Homeoprotein signaling in the developing and adult nervous system.

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

abstract：:All sensory information is encoded in neural spike trains. It is unknown how the brain utilizes this neural code to drive behavior. Here, we unravel the decoding rules of the brain at the most elementary level by linking behavioral decisions to retinal output signals in a single-photon detection task. A transgenic mou...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Smeds L,Takeshita D,Turunen T,Tiihonen J,Westö J,Martyniuk N,Seppänen A,Ala-Laurila P

更新日期：2019-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical periods are developmental time windows during which neuronal connections are shaped by experience. In this issue of Neuron, Davis et al. (2015) show that transplantation of embryonic inhibitory interneurons can reactivate critical period plasticity and reverse amblyopia in the visual cortex of adult mice. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Levine JN,Gu Y,Cang J

更新日期：2015-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The state of the brain and body constantly varies on rapid and slow timescales. These variations contribute to the apparent noisiness of sensory responses at both the neural and the behavioral level. Recent investigations of rapid state changes in awake, behaving animals have provided insight into the mechanisms by wh...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： McGinley MJ,Vinck M,Reimer J,Batista-Brito R,Zagha E,Cadwell CR,Tolias AS,Cardin JA,McCormick DA

更新日期：2015-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Na+ channels are present at high density in squid giant axon but are absent from its somata in the giant fiber lobe (GFL) of the stellate ganglion. GFL cells dispersed in vitro maintain growing axons and develop a Na+ channel distribution similar to that in vivo. Tunicamycin, a glycosylation inhibitor, selectively dis...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gilly WF,Lucero MT,Horrigan FT

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely believed that the brain performs approximate probabilistic inference to estimate causal variables in the world from ambiguous sensory data. To understand these computations, we need to analyze how information is represented and transformed by the actions of nonlinear recurrent neural networks. We propose ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pitkow X,Angelaki DE

更新日期：2017-06-07 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：:Protein scaffolds are essential for specific and efficient downstream signaling at synapses. Though nicotinic receptors are widely expressed in the nervous system and influence numerous cellular events due in part to their calcium permeability, no scaffolds have yet been identified for the receptors in neurons. Here w...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Conroy WG,Liu Z,Nai Q,Coggan JS,Berg DK

更新日期：2003-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Visinin is a retinal cone cell-specific protein (molecular weight 24,000, pI 5.1). To investigate its function, visinin cDNA was isolated from a chick retinal lambda gt11 cDNA library, using anti-visinin serum. The beta-galactosidase-visinin fusion protein was used for purifying epitope-selected antibody. The purified...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Yamagata K,Goto K,Kuo CH,Kondo H,Miki N

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain is caused by long-term modifications of neuronal function in the peripheral nervous system, the spinal cord, and supraspinal areas. Although functional changes in the forebrain are thought to contribute to the development of persistent pain, their significance and precise subcellular nature remain une...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Santello M,Nevian T

更新日期：2015-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal activity-dependent processes are believed to mediate the formation of synaptic connections during neocortical development, but the underlying intracellular mechanisms are not known. In the visual system, altering the pattern of visually driven neuronal activity by monocular deprivation induces cortical synapt...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pham TA,Impey S,Storm DR,Stryker MP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple decisions arise from the evaluation of sensory evidence. But decisions are determined by more than just evidence. Individuals establish internal decision criteria that influence how they respond. Where or how decision criteria are established in the brain remains poorly understood. Here, we show that neuronal a...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Crapse TB,Lau H,Basso MA

更新日期：2018-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The circadian clock mechanism in the mouse is composed of interlocking transcriptional feedback loops. Two transcription factors, CLOCK and BMAL1, are believed to be essential components of the circadian clock. We have used the Cre-LoxP system to generate whole-animal knockouts of CLOCK and evaluated the resultant cir...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Debruyne JP,Noton E,Lambert CM,Maywood ES,Weaver DR,Reppert SM

更新日期：2006-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the structural determinants underlying transport by the glutamate transporter EAAT1, we mutated each of 24 highly conserved residues (P392 to Q415) to cysteine. A majority of these substituted cysteines react with the sulfhydryl-modifying reagent MTSEA, suggesting that they reside in an aqueous environm...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Seal RP,Amara SG

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules play an important role in neuronal polarity. In this issue of Neuron, Watabe-Uchida et al. link a novel Rac-mediated pathway that regulates microtubule dynamics to axon formation. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pinheiro EM,Gertler FB

更新日期：2006-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain neurons in the mammalian brain have long been known to be joined by gap junctions, which are the most common type of electrical synapse. More recently, cloning of neuron-specific connexins, increased capability of visualizing cells within brain tissue, labeling of cell types by transgenic methods, and generati...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Bennett MV,Zukin RS

更新日期：2004-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural circadian pacemakers can be reset by light, and the resetting mechanism may involve cyclic nucleotide second messengers. We have examined pacemaker resetting and free-running activity rhythms in Drosophila dunce (dnc) and DC0 mutants, which identify a cAMP specific phosphodiesterase and the catalytic subunit of...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Levine JD,Casey CI,Kalderon DD,Jackson FR

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous and sensory-evoked cortical activity is highly state-dependent, yet relatively little is known about transitions between distinct waking states. Patterns of activity in mouse V1 differ dramatically between quiescence and locomotion, but this difference could be explained by either motor feedback or a chang...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Vinck M,Batista-Brito R,Knoblich U,Cardin JA

更新日期：2015-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated calcium channels couple depolarization of the cell-surface membrane to entry of calcium, which triggers secretion, contraction, neurotransmission, gene expression, and other physiological responses. They are encoded by ten genes, which generate three voltage-gated calcium channel subfamilies: CaV1; CaV2;...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nanou E,Catterall WA

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal gain control is important for processing information in the brain. Shunting inhibition is not thought to control gain since it shifts input-output relationships during tonic excitation rather than changing their slope. Here we show that tonic inhibition reduces the gain and shifts the offset of cerebellar gra...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Mitchell SJ,Silver RA

更新日期：2003-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We are rapidly approaching a better understanding of the mechanisms that allow our brains to form distinct representations for similar events or episodes. McHugh et al. have brought that goal one step closer by showing that NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus is necessary for immediate dif...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Leutgeb JK,Moser EI

更新日期：2007-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuron B19 of Helisoma is selective in synaptogenesis. Presynaptic mechanisms underlying this selectivity were tested. Acetylcholine-sensitive assay cells were micromanipulated into contact with B19 somata to assess its secretory state. Prior to appropriate muscle target contact, spontaneous synaptic currents were det...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Zoran MJ,Doyle RT,Haydon PG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In nerve terminals, residual Ca(2+) remaining from previous activity can cause facilitation of transmitter release by a mechanism that is still under debate. Here we show that the intracellular Ca(2+) sensitivity of transmitter release at the calyx of Held is largely unchanged during facilitation, which leaves an incr...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Felmy F,Neher E,Schneggenburger R

更新日期：2003-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A signaling pathway involving the extracellular protein Reelin and the intracellular adaptor protein Disabled-1 (Dab1) controls cell positioning during mammalian brain development. Here, we demonstrate that Reelin binds directly to lipoprotein receptors, preferably the very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) and...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： D'Arcangelo G,Homayouni R,Keshvara L,Rice DS,Sheldon M,Curran T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABARAP recognizes and binds the gamma2 subunit of the GABA(A) receptor, interacts with microtubules and the N-ethyl maleimide sensitive factor, and is proposed to function in GABA(A) receptor trafficking and postsynaptic localization. We have determined the crystal structure of human GABARAP at 1.6 A resolution. The ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Coyle JE,Qamar S,Rajashankar KR,Nikolov DB

更新日期：2002-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Sanders et al. (2014) demonstrate in this issue of Neuron that the natively unfolded protein tau can propagate indefinitely in distinct stable strains, therefore supporting the general idea that tau has prion-like properties, with implications for Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hyman BT

更新日期：2014-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical patterning molecules that were previously implicated in controlling cell fate choices in the nervous system have recently been shown to play additional roles in axon guidance and synaptogenesis. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), Sonic hedgehog (Shh), Wnts, and fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) all participa...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Salie R,Niederkofler V,Arber S

更新日期：2005-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic clustering of neurotransmitter receptors is crucial for efficient signal transduction and integration in neurons. PDZ domain-containing proteins such as PSD-95/SAP90 interact with the intracellular C termini of a variety of receptors and are thought to be important in the targeting and anchoring of receptors ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Xia J,Zhang X,Staudinger J,Huganir RL

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane excitability is a fundamentally important feature for all excitable cells including both neurons and muscle cells. However, the background depolarizing conductances in excitable cells, especially in muscle cells, are not well characterized. Although mutations in transmembrane channel-like (TMC) proteins TMC1 ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Yue X,Zhao J,Li X,Fan Y,Duan D,Zhang X,Zou W,Sheng Y,Zhang T,Yang Q,Luo J,Duan S,Xiao R,Kang L

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of GABAergic inhibitory circuits is shaped by neural activity, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Here, we demonstrate a novel function of GABA in regulating GABAergic innervation in the adolescent brain, when GABA is mainly known as an inhibitory transmitter. Conditional knockdown of the rate-...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Chattopadhyaya B,Di Cristo G,Wu CZ,Knott G,Kuhlman S,Fu Y,Palmiter RD,Huang ZJ

更新日期：2007-06-21 00:00:00