The autonomic nervous system is the engine for vocal development through social feedback.

abstract：:A fundamental but unsolved problem in neuroscience is how connections between neurons might underlie information processing in central circuits. Building wiring diagrams of neural networks may accelerate our understanding of how they compute. But even if we had wiring diagrams, it is critical to know what neurons in a...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Lee WC,Reid RC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical imaging methods are powerful tools in neuroscience as they can systematically monitor the activity of neuronal populations with high spatiotemporal resolution using calcium or voltage indicators. Moreover, caged compounds and optogenetic actuators enable to optically manipulate neural activity. Among optical m...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Yang W,Yuste R

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several advances have been made recently in characterizing neural progenitor cells. In vertebrates, multipotential stem cells have been demonstrated in the developing forebrain both in vitro and in vivo, and a class of stem cells has been identified in the adult CNS. Factors that regulate the proliferation and differe...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Temple S,Qian X

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPA receptor (AMPAR) complexes comprise four of the AMPAR subunits GluA1-4 and several additional interacting proteins. Subunit composition determines AMPAR function. However, AMPAR function depends to a large extent also on interacting proteins, which influence trafficking to the cell surface, activity-dependent sub...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Jacobi E,von Engelhardt J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The astonishing cellular diversity in the central nervous system (CNS) arises from neural progenitors which can undergo different modes of symmetric and asymmetric divisions to self-renew as well as produce differentiated neuronal and glial progeny. Drosophila CNS neural progenitor cells, neuroblasts, have been utilis...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Zhong W,Chia W

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have seen cytoskeleton dynamics emerging as a key player in axon regeneration. The cytoskeleton, in particular microtubules and actin, ensures the growth of neuronal processes and maintains the singular, highly polarized shape of neurons. Following injury, adult central axons are tipped by a dystrophic st...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Blanquie O,Bradke F

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the endocannabinoid system in drug addiction was initially studied by the use of compounds with different affinities for each cannabinoid receptor or for the proteins involved in endocannabinoids inactivation. The generation of genetically modified mice with selective mutations in these endocannabin...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Maldonado R,Robledo P,Berrendero F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambiguous figures that may take on the appearance of two or more distinct forms have fascinated philosophers and psychologists for generations. Recently, several laboratories have studied the neuronal basis of perceptual appearance at the level of single neurons in the cerebral cortex. Experiments that integrate neuro...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Parker AJ,Krug K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its simple and highly-ordered circuitry the function of the cerebellum remains a topic of vigorous debate. This review explores connections between the cerebellum and sensory processing structures that closely resemble the cerebellum in terms of their evolution, development, patterns of gene expression, and ci...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Warren R,Sawtell NB

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight control of developmental timing is pivotal to many major processes in developmental biology, such as patterning, fate specification, cell cycle dynamics, cell migration and connectivity. Temporal change in these ontogenetic sequences is known as heterochrony, a major force in the evolution of body plans and orga...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Bielen H,Pal S,Tole S,Houart C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term imprinting is used to refer to biologically relevant learning during a sensitive period defined by a particular developmental stage or physiological state. Although olfactory imprinting may occur at any age, and some of the best-studied paradigms involve adult animals, recent reports of long-term memory for o...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Hudson R

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a recently discovered, extensive class of small noncoding RNAs that act as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. miRNAs have been implicated in most aspects of animal development and in pathological processes such as cancer. In neurons, miRNAs are expressed at all stages of develop...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Schratt G

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of spatial maps of the ventral sensory-motor cortex (vSMC) dates back to the earliest cortical stimulation studies. This review surveys a number of recent and historical reports of the features and function of spatial maps within vSMC towards the human behavior of speaking. Representations of the vocal tract...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Conant D,Bouchard KE,Chang EF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axon pathfinding is essential for the establishment of proper neuronal connections during development. Advances in neuroimaging and genomic technologies, coupled with animal modeling, are leading to the identification of an increasing number of human disorders that result from aberrant axonal wiring. In this review, w...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Nugent AA,Kolpak AL,Engle EC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantal neurotransmitter release at nerve terminals is tightly regulated by the presynaptic Ca2+ concentration. Here, we summarise current advances in understanding how the interplay between presynaptic Ca2+ dynamics and different Ca2+ release sensors shapes action potential-evoked release on a timescale from hundreds...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Volynski KE,Krishnakumar SS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vestibulo-ocular reflexes (VOR) assist retinal image stabilization during vertebrate locomotion thereby ensuring accurate visual perception. The importance of this motor behavior for animal survival requires that the underlying circuitry and all individual components are fully developed and functional as soon as post-...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Straka H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is becoming evident that neurons express an unusual number of molecules that were originally thought to be specific to immune functions. One such molecule, class I major histocompatibility complex, is required in the activity-dependent refinement and plasticity of connections in the developing and adult central ner...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Boulanger LM,Huh GS,Shatz CJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex differences in the nervous system are found throughout the animal kingdom. Here, we discuss three prominent genetic models: nematodes, fruit flies, and mice. In all three, differential cell death is central to sexual differentiation and shared molecular mechanisms have been identified. Our knowledge of the precise...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Forger NG,de Vries GJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic nucleotide gated (CNG) cation channels are critical for signal transduction in vertebrate visual and olfactory systems. Members of the CNG channel gene family have now been cloned from a number of species, from Caenorhabditis elegans to humans. An important advance has been the discovery that CNG channels are p...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Zufall F,Shepherd GM,Barnstable CJ

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic patterning exerts a profound influence on neuronal connectivity. Recent studies indicate that mammalian Notch receptors are expressed by postmitotic neurons and that Notch signaling has a considerable influence on dendritic growth and branching. Investigations into the intracellular effectors of dendritic de...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Redmond L,Ghosh A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory cortical maps have been a long-standing focus of studies that assess the expression, mechanisms, and consequences of sensory plasticity. Here we discuss recent progress in understanding how auditory experience transforms spatially organized sound representations at higher levels of the central auditory pathwa...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Schreiner CE,Polley DB

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD), a dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disease, is defined by its genetic cause, a CAG-repeat expansion in the HTT gene, its motor and psychiatric symptomology and primary loss of striatal medium spiny neurons (MSNs). However, the molecular mechanisms from genetic lesion to disease phenoty...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Veldman MB,Yang XW

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endo-lysosomal pathways are essential in maintaining protein homeostasis in the cell. Numerous genes in the endo-lysosomal pathways have been found to associate with neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Mutations of these genes lea...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Wang C,Telpoukhovskaia MA,Bahr BA,Chen X,Gan L

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the twelve years since the molecular elucidation of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 1, a class III family of G-protein-coupled receptors has emerged; members of this family include the calcium-sensing receptor, the GABA(B) receptor, some odorant receptors and some taste receptors. Atomic structures of t...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Jingami H,Nakanishi S,Morikawa K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual attention operates by biasing competitive interactions between neural representations, favoring relevant over irrelevant visual inputs. Attention can enhance the processing of relevant information using location-based, feature-based or object-based selection mechanisms. Studies using event-related potential and...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Hopf JM,Schoenfeld MA,Heinze HJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse genetic techniques, including gene 'knockouts' and transgenesis, allow defined mutations to be introduced into the mouse genome. The application of these techniques to neurobiology is beginning to provide a bridge between genes and cognition. Specifically, genetically altered mice make it possible to explore m...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Mayford M,Abel T,Kandel ER

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent approach in social neuroscience has been the application of formal computational models for a particular social-cognitive process to neuroimaging data. Here we review preliminary findings from this nascent subfield, focusing on observational learning and strategic interactions. We present evidence consistent ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Dunne S,O'Doherty JP

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the medial temporal lobe to episodic memory has been recognized for decades. Recent human fMRI findings have begun to delineate the functional roles of different MTL regions, most notably the hippocampus, for the retrieval of episodic memories. Importantly, these studies have also identified a networ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Rugg MD,Vilberg KL

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly all studies of natural variation within clock genes involve the period (per) locus, which was originally isolated in the fruit-fly. Intra- and interspecific work on per has focused mostly on a region of Thr-Gly or Ser-Gly repeats, which show rapid length and sequence evolution. The functional implications of nu...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Costa R,Kyriacou CP

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trans-synaptic interactions organize the multiple steps of synaptic development and are critical to generate fully functional neuronal circuits. While trans-synaptic interactions are primarily mediated by cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), some directly involve ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs). Here, we review the...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Fossati M,Charrier C

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00