Blockade of ion channel expression in Xenopus oocytes with complementary DNA probes to Na+ and K+ channel mRNAs.

abstract：:We have examined GABAA receptor activation by making rapid applications of GABA to outside-out patches excised from cultured postnatal rat cerebellar neurons. The rate of development of current increases with increasing GABA concentration from a low to a high concentration asymptote. The low concentration asymptote is...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Maconochie DJ,Zempel JM,Steinbach JH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptotagmin-1 and -2 are known Ca(2+) sensors for fast synchronous neurotransmitter release, but the potential Ca(2+)-sensor functions of other synaptotagmins in release remain uncharacterized. We now show that besides synaptotagmin-1 and -2, only synaptotagmin-9 (also called synaptotagmin-5) mediates fast Ca(2+) tr...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Xu J,Mashimo T,Südhof TC

更新日期：2007-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Although animal studies provided significant insights in understanding the neural basis of learning and adaptation, they often cannot dissociate between different learning mechanisms due to the lack of verbal communication. To overcome this limitation, we examined the mechanisms of learning and its limits in a human i...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Sakellaridi S,Christopoulos VN,Aflalo T,Pejsa KW,Rosario ER,Ouellette D,Pouratian N,Andersen RA

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular specification of central circuits that coordinate expression of innate behaviors in response to specific sensory cues from the environment remains a puzzle. In this issue of Neuron, Choi, Dong, and colleagues used expression profiling and genetic axonal tracing to visualize a hypothalamic point of conver...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Simerly R

更新日期：2005-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound has received widespread attention as an emerging technology for targeted, non-invasive neuromodulation based on its ability to evoke electrophysiological and motor responses in animals. However, little is known about the spatiotemporal pattern of ultrasound-induced brain activity that could drive these resp...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Sato T,Shapiro MG,Tsao DY

更新日期：2018-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified the species of K+ channel that underlies the neuronal M-current in rat sympathetic ganglion cells. The channels were kinetically and pharmacologically defined using outside-out and cell-attached patches. They exhibited multiple conductance levels, predominantly 3-9 pS. Their slow gating in response ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Stansfeld CE,Marsh SJ,Gibb AJ,Brown DA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Neuron, Kraus et al. (2013) show that a population of "time cells" in the hippocampus responds to the passage of time rather than simply reflecting path integration. This study advances our understanding of how time is represented in the hippocampus. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Rowland DC,Moser MB

更新日期：2013-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular pathways controlling cerebellar Purkinje cell dendrite formation and maturation are poorly understood. The Purkinje cell degeneration (pcd) mutant mouse is characterized by mutations in Nna1, a gene discovered in an axonal regenerative context, but whose actual function in development and disease is unkn...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Li J,Gu X,Ma Y,Calicchio ML,Kong D,Teng YD,Yu L,Crain AM,Vartanian TK,Pasqualini R,Arap W,Libermann TA,Snyder EY,Sidman RL

更新日期：2010-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In neurons, posttranslational modification by palmitate regulates the trafficking and function of signaling molecules, neurotransmitter receptors, and associated synaptic scaffolding proteins. However, the enzymatic machinery involved in protein palmitoylation has remained elusive. Here, using biochemical assays, we s...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Huang K,Yanai A,Kang R,Arstikaitis P,Singaraja RR,Metzler M,Mullard A,Haigh B,Gauthier-Campbell C,Gutekunst CA,Hayden MR,El-Husseini A

更新日期：2004-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated ion channels generate electrical signals in species from bacteria to man. Their voltage-sensing modules are responsible for initiation of action potentials and graded membrane potential changes in response to synaptic input and other physiological stimuli. Extensive structure-function studies, structure ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Catterall WA

更新日期：2010-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Classic studies of spatial attention assumed that its neural and behavioral effects were continuous over time. Recent behavioral studies have instead revealed that spatial attention leads to alternating periods of heightened or diminished perceptual sensitivity. Yet, the neural basis of these rhythmic fluctuations has...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Fiebelkorn IC,Pinsk MA,Kastner S

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of brain imaging and genetics promises to identify neural mechanisms underlying complex traits such as cognition and psychiatric disorder. The study by Heck et al. (2014) in this issue of Neuron highlights voltage-gated cation channel activity as a likely link and culprit. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： McIntosh A,Deary I,Porteous DJ

更新日期：2014-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin ensheathes axons to allow rapid propagation of action potentials and proper nervous system function. In the peripheral nervous system, Schwann cells (SCs) radially sort axons into a 1:1 relationship before wrapping an axonal segment to form myelin. SC myelination requires the adhesion G protein-coupled receptor...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Petersen SC,Luo R,Liebscher I,Giera S,Jeong SJ,Mogha A,Ghidinelli M,Feltri ML,Schöneberg T,Piao X,Monk KR

更新日期：2015-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned a Kv2 potassium channel from squid optic lobe termed sqKv2. Multiple overlapping sqKv2 cDNA clones differed from one another at specific positions by purine transitions. To test whether the purine transitions were generated by RNA editing, we compared a 360 nucleotide genomic sequence with corresponding...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Patton DE,Silva T,Bezanilla F

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrograde signals from postsynaptic targets are critical during development and plasticity of synaptic connections. These signals serve to adjust the activity of presynaptic cells according to postsynaptic cell outputs and to maintain synaptic function within a dynamic range. Despite their importance, the mechanisms ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Korkut C,Li Y,Koles K,Brewer C,Ashley J,Yoshihara M,Budnik V

更新日期：2013-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the central tenets and neuroanatomical basis of the global neuronal workspace (GNW) hypothesis, which attempts to account for the main scientific observations regarding the elementary mechanisms of conscious processing in the human brain. The GNW hypothesis proposes that, in the conscious state, a non-linear...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Mashour GA,Roelfsema P,Changeux JP,Dehaene S

更新日期：2020-03-04 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：:Neural synchronization plays an important role in information flow in the nervous system under healthy and pathological conditions. In this issue of Neuron, Gittis et al. show that reorganization of striatal microcircuits promotes synchronous activity and may underlie the pathological network oscillations at the root ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Belujon P,Grace AA

更新日期：2011-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The apical tuft of layer 5 pyramidal neurons is innervated by a large number of inhibitory inputs with unknown functions. Here, we studied the functional consequences and underlying molecular mechanisms of apical inhibition on dendritic spike activity. Extracellular stimulation of layer 1, during blockade of glutamate...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pérez-Garci E,Gassmann M,Bettler B,Larkum ME

更新日期：2006-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional studies of neuroanatomical connections require injection of tracer compounds into living brains, then histology of the postmortem tissue. Here, we describe and validate a compound that reveals neuronal connections in vivo, using MRI. The classic anatomical tracer CTB (cholera-toxin subunit-B) was conjugate...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wu CW,Vasalatiy O,Liu N,Wu H,Cheal S,Chen DY,Koretsky AP,Griffiths GL,Tootell RB,Ungerleider LG

更新日期：2011-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Careful functional dissection of mouse neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) formed in the absence of NCAM reveal that in spite of relatively normal morphology and ultrastructure, the presynaptic terminals have profound alterations in the mechanisms of recycling of synaptic vesicles. These alterations, including the appearan...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ryan TA

更新日期：2001-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The biologically active photoproduct of rhodopsin, metarhodopsin II (M II), exists in a pH-sensitive equilibrium with its precursor, metarhodopsin I (M I). Increasing acidity favors M II, with the midpoint of the pH titration curve at pH 6.4. To test the long-standing proposal that histidine protonation regulates this...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Weitz CJ,Nathans J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hippocampus and its associated structures play a key role in human memory, yet the underlying neuronal mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we report that during encoding and recognition, single neurons in the medial temporal lobe discriminated faces from inanimate objects. Some units responded selectively to specific...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Fried I,MacDonald KA,Wilson CL

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ERK MAP kinase signaling cascade plays critical roles in brain development, learning, memory, and cognition. It has recently been appreciated that mutation or deletion of elements within this signaling pathway leads to developmental syndromes in humans that are associated with impaired cognitive function and autis...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Samuels IS,Saitta SC,Landreth GE

更新日期：2009-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent genetic evidence indicates that neuregulin 1 (NRG1) and its receptor erbB4 may be susceptibility genes in schizophrenia, but their function in CNS synaptic transmission and circuitry is not well understood. In this issue of Neuron, studies from Li et al. and Woo et al. show that NRG1 and erbB4 regulate transmis...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Fischbach GD

更新日期：2007-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsaicin, the main pungent ingredient in "hot" chili peppers, elicits buming pain by activating specific (vanilloid) receptors on sensory nerve endings. The cloned vanilloid receptor (VR1) is a cation channel that is also activated by noxious heat. Here, analysis of heat-evoked single channel currents in excised memb...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Tominaga M,Caterina MJ,Malmberg AB,Rosen TA,Gilbert H,Skinner K,Raumann BE,Basbaum AI,Julius D

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory input reaching the brain from bilateral and offset channels is nonetheless perceived as unified. This unity could be explained by simultaneous projections to both hemispheres, or inter-hemispheric information transfer between sensory cortical maps. Odor input, however, is not topographically organized, nor doe...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Grobman M,Dalal T,Lavian H,Shmuel R,Belelovsky K,Xu F,Korngreen A,Haddad R

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic activity induces changes in the number of dendritic spines. Here, we report a pathway of regulated endocytosis triggered by arcadlin, a protocadherin induced by electroconvulsive and other excitatory stimuli in hippocampal neurons. The homophilic binding of extracellular arcadlin domains activates TAO2beta, a...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Yasuda S,Tanaka H,Sugiura H,Okamura K,Sakaguchi T,Tran U,Takemiya T,Mizoguchi A,Yagita Y,Sakurai T,De Robertis EM,Yamagata K

更新日期：2007-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement of the cAMP cascade in Drosophila learning and memory is suggested by the aberrant behavioral phenotypes of the mutants dunce (cAMP phosphodiesterase) and rutabaga (adenylyl cyclase). Line DCO581, isolated via an enhancer detector screen for genes preferentially expressed in the mushroom bodies, contains a...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Skoulakis EM,Kalderon D,Davis RL

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) play a major role in excitatory synaptic transmission and plasticity. Channel properties are largely dictated by their composition of the four subunits, GluR1-4 (or A-D). Here we show that AMPAR assembly and subunit stoichiometry are determined by RNA editing in the pore loop. We...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Greger IH,Khatri L,Kong X,Ziff EB

更新日期：2003-11-13 00:00:00