Primate Neurons Flex Their Musclin.

abstract：:Examining the behavioral consequences of selective CNS neuronal activation is a powerful tool for elucidating mammalian brain function in health and disease. Newly developed genetic, pharmacological, and optical tools allow activation of neurons with exquisite spatiotemporal resolution; however, the inaccessibility to...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Alexander GM,Rogan SC,Abbas AI,Armbruster BN,Pei Y,Allen JA,Nonneman RJ,Hartmann J,Moy SS,Nicolelis MA,McNamara JO,Roth BL

更新日期：2009-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopaminergic D3 receptor (D3R) is emerging as an antagonist of sensitized behavior induced by addictive drugs such as cocaine. New work by Wang and coworkers in this issue of Neuron now identifies CaMKII as an important negative regulator of the D3R. CaMKII relieves the D3R-mediated inhibition on sensitized behavi...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hell JW

更新日期：2009-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:How a single fertilized cell generates diverse neuronal populations has been a fundamental biological problem since the 19(th) century. Classical histological methods revealed that postmitotic neurons are produced in a precise temporal and spatial order from germinal cells lining the cerebral ventricles. In the 20(th)...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Breunig JJ,Haydar TF,Rakic P

更新日期：2011-05-26 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：:An axon is thought to faithfully conduct action potentials to its terminals. However, many features of the axon and axon terminals, especially at inhibitory synapses, remain unknown. By directly recording from the axon and terminal of a cultured cerebellar Purkinje cell (PC), we demonstrate that low membrane excitabil...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kawaguchi SY,Sakaba T

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnoses of behavioral disorders such as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia are based on symptomatic descriptions that have been difficult to connect to mechanism. Although psychiatric genetics provide insight into the genetic underpinning of such disorders, with a majority of cases explained by polygenic fac...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Krol A,Wimmer RD,Halassa MM,Feng G

更新日期：2018-04-18 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：:Local axon degeneration is a common pathological feature of many neurodegenerative diseases and peripheral neuropathies. While it is believed to operate with an apoptosis-independent molecular program, the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. In this study, we used the degeneration of transected axons,...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Zhai Q,Wang J,Kim A,Liu Q,Watts R,Hoopfer E,Mitchison T,Luo L,He Z

更新日期：2003-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Although associative learning has been localized to specific brain areas in many animals, identifying the underlying synaptic processes in vivo has been difficult. Here, we provide the first demonstration of long-term synaptic plasticity at the output site of the Drosophila mushroom body. Pairing an odor with activati...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hige T,Aso Y,Modi MN,Rubin GM,Turner GC

更新日期：2015-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the contribution of the amygdala to value signals within orbital prefrontal cortex (OFC) and medial prefrontal cortex (MFC). On each trial, monkeys chose between two stimuli that were associated with different quantities of reward. In intact monkeys, as expected, neurons in both OFC and MFC signaled the re...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Rudebeck PH,Mitz AR,Chacko RV,Murray EA

更新日期：2013-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual attention has been classically described as a spotlight that enhances the processing of a behaviorally relevant object. However, in many situations, humans and animals must simultaneously attend to several relevant objects separated by distracters. To account for this ability, various models of attention have b...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Niebergall R,Khayat PS,Treue S,Martinez-Trujillo JC

更新日期：2011-12-22 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：:Theta oscillations reflect rhythmic inputs that continuously converge to the hippocampus during exploratory and memory-guided behavior. The theta-nested operations that organize hippocampal spiking could either occur regularly from one cycle to the next or be tuned on a cycle-by-cycle basis. To resolve this, we identi...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lopes-Dos-Santos V,van de Ven GM,Morley A,Trouche S,Campo-Urriza N,Dupret D

更新日期：2018-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental question about the neural correlates of attention concerns the earliest sensory processing stage that it can affect. We addressed this issue by recording magnetoencephalography (MEG) signals while subjects performed detection tasks, which required employment of spatial or nonspatial attention, in auditor...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Poghosyan V,Ioannides AA

更新日期：2008-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical motor areas are thought to contribute "higher-order processing," but what that processing might include is unknown. Previous studies of the smooth pursuit-related discharge of supplementary eye field (SEF) neurons have not distinguished activity associated with the preparation for pursuit from discharge relat...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Shichinohe N,Akao T,Kurkin S,Fukushima J,Kaneko CR,Fukushima K

更新日期：2009-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A multitude of synaptic proteins interact at the active zones of nerve terminals to achieve the high temporal precision of neurotransmitter release in synchrony with action potentials. Though synaptotagmin has been recognized as the Ca2+ sensor for synchronous release, it may have additional roles of action. We addres...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Young SM Jr,Neher E

更新日期：2009-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Several plasma membrane chloride channels are well characterized, but much less is known about the molecular identity and function of intracellular Cl- channels. ClC-3 is thought to mediate swelling-activated plasma membrane currents, but we now show that this broadly expressed chloride channel is present in endosomal...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Stobrawa SM,Breiderhoff T,Takamori S,Engel D,Schweizer M,Zdebik AA,Bösl MR,Ruether K,Jahn H,Draguhn A,Jahn R,Jentsch TJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic scaling is a key homeostatic plasticity mechanism and is thought to be involved in the regulation of cortical activity levels. Here we investigated the spatial scale of homeostatic changes in spine size following sensory deprivation in a subset of inhibitory (layer 2/3 GAD65-positive) and excitatory (layer 5 ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Barnes SJ,Franzoni E,Jacobsen RI,Erdelyi F,Szabo G,Clopath C,Keller GB,Keck T

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the retinal degeneration, retinal degeneration slow(/peripherin) and rhodopsin genes cause photoreceptor degeneration in humans and mice. Although the phenotypes arising from these mutations are different, suggesting different mechanisms of pathogenesis, we present evidence that apoptosis may be the final...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Chang GQ,Hao Y,Wong F

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental property of neuronal circuits is the ability to adapt to altered sensory inputs. It is well established that the functional synaptic changes underlying this adaptation are reflected by structural modifications in excitatory neurons. In contrast, the degree to which structural plasticity in inhibitory neu...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Keck T,Scheuss V,Jacobsen RI,Wierenga CJ,Eysel UT,Bonhoeffer T,Hübener M

更新日期：2011-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise apposition of presynaptic and postsynaptic domains is a fundamental property of all neuronal circuits. Experiments in vitro suggest that Neuroligins and Neurexins function as key regulatory proteins in this process. In a genetic screen, we recovered several mutant alleles of Drosophila neuroligin 1 (dnlg1) tha...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Banovic D,Khorramshahi O,Owald D,Wichmann C,Riedt T,Fouquet W,Tian R,Sigrist SJ,Aberle H

更新日期：2010-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human vision adapts to the contrast of patterns by changing its sensitivity, but the origins of this perceptual adaptation have been disputed. In this issue of Neuron, Solomon et al. show that contrast adaptation in the primate arises mostly in the retina for the magnocellular pathway and mostly in the cortex for the ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Baccus SA,Meister M

更新日期：2004-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionic currents were recorded from Xenopus oocytes injected with RNA isolated from chick or mouse brain. Three currents were studied: a rapid tetrodotoxin-sensitive Na+ current (Ina), an early outward K+ current sensitive to 4-aminopyridine (IA), and an inward current activated by the excitatory amino acid receptor ago...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lotan I,Volterra A,Dash P,Siegelbaum SA,Goelet P

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin remodeling by histone deacetylases (HDACs) is a key mechanism regulating behavioral adaptations to cocaine use. We report here that cocaine and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling induce the transient nuclear accumulation of HDAC5 in rodent striatum. We show that cAMP-stimulated nuclear import of...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Taniguchi M,Carreira MB,Smith LN,Zirlin BC,Neve RL,Cowan CW

更新日期：2012-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe recent progress toward defining neuronal cell types in the mouse retina and attempt to extract lessons that may be generally useful in the mammalian brain. Achieving a comprehensive catalog of retinal cell types now appears within reach, because researchers have achieved consensus concerning two fundamenta...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Seung HS,Sümbül U

更新日期：2014-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Nematode degenerins have been implicated in touch sensitivity and other forms of mechanosensation. Certain mutations in several degenerin genes cause the swelling, vacuolation, and death of neurons, and other mutations in the muscle degenerin gene unc-105 cause hypercontraction. Here, we confirm that unc-105 encodes a...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： García-Añoveros J,García JA,Liu JD,Corey DP

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal development is characterized by a period of exuberant synaptic growth that is well studied. However, the mechanisms that restrict this process are less clear. Here we demonstrate that glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored cell-surface receptors of the Nogo Receptor family (NgR1, NgR2, and NgR3) restrict excit...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wills ZP,Mandel-Brehm C,Mardinly AR,McCord AE,Giger RJ,Greenberg ME

更新日期：2012-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Interneurons in the ventral spinal cord are essential for coordinated locomotion in vertebrates. During embryogenesis, the V0 and V1 classes of ventral interneurons are defined by expression of the homeodomain transcription factors Evx1/2 and En1, respectively. In this study, we show that Evx1 V0 interneurons are loca...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Moran-Rivard L,Kagawa T,Saueressig H,Gross MK,Burrill J,Goulding M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The controversy about whether dopamine contributes to cell loss in Parkinson's disease takes a new turn as Mosharov et al. in this issue of Neuron demonstrate that Ca2+ influx through L-type channels elevates dopamine synthesis to potentially toxic levels in vulnerable ventral mesencephalon neurons. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Surmeier DJ

更新日期：2009-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural crest cells of vertebrate embryos produce neurons, glia, pigment cells, and connective tissue in vivo and in vitro. To test the developmental potential of apparently undifferentiated crest cells, we have used the monoclonal antibody A2B5, which recognizes a cell surface glycolipid characteristic of neurons, to ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Vogel KS,Weston JA

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00