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abstract：:Brandon et al. (2014) show that the formation of place cell representations in new environments is preserved under septal inactivation, and is thus likely independent of the hippocampal theta rhythm and, by implication, the firing of entorhinal grid cells and the process of path integration. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hayman R,Burgess N

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Social group dynamics are highly complex. In this issue of Neuron, Anpilov et al. use a novel wireless optogenetic device to demonstrate that the repeated stimulation of oxytocin neurons modulates pro-social and agonistic behaviors in a time- and context-dependent manner. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Maltese F,Papaleo F

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Axon bifurcation results in the formation of sister branches, and divergent segregation of the sister branches is essential for efficient innervation of multiple targets. From a genetic mosaic screen, we find that a lethal mutation in the Drosophila Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule (Dscam) specifically perturbs se...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wang J,Zugates CT,Liang IH,Lee CH,Lee T

更新日期：2002-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood-feeding mosquitoes survive by feeding on nectar for metabolic energy but require a blood meal to develop eggs. Aedes aegypti females must accurately discriminate blood and nectar because each meal promotes mutually exclusive feeding programs with distinct sensory appendages, meal sizes, digestive tract targets, ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Jové V,Gong Z,Hol FJH,Zhao Z,Sorrells TR,Carroll TS,Prakash M,McBride CS,Vosshall LB

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic mutation of the MTOR gene is a genetic etiology of focal malformations of cortical development. In this issue of Neuron, Park et al. (2018) identify defective autophagy-dependent ciliogenesis/Wnt signaling as an underlying mechanism affecting neuronal migration and cortical lamination. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Di Nardo A,Sahin M

更新日期：2018-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) form synapses with local interneurons and second-order projection neurons to form stereotyped olfactory glomeruli. This primary olfactory circuit is hard-wired through the action of genetic cues. We asked whether individual glomeruli have the capacity for stimulus-evoked plasticity by ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Sachse S,Rueckert E,Keller A,Okada R,Tanaka NK,Ito K,Vosshall LB

更新日期：2007-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid, experience-dependent plasticity in developing visual cortex is thought to be competitive. After monocular visual deprivation, the reduction in response of binocular neurons to one eye is matched by a corresponding increase to the other. Chronic optical imaging in mice deficient in TNFalpha reveals the normal in...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kaneko M,Stellwagen D,Malenka RC,Stryker MP

更新日期：2008-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural plasticity of dendritic spines is considered to be essential for various forms of synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory. The process is mediated by a complex signaling network consisting of numerous species of molecules. Furthermore, the spatiotemporal dynamics of the biochemical signaling are regul...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nishiyama J,Yasuda R

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) pathway is involved in many cellular processes, including cell growth and differentiation, immune functions and cancer. It is activated by various cytokines, growth factors, and protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and regulates the transcriptio...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nicolas CS,Peineau S,Amici M,Csaba Z,Fafouri A,Javalet C,Collett VJ,Hildebrandt L,Seaton G,Choi SL,Sim SE,Bradley C,Lee K,Zhuo M,Kaang BK,Gressens P,Dournaud P,Fitzjohn SM,Bortolotto ZA,Cho K,Collingridge GL

更新日期：2012-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA binding proteins are critical to the maintenance of the transcriptome via controlled regulation of RNA processing and transport. Alterations of these proteins impact multiple steps of the RNA life cycle resulting in various molecular phenotypes such as aberrant RNA splicing, transport, and stability. Disruption of...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nussbacher JK,Tabet R,Yeo GW,Lagier-Tourenne C

更新日期：2019-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term memory and synaptic plasticity are thought to require the synthesis of new proteins at activated synapses. The CPEB family of RNA binding proteins, including Drosophila Orb2, has been implicated in this process. The precise mechanism by which these molecules regulate memory formation is however poorly unders...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Krüttner S,Stepien B,Noordermeer JN,Mommaas MA,Mechtler K,Dickson BJ,Keleman K

更新日期：2012-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the long-term effects of notochord ablation at chick stages 9-10 on formation of the floor plate and motor neurons. Although missing or reduced 2 days postablation, the floor plate and motor neurons were morphologically normal by 4 postoperative days. When isolated whole or ventral, but not lateral, n...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Artinger KB,Bronner-Fraser M

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coordination between sequential steps in synaptic vesicle endocytosis, including clathrin coat formation, fission, and uncoating, appears to involve proteinprotein interactions. Here, we show that compounds that disrupt interactions of the SH3 domain of endophilin with dynamin and synaptojanin impair synaptic vesicle ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gad H,Ringstad N,Löw P,Kjaerulff O,Gustafsson J,Wenk M,Di Paolo G,Nemoto Y,Crun J,Ellisman MH,De Camilli P,Shupliakov O,Brodin L

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the caged calcium compound DM-nitrophen to investigate the kinetics of calcium-dependent secretion in bovine chromaffin cells. Perfusion with partially calcium-loaded nitrophen often caused a loading transient--slow secretion for up to 1 min due to displacement of Ca2+ by cytoplasmic Mg2+. Flash photolysi...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Neher E,Zucker RS

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key function of the nucleus accumbens is to promote vigorous reward seeking, but the corresponding neural mechanism has not been identified despite many years of research. Here, we study cued flexible approach behavior, a form of reward seeking that strongly depends on the accumbens, and we describe a robust, single...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： McGinty VB,Lardeux S,Taha SA,Kim JJ,Nicola SM

更新日期：2013-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of the CB2 cannabinoid receptor in the brain has long been a matter of debate. In this issue of Neuron, Stempel et al. (2016) describe a mechanism whereby endocannabinoid production leads to a cell-intrinsic hyperpolarization that controls self activity. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Quraishi SA,Paladini CA

更新日期：2016-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAergic interneurons play critical roles in seizures, but it remains unknown whether these vary across interneuron subtypes or evolve during a seizure. This uncertainty stems from the unpredictable timing of seizures in most models, which limits neuronal imaging or manipulations around the seizure onset. Here, we de...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Khoshkhoo S,Vogt D,Sohal VS

更新日期：2017-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Motion detection is a fundamental neural computation performed by many sensory systems. In the fly, local motion computation is thought to occur within the first two layers of the visual system, the lamina and medulla. We constructed specific genetic driver lines for each of the 12 neuron classes in the lamina. We the...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Tuthill JC,Nern A,Holtz SL,Rubin GM,Reiser MB

更新日期：2013-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate rod and cone photoreceptors hyperpolarize when illuminated. However, synaptic input from horizontal cells can depolarize cones and even elicit action potentials. Using the whole-cell tight-seal recording technique, we determined that, in solitary cones isolated from a lizard retina, action potentials can be...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Maricq AV,Korenbrot JI

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent results implicating cholesterol metabolism in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) bring cholesterol to the forefront of AD research. Research from genetics, epidemiology, and cell biology all converge, suggesting that cholesterol plays a central role in the biology of amyloid precursor protein and t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wolozin B

更新日期：2004-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that increased activity of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) may contribute to neuronal death and cytoskeletal abnormalities in Alzheimer's disease. We report here such deregulation of Cdk5 activity associated with the hyperphosphorylation of tau and neurofilament (NF) proteins in mice expressing...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nguyen MD,Larivière RC,Julien JP

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the visual cortex of many mammals, orientation preference changes smoothly along the cortical surface, with the exception of singularities such as pinwheels and fractures. The reason for the existence of these singularities has remained elusive, suggesting that they are developmental artifacts. We show that singula...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Koulakov AA,Chklovskii DB

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory information is encoded both in space and in time. Spatial encoding is based on the identity of activated receptors, while temporal encoding is based on the timing of activation. In order to generate accurate internal representations of the external world, the brain must decode both types of encoded information...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ahissar E,Arieli A

更新日期：2001-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal microtubules support intracellular transport, facilitate axon growth, and form a basis for neuronal morphology. While microtubules in nonneuronal cells are depolymerized by cold, Ca(2+), or antimitotic drugs, neuronal microtubules are unusually stable. Such stability is important for normal axon growth and ma...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Song Y,Kirkpatrick LL,Schilling AB,Helseth DL,Chabot N,Keillor JW,Johnson GV,Brady ST

更新日期：2013-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:From the intracellularly recorded responses to small, rapidly flashed spots, we have quantitatively mapped the receptive fields of simple cells in the cat visual cortex. We then applied these maps to a feedforward model of orientation selectivity. Both the preferred orientation and the width of orientation tuning of t...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lampl I,Anderson JS,Gillespie DC,Ferster D

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of the CNS as an immune-privileged organ has led to a common misunderstanding that it is not an active immunological organ, guarded from its surroundings by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Recent advances in this field clearly demonstrate that the CNS is a highly immunologically active organ, with complex i...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lampron A,Elali A,Rivest S

更新日期：2013-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of the entorhinal cortex in memory at a molecular level, we developed transgenic mice in which transgene expression was inducible and limited to the superficial layers of the medial entorhinal cortex, pre- and parasubiculum. We found that expression of a constitutively active mutant form of CaM...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Yasuda M,Mayford MR

更新日期：2006-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal cell migration in the developing neocortex relies on the Reelin signaling cascade to establish the characteristic "inside out" lamination pattern. In this issue of Neuron, Rakic and colleagues report that Notch signaling, long known to regulate neural stem cells, also plays a critical role in mediating the ef...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gaiano N

更新日期：2008-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Perceptual inference is biased by foreknowledge about what is probable or possible. How prior expectations are neurally represented during visual perception, however, remains unknown. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure brain activity in humans judging simple visual stimuli. Perceptual decisions w...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Summerfield C,Koechlin E

更新日期：2008-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory information critical for fear conditioning, a model of emotional learning, is conveyed to the lateral nucleus of the amygdala via two routes: directly from the medial geniculate nucleus and indirectly from the auditory cortex. Here we show in the cortico-amygdala pathway that learned fear occludes electricall...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Tsvetkov E,Carlezon WA,Benes FM,Kandel ER,Bolshakov VY

更新日期：2002-04-11 00:00:00