Myelin plasticity and behaviour-connecting the dots.

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：:The cadherin superfamily is a large (now more than 100 proteins) protein family originally identified as cell adhesion molecules. Each cadherin shows distinct expression patterns in the nervous system, and their expressions are both spatially and temporally regulated and diverse among different species. Mounting evide...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Matsunaga E,Okanoya K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent technological advances have enabled the use of different optical methods to activate neurons, including 'caged' glutamate, photoactivation of genetically engineered cascades, and direct two-photon excitation. The ability to use light as a stimulation tool provides, in principle, a non-invasive method for the te...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Callaway EM,Yuste R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feeding history and the presence of food dramatically alter chemosensory behaviors. Recent results indicate that internal nutritional state can gate peripheral gustatory and olfactory sensory responses to affect behavior. Focusing primarily on recent work in C. elegans and Drosophila, I describe the neuromodulatory me...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Sengupta P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years spectacular advances in the field of epigenetics have taken place. Multiple lines of evidence that connect epigenetic regulation to brain functions have been accumulating. Neurons daily convert a variety of external stimuli into rapid or long-lasting changes in gene expression. Control is achieved thro...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Zocchi L,Sassone-Corsi P

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of whether encoding of geometric information for navigational purposes crucially depends on environmental experience or whether it is innately predisposed in the brain has been recently addressed in controlled rearing studies. Non-human animals can make use of the geometric shape of an environment for spatia...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Vallortigara G,Sovrano VA,Chiandetti C

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast synaptic inhibition is largely mediated by GABA(A) receptors (GABA(A)Rs), ligand-gated chloride channels that play an essential role in the control of cell and network activity in the brain. Recent work has demonstrated that the delivery, number and stability of GABA(A)Rs at inhibitory synapses play a key role in...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Smith KR,Kittler JT

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyzing data from experiments involves variables that we neuroscientists are uncertain about. Efficiently calculating with such variables usually requires Bayesian statistics. As it is crucial when analyzing complex data, it seems natural that the brain would "use" such statistics to analyze data from the world. And...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Kording KP

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, interest has grown in the ability to manipulate, in a temporally precise fashion, the electrical activity of specific neurons embedded within densely wired brain circuits, in order to reveal how specific neurons subserve behaviors and neural computations, and to open up new horizons on the clinical tr...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Bernstein JG,Garrity PA,Boyden ES

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulated release of neurotransmitter depends on the orchestrated function of a large number of proteins in the presynaptic compartment. When synaptic vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane, these membranes and the attached proteins are endocytosed and either recycled or degraded. This turnover needs to be tightly reg...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Lüningschrör P,Sendtner M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PTEN tumor suppressor gene is a lipid phosphatase that negatively regulates cell survival mediated by the phosphatidyl inositol 3' kinase-protein kinase B/Akt signaling pathway. Recent in vivo studies have revealed a novel role for PTEN in the size control of neurons. Dysregulation of cell growth control by PTEN i...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Backman S,Stambolic V,Mak T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular processes that mediate learning and memory show a remarkable level of conservation between vertebrates and invertebrates. Recent studies have shown that learning and memory formation in invertebrates, so-called 'simple systems', involves a highly complex arrangement of cellular pathways. Some pathways contrib...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Burrell BD,Sahley CL

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：:Activity in cortical networks is heterogeneous, sparse and often precisely timed. The functional significance of sparseness and precise spike timing is debated, but our understanding of the developmental and synaptic mechanisms that shape neuronal discharge patterns has improved. Evidence for highly specialized, selec...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Wolfe J,Houweling AR,Brecht M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our ability to learn and control the motor aspects of complex laryngeal behaviors, such as speech and song, is modulated by the laryngeal motor cortex (LMC), which is situated in the area 4 of the primary motor cortex and establishes both direct and indirect connections with laryngeal motoneurons. In contrast, the LMC...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Simonyan K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past year,several model systems have been developed to identify cellular and biochemical events involved in neuronal cell death, to investigate the role of bcl-2 in cell survival, and to characterize the relationship between cell death and the cell cycle. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Pittman RN,Mills JC,DiBenedetto AJ,Hynicka WP,Wang S

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent results have shown the possibility of both reconstructing connectomes of small but biologically interesting circuits and extracting from these connectomes insights into their function. However, these reconstructions were heroic proof-of-concept experiments, requiring person-months of effort per neuron reconstru...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Plaza SM,Scheffer LK,Chklovskii DB

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent findings suggest that cerebral laterality will not be understood in terms of simple dichotomies, such as the idea that the left hemisphere is analytic and the right holistic. Rather, hemisphere differences can be better explained in terms of relatively specific principles that extend over limited domains. For v...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Brown HD,Kosslyn SM

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary reactions of the chemo-electrical signal transduction pathway in olfactory receptor neurons are mediated by two alternative second messengers, cAMP and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. The rapid and transient intracellular signalling is terminated by the action of negative-feedback loops which uncouple the re...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Breer H,Boekhoff I

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons utilize mRNA transport and local translation as a means to influence development and plasticity. The molecular mechanisms for this mRNA sorting involve the recognition of cis-acting sequences by distinct mRNA binding proteins that have a dual role, acting in both mRNA transport and translational regulation. Ot...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Bassell GJ,Kelic S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work on the retinotectal projection clearly establishes the roles of neuronal activity and position-based cues in the patterning of nerve connections. In some species, the high degree of spatial order has been shown to emerge from a continued process of terminal growth and refinement. The future challenge is no...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Fraser SE

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical basis of circadian timekeeping is best characterized in cyanobacteria. The structures of its key molecular players, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC are known and these proteins can reconstitute a remarkable circadian oscillation in a test tube. KaiC is rhythmically phosphorylated and its phospho-status is a marke...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Egli M,Johnson CH

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y is an important regulator of energy intake and expenditure. The central portion of this regulatory system appears to reside in the arcuate nucleus/paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. The effects of neuropeptide Y on energy metabolism include increased food intake, decreased thermogenesis and in...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Billington CJ,Levine AS

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:Coordinated excitatory and inhibitory activity is required for proper brain functioning. Recent computational and experimental studies have demonstrated that activity patterns in recurrent cortical networks are dominated by inhibition. Whereas previous studies have suggested that inhibitory plasticity is important for...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Herstel LJ,Wierenga CJ

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteoglycans are ubiquitous cell-surface and secreted glycoproteins that are involved in diverse cellular behaviors. The identities of several nervous system proteoglycans, including many of the major species in the mammalian brain, have recently come to light. In addition, recent studies have given new insights into...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Lander AD

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years, it has been postulated that interactions between motor commands and somatic perception in the sensorimotor cortices exist, but they have been difficult to demonstrate. Recent studies have made demonstration of this interaction easier and suggest that cortical activity related to somatic sensation and p...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Nelson RJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabotropic L-glutamate receptors are involved in various forms of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus. The use of a new antagonist (LY341495) that blocks all known metabotropic L-glutamate receptors in the brain, together with subtype-selective antagonists, has identified multiple roles both for cloned and novel ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Bortolotto ZA,Fitzjohn SM,Collingridge GL

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic approaches at the neuromuscular synapse are leading investigation into the mechanisms of synaptogenesis. The marriage of classical (forward) and reverse genetic techniques allows the isolation and analysis of novel proteins involved in synaptic maturation and the functional in vivo characterization of previous...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Broadie K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate neural crest cell (NCC) migration requires tight control of cell adhesions, cytoskeletal dynamics and cell motility. Cadherins and RhoGTPases are critical molecular players that regulate adhesions and motility during initial delamination of NCCs from the neuroepithelium. Recent studies have revealed multiple ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Clay MR,Halloran MC

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00