Are new place representations independent of theta and path integration?

abstract：:In this issue of Neuron, Kupferschmidt et al. (2017) reveal the shifting dynamics of functionally defined corticostriatal pathways during skill learning in mice using fiber photometry. They show different time courses in plasticity of associative and sensorimotor circuits across learning that involve changes at both t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Corbit VL,Ahmari SE,Gittis AH

更新日期：2017-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau protein undergoes a shift in its molecular mass and its electrophoretic complexity during early postnatal development. We have sequenced a tau cDNA from an adult rat brain expression library and have found two inserted sequences. One of these inserts predicts a fourth repeated sequence homologous to the other thre...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kosik KS,Orecchio LD,Bakalis S,Neve RL

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using primary cultures and immortalized multipotential stem cell lines derived from wild-type and Mash1 mutant neural crest cells, we have analyzed the cellular function of MASH1 in autonomic neurogenesis. We present evidence for the existence of a precursor expressing MASH1 and neuronal markers such as neurofilament,...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Sommer L,Shah N,Rao M,Anderson DJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Declarative memories are thought to be stored within anatomically distributed neuronal networks requiring the hippocampus; however, it is unclear how neocortical areas participate in memory at the time of encoding. Here, we use a c-fos-based genetic tagging system to selectively express the channelrhodopsin variant, C...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Cowansage KK,Shuman T,Dillingham BC,Chang A,Golshani P,Mayford M

更新日期：2014-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Two mutations in the sodium channel alpha subunit that have been implicated as the cause of periodic paralysis were studied by functional expression in a mammalian cell line. Both mutations disrupted inactivation without affecting the time course of the onset of the sodium current or the single-channel conductance. Th...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Cannon SC,Strittmatter SM

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have made little recent progress developing effective new treatments for neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. Novel molecular mechanisms have been identified, but have not translated into the clinic. We suggest an alternative: combinations of treatments targeting different aspects of final common path...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Murphy DG,Goldman M,Loth E,Spooren W

更新日期：2014-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Our perception of fine visual detail relies on small receptive fields at early stages of visual processing. However, small receptive fields tend to confound the orientation and velocity of moving edges, leading to ambiguous or inaccurate motion measurements (the aperture problem). Thus, it is often assumed that neuron...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pack CC,Livingstone MS,Duffy KR,Born RT

更新日期：2003-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Direction selectivity (DS) is an important neuronal property in the visual system, but how DS is generated beyond the retina remains controversial. Here, we report a close correspondence between the preferred direction (PD) and the morphology of DS cells in the optic tectum. Ca(2+) imaging in cells expressing the gene...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gabriel JP,Trivedi CA,Maurer CM,Ryu S,Bollmann JH

更新日期：2012-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A male zebra finch learns a song by listening to a tutor, but song learning is normally restricted to a critical period in juvenile development. Here we identify an RNA whose expression in the song control circuit is altered during this critical period. The RNA encodes a soluble presynaptic protein that forms a predic...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： George JM,Jin H,Woods WS,Clayton DF

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary motor cortex (MI) is regarded as the site for motor control. Occasional reports that MI neurons react to sensory stimuli have either been ignored or attributed to guidance of voluntary movements. Here, we show that MI activation is necessary for the somatic perception of movement of our limbs. We made use ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Naito E,Roland PE,Ehrsson HH

更新日期：2002-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal replays have been demonstrated to play a crucial role in memory. Chains of ripples (ripple bursts) in CA1 have been reported to co-occur with long-range place cell sequence replays during the quiet awake state, but roles of neural inputs to CA1 in ripple bursts and replays are unknown. Here we show that ri...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Yamamoto J,Tonegawa S

更新日期：2017-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal specializations such as cone-photoreceptor opsin-expression gradients, as found in several vertebrate species, are intuitively considered detrimental to color vision. In mice, the majority of cones coexpress both "blue" and "green" opsin. The coexpression ratio changes along the dorsoventral axis, resulting in...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Chang L,Breuninger T,Euler T

更新日期：2013-02-06 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：:Cellular Ca2+ buffers determine amplitude and diffusional spread of neuronal Ca2+ signals. Fixed Ca2+ buffers tend to retard the signal and to lower the apparent diffusion coefficient (D(app)) of Ca2+, whereas mobile buffers contribute to Ca2+ redistribution. To estimate the impact of the expression of specific Ca2+-b...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gabso M,Neher E,Spira ME

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural vision often involves recognizing objects from partial information. Recognition of objects from parts presents a significant challenge for theories of vision because it requires spatial integration and extrapolation from prior knowledge. Here we recorded intracranial field potentials of 113 visually selective ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Tang H,Buia C,Madhavan R,Crone NE,Madsen JR,Anderson WS,Kreiman G

更新日期：2014-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective error-driven learning benefits from scaling of prediction errors to reward variability. Such behavioral adaptation may be facilitated by neurons coding prediction errors relative to the standard deviation (SD) of reward distributions. To investigate this hypothesis, we required participants to predict the ma...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Diederen KM,Spencer T,Vestergaard MD,Fletcher PC,Schultz W

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mesolimbic system is known to play a role in self-administration of opioids and psychostimulants. Although morphine and cocaine act by separate cellular mechanisms initially, the present study describes a common change in synaptic regulation of dopamine cells in the ventral tegmental area 1 week after termination ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Bonci A,Williams JT

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During development of the mammalian nervous system, neural stem cells generate neurons first and glia second, thereby allowing the initial establishment of neural circuitry, and subsequent matching of glial numbers and position to that circuitry. Here, we have reviewed work addressing the mechanisms underlying this ti...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Miller FD,Gauthier AS

更新日期：2007-05-03 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：:Ventral midbrain dopamine (DA) is unambiguously involved in motivation and behavioral arousal, yet the contributions of other DA populations to these processes are poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that the dorsal raphe nucleus DA neurons are critical modulators of behavioral arousal and sleep-wake patterning. U...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Cho JR,Treweek JB,Robinson JE,Xiao C,Bremner LR,Greenbaum A,Gradinaru V

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:K+ channels contain two main functional domains, an ion-selective pore and a sensor that determines whether the cytoplasmic pore gate is open or closed. In this issue of Neuron, Niu et al. provide compelling evidence that the link between sensor and gate is a remarkably simple mechanical spring. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Papazian DM

更新日期：2004-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Distinct brain regions, reproducible from one person to the next, are specialized for processing different kinds of human expertise, such as face recognition and reading. Here, we explore the relationship between age of learning, learning ability, and specialized brain structures. Specifically, we ask whether the exis...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Srihasam K,Mandeville JB,Morocz IA,Sullivan KJ,Livingstone MS

更新日期：2012-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Deciding between stimuli requires combining their learned value with one's sensory confidence. We trained mice in a visual task that probes this combination. Mouse choices reflected not only present confidence and past rewards but also past confidence. Their behavior conformed to a model that combines signal detection...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lak A,Okun M,Moss MM,Gurnani H,Farrell K,Wells MJ,Reddy CB,Kepecs A,Harris KD,Carandini M

更新日期：2020-02-19 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：:Circadian pacemaker neurons contain a molecular clock that oscillates with a period of approximately 24 hr, controlling circadian rhythms of behavior. Pacemaker neurons respond to visual system inputs for clock resetting, but, unlike other neurons, have not been reported to transmit rapid signals to their targets. Her...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Mazzoni EO,Desplan C,Blau J

更新日期：2005-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the relationship between regulation of the spine actin cytoskeleton, spine morphogenesis, and synapse formation by manipulating expression of the actin binding protein NrbI and its deletion mutants. In pyramidal neurons of cultured rat hippocampal slices, NrbI is concentrated in dendritic spines by binding...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Zito K,Knott G,Shepherd GM,Shenolikar S,Svoboda K

更新日期：2004-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:At the optic chiasm, axons from either eye meet and decide whether to cross contralaterally or turn back ipsilaterally. Here, the guidance ligand Slit and its receptor Robo control not whether axons cross (as in other midline decisions), but where the chiasm forms. Whether axons cross is instead controlled by the tran...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Rasband K,Hardy M,Chien CB

更新日期：2003-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical molecular requirement underlying many forms of long-lasting synaptic plasticity and memory is the de novo synthesis of mRNAs and proteins. In a recent paper in Cell, Costa-Mattioli et al. present data from a pharmacogenetic study that places a key regulatory event in the "neural decision" to undergo these p...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hoeffer CA,Klann E

更新日期：2007-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:DREADDs are chemogenetic tools widely used to remotely control cellular signaling, neuronal activity, and behavior. Here we used a structure-based approach to develop a new Gi-coupled DREADD using the kappa-opioid receptor as a template (KORD) that is activated by the pharmacologically inert ligand salvinorin B (SALB)...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Vardy E,Robinson JE,Li C,Olsen RHJ,DiBerto JF,Giguere PM,Sassano FM,Huang XP,Zhu H,Urban DJ,White KL,Rittiner JE,Crowley NA,Pleil KE,Mazzone CM,Mosier PD,Song J,Kash TL,Malanga CJ,Krashes MJ,Roth BL

更新日期：2015-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently proposed that ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) shares two receptor components with a generally acting cytokine, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), but that CNTF also requires a third receptor component (CNTFR alpha) that is mostly restricted to the nervous system in its expression. Here we demonstrate tha...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ip NY,McClain J,Barrezueta NX,Aldrich TH,Pan L,Li Y,Wiegand SJ,Friedman B,Davis S,Yancopoulos GD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00