A pair of interneurons influences the choice between feeding and locomotion in Drosophila.

abstract：:The time course and functional significance of the structural changes associated with long-term facilitation of Aplysia sensory to motor neuron synaptic connections in culture were examined by time-lapse confocal imaging of individual sensory neuron varicosities labeled with three different fluorescent markers: the wh...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kim JH,Udo H,Li HL,Youn TY,Chen M,Kandel ER,Bailey CH

更新日期：2003-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a commonly held view that numbers are represented in an abstract way in both parietal lobes. This view is based on failures to find differences between various notational representations. Here we show that by using relatively smaller voxels together with an adaptation paradigm and analyzing subjects on an indivi...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Cohen Kadosh R,Cohen Kadosh K,Kaas A,Henik A,Goebel R

更新日期：2007-01-18 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：:Although prefrontal cortex has been implicated in the cognitive regulation of emotion, the cortical-subcortical interactions that mediate this ability remain poorly understood. To address this issue, we identified a right ventrolateral prefrontal region (vlPFC) whose activity correlated with reduced negative emotional...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wager TD,Davidson ML,Hughes BL,Lindquist MA,Ochsner KN

更新日期：2008-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Telling time and anticipating when external events will happen is among the most important tasks the brain performs. Yet the neural mechanisms underlying timing remain elusive. One theory proposes that timing is a general and intrinsic computation of cortical circuits. We tested this hypothesis using electrical and op...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Goel A,Buonomano DV

更新日期：2016-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The selection and timing of actions are subject to determinate influences such as sensory cues and internal state as well as to effectively stochastic variability. Although stochastic choice mechanisms are assumed by many theoretical models, their origin and mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here we investigated th...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Murakami M,Shteingart H,Loewenstein Y,Mainen ZF

更新日期：2017-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Working memory, the capacity of actively maintaining task-relevant information during a cognitive task, is a heritable trait. Working memory deficits are characteristic for many psychiatric disorders. We performed genome-wide gene set enrichment analyses in multiple independent data sets of young and aged cognitively ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Heck A,Fastenrath M,Ackermann S,Auschra B,Bickel H,Coynel D,Gschwind L,Jessen F,Kaduszkiewicz H,Maier W,Milnik A,Pentzek M,Riedel-Heller SG,Ripke S,Spalek K,Sullivan P,Vogler C,Wagner M,Weyerer S,Wolfsgruber S,de

更新日期：2014-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Neuron,Lin et al. (2015) report an optical method to precisely manipulate the activity of GABAA receptors by designing a mutant receptor that binds photosensitive compounds. This allows for studying GABAA receptors in situ and represents a valuable tool to investigate how inhibition affects brain phys...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Mortensen M,Smart TG

更新日期：2015-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of rat TrkA in Xenopus spinal neurons confers responsiveness of these neurons to nerve growth factor (NGF) in assays of neuronal survival and growth cone chemotropism. Mutational analysis indicates that coactivation of phospholipase C-gamma (PLC-gamma) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) by specific ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ming G,Song H,Berninger B,Inagaki N,Tessier-Lavigne M,Poo M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the specification of noradrenergic neurotransmitter identity in neural crest stem cells (NCSCs). Retroviral expression of both wild-type and dominant-negative forms of the paired homeodomain transcription factor Phox2a indicates a crucial and direct role for this protein (and/or the closely relate...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lo L,Morin X,Brunet JF,Anderson DJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:The parietal lobes of nonhuman primates have been well characterized by single neuron recordings, yet clear partitioning of the human parietal lobes has not been clearly demonstrated. An elegant new fMRI study by Simon and colleagues (this issue of Neuron) suggests that parietal cortex does indeed contain dissociable ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Culham J

更新日期：2002-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho GTPases are essential regulators of cytoskeletal reorganization, but how they do so during neuronal morphogenesis in vivo is poorly understood. Here we show that the actin depolymerization factor cofilin is essential for axon growth in Drosophila neurons. Cofilin function in axon growth is inhibited by LIM kinase ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ng J,Luo L

更新日期：2004-12-02 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：:Acetylcholine in the brain alters neuronal excitability, influences synaptic transmission, induces synaptic plasticity, and coordinates firing of groups of neurons. As a result, it changes the state of neuronal networks throughout the brain and modifies their response to internal and external inputs: the classical rol...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Picciotto MR,Higley MJ,Mineur YS

更新日期：2012-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In stable environments, decision makers can exploit their previously learned strategies for optimal outcomes, while exploration might lead to better options in unstable environments. Here, to investigate the cortical contributions to exploratory behavior, we analyzed single-neuron activity recorded from four different...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Donahue CH,Seo H,Lee D

更新日期：2013-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroscientific findings are rarely translated into public policies that improve the health and well-being of people experiencing serious disorders. I advocate here for investment in policymaker-scientist networks dedicated to such translation for a range of diseases. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Humphreys K

更新日期：2019-09-25 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：:When faced with a crowded visual scene, observers must selectively attend to behaviorally relevant objects to avoid sensory overload. Often this selection process is guided by prior knowledge of a target-defining feature (e.g., the color red when looking for an apple), which enhances the firing rate of visual neurons ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Serences JT,Boynton GM

更新日期：2007-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Light-induced photoreceptor apoptosis occurs in many forms of inherited retinal degeneration resulting in blindness in both vertebrates and invertebrates. Though mutations in several photoreceptor signaling proteins have been implicated in triggering this process, the molecular events relating light activation of rhod...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kiselev A,Socolich M,Vinós J,Hardy RW,Zuker CS,Ranganathan R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent neural activity that outlasts an initial stimulus is thought to provide a mechanism for the transient storage of memory. In this issue of Neuron, Fransén et al. identify important principles for a cell-autonomous mechanism of graded persistent firing using an elegant combination of experimental and computat...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Dudman JT,Siegelbaum SA

更新日期：2006-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical studies suggest that syntaxin 1A participates in multiple protein-protein interactions in the synaptic terminal, but the in vivo significance of these interactions is poorly understood. We used a targeted mutagenesis approach to eliminate specific syntaxin binding interactions and demonstrate that Drosophi...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wu MN,Fergestad T,Lloyd TE,He Y,Broadie K,Bellen HJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charybdotoxin (CTX) blocks high conductance Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels by binding to a receptor site in the externally facing "mouth." Toxin bound to the channel can be destabilized from its site by K+ entering the channel from the opposite, internal, solution. By analyzing point mutants of CTX expressed in E. coli,...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Park CS,Miller C

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeostatic signaling systems are thought to interface with the mechanisms of neural plasticity to achieve stable yet flexible neural circuitry. However, the time course, molecular design, and implementation of homeostatic signaling remain poorly defined. Here we demonstrate that a homeostatic increase in presynaptic ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Frank CA,Kennedy MJ,Goold CP,Marek KW,Davis GW

更新日期：2006-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise subunit composition of synaptic ionotropic receptors in the brain is poorly understood. This information is of particular importance with regard to AMPA-type glutamate receptors, the multimeric complexes assembled from GluA1-A4 subunits, as the trafficking of these receptors into and out of synapses is pro...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lu W,Shi Y,Jackson AC,Bjorgan K,During MJ,Sprengel R,Seeburg PH,Nicoll RA

更新日期：2009-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The presynaptic active zone is composed of a protein network that contains ELKS2alpha (a.k.a. CAST) as a central component. Here we demonstrate that in mice, deletion of ELKS2alpha caused a large increase in inhibitory, but not excitatory, neurotransmitter release, and potentiated the size, but not the properties, of ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kaeser PS,Deng L,Chávez AE,Liu X,Castillo PE,Südhof TC

更新日期：2009-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal Ca2+ channels are key transducers coupling excitability to cellular function. As such, they are tightly regulated by multiple G protein-signaling pathways that finely tune their activity. In addition to fast, direct G(beta)gamma modulation of Ca2+ channels, a slower Galpha(q/11)-mediated mechanism has remaine...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Delmas P,Coste B,Gamper N,Shapiro MS

更新日期：2005-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of quantal size through pre- rather than postsynaptic mechanisms has recently received considerable attention as a potential mechanism for plasticity. Vesicular transporters catalyze the filling of synaptic vesicles with transmitter and are thus potential substrates for such presynaptic regulation. In t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hnasko TS,Edwards RH

更新日期：2006-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:N-type calcium channels play a dominant role in controlling synaptic transmission in many peripheral neurons. Transmitter release from mammalian central nerve terminals, however, is relatively resistant to the N channel antagonist omega-conotoxin GVIA. We studied the sensitivity of glutamatergic synaptic transmission ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Luebke JI,Dunlap K,Turner TJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic deletion of fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) has been shown to enhance mGluR-dependent long-term depression (LTD). Herein, we demonstrate that mGluR-LTD induces a transient, translation-dependent increase in FMRP that is rapidly degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Moreover, proteasome inhi...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hou L,Antion MD,Hu D,Spencer CM,Paylor R,Klann E

更新日期：2006-08-17 00:00:00