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Adelman JP,Shen KZ,Kavanaugh MP,Warren RA,Wu YN,Lagrutta A,Bond CT,North RA

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：:In this issue of Neuron, Gantz and Bean (2017) show that the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG) can directly alter the properties of native ion-channel Kv4.3 and accelerate the pacemaker activity of rodent dopamine neurons. These findings are one of the first demonstrations of postsynaptic, cell-autonomous...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Matsui A,Alvarez VA

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Homomeric assembly of Kir5.1, an inward-rectifying K+ channel subunit, is believed to be nonfunctional, although the subunit exists abundantly in the brain. We show that HEK293T cells cotransfected with Kir5.1 and PSD-95 exhibit a Ba(2+)-sensitive inward-rectifying K+ current. Kir5.1 coexpressed with PSD-95 located on...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Tanemoto M,Fujita A,Higashi K,Kurachi Y

更新日期：2002-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA binding proteins are critical to the maintenance of the transcriptome via controlled regulation of RNA processing and transport. Alterations of these proteins impact multiple steps of the RNA life cycle resulting in various molecular phenotypes such as aberrant RNA splicing, transport, and stability. Disruption of...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nussbacher JK,Tabet R,Yeo GW,Lagier-Tourenne C

更新日期：2019-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The retina adapts to average light intensity but also to the range of light intensities (contrast). A study by Baccus and Meister, in this issue of Neuron, identifies three ways that ganglion cells and interneurons adapt to high contrast: shorten integration time, reduce gain, and depolarize. Only the depolarization d...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Demb JB

更新日期：2002-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl-2 is a major regulator of programmed cell death, a critical process in shaping the developing nervous system. To assess whether Bcl-2 is involved in regulating neuronal survival and in mediating the neuroprotective action of neurotrophic factors, we generated Bcl-2-deficient mice. At birth, the number of facial mo...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Michaelidis TM,Sendtner M,Cooper JD,Airaksinen MS,Holtmann B,Meyer M,Thoenen H

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For each environment a rodent has explored, its hippocampus contains a map consisting of a unique subset of neurons, called place cells, that have spatially tuned spiking there, with the remaining neurons being essentially silent. Using whole-cell recording in freely moving rats exploring a novel maze, we observed dif...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Epsztein J,Brecht M,Lee AK

更新日期：2011-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes of ocular dominance in the visual cortex can be induced by visual manipulations during a critical period in early life. However, the role of critical period plasticity in normal development is unknown. Here we show that at the onset of this time window, the preferred orientations of individual cortical cells i...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wang BS,Sarnaik R,Cang J

更新日期：2010-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical studies have related the spiking of selected neocortical neurons to behavior, but little is known about activity sampled from the entire neural population. We recorded from neurons selected independent of spiking, using cell-attached recordings and two-photon calcium imaging, in the barrel cortex of mice per...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： O'Connor DH,Peron SP,Huber D,Svoboda K

更新日期：2010-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the inflammatory process develops after transplantation to the brain, we sought to determine the presence of cytokines following a surgical trauma to the brain of an adult mouse. We report the early and marked presence of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1 alpha in neuronal somata of the striatum foll...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Tchelingerian JL,Quinonero J,Booss J,Jacque C

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative affective states affect quality of life for patients suffering from pain. These maladaptive emotional states can lead to involuntary opioid overdose and many neuropsychiatric comorbidities. Uncovering the mechanisms responsible for pain-induced negative affect is critical in addressing these comorbid outcomes...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Massaly N,Copits BA,Wilson-Poe AR,Hipólito L,Markovic T,Yoon HJ,Liu S,Walicki MC,Bhatti DL,Sirohi S,Klaas A,Walker BM,Neve R,Cahill CM,Shoghi KI,Gereau RW 4th,McCall JG,Al-Hasani R,Bruchas MR,Morón JA

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In the developing mammalian retina, spontaneous waves of action potentials are present in the ganglion cell layer weeks before vision. These waves are known to be generated by a synaptically connected network of amacrine cells and retinal ganglion cells, and exhibit complex spatiotemporal patterns, characterized by sh...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Feller MB,Butts DA,Aaron HL,Rokhsar DS,Shatz CJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental evidence shows that the inability to attribute mental states, such as desires and beliefs, to self and others (mentalizing) explains the social and communication impairments of individuals with autism. Brain imaging studies in normal volunteers highlight a circumscribed network that is active during menta...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Frith U

更新日期：2001-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Brief bath application of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) to hippocampal slices produces long-term synaptic depression (LTD) in CA1 that is (1) sensitive to postnatal age, (2) saturable, (3) induced postsynaptically, (4) reversible, and (5) not associated with a change in paired pulse facilitation. Chemically induced LTD ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lee HK,Kameyama K,Huganir RL,Bear MF

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleus accumbens dopamine is known to play a role in motivational processes, and dysfunctions of mesolimbic dopamine may contribute to motivational symptoms of depression and other disorders, as well as features of substance abuse. Although it has become traditional to label dopamine neurons as "reward" neurons, this...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Salamone JD,Correa M

更新日期：2012-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of kainate receptor targeting and clustering is still unresolved. Here, we demonstrate that members of the SAP90/PSD-95 family colocalize and associate with kainate receptors. SAP90 and SAP102 coimmunoprecipitate with both KA2 and GluR6, but only SAP97 coimmunoprecipitates with GluR6. Similar to NMDA rec...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Garcia EP,Mehta S,Blair LA,Wells DG,Shang J,Fukushima T,Fallon JR,Garner CC,Marshall J

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：:We have identified factors that control precise motor timing by studying learning in smooth pursuit eye movements. Monkeys tracked a target that moved horizontally for a fixed time interval before changing direction through the addition of a vertical component of motion. After repeated presentations of the same target...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Medina JF,Carey MR,Lisberger SG

更新日期：2005-01-06 00:00:00