Vagal sensory neurons and gut-brain signaling.

abstract：:The recent application of molecular biological techniques to taste cells has led to the identification and cloning of a number of proteins that are involved in signal transduction. Some of these are expressed only in taste cells, whereas others are expressed at higher levels in taste cells than in other, non-sensory l...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Margolskee RF

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slow axonal transport conveys cytosolic and cytoskeletal proteins into axons and synapses at overall velocities that are several orders of magnitude slower than the fast transport of membranous organelles such as vesicles and mitochondria. The phenomenon of slow transport was characterized by in vivo pulse-chase radio...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Roy S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their differences, human language and the vocal communication of nonhuman primates share many features. Both constitute a form of joint action, rely on similar neural mechanisms, and involve discrete, combinatorial cognition. These shared features suggest that during evolution the ancestors of modern primates ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Seyfarth RM,Cheney DL

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sustained activity has been recorded in the prefrontal cortex during working memory tasks. First, we compare the anatomical distribution of this activity in humans and monkeys. Then, we show that it reflects many factors, maintenance of the items presented, preparation for the response, transformation of the items dur...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Passingham D,Sakai K

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mouse olfactory system, there are approximately 1000 types of odorant receptors (ORs), which perform multiple functions in olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). In addition to detecting odors, the functional OR protein ensures the singular gene choice of the OR by negative-feedback regulation. ORs also direct the a...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Imai T,Sakano H

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Songbirds are a productive model organism to study the neural basis of auditory-guided vocal motor learning. Like human babies, juvenile songbirds learn many of their vocalizations by imitating an adult conspecific. This process is a product of genetic predispositions and the individual's life experience and has been ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Scharff C,Adam I

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:This review focuses on the neurobiological processes involved in achieving successful abstinence from drugs of abuse. While there is clinical and public health value in knowing if the deficits associated with drug use correct with abstinence, studying the neurobiology that underlies successful abstinence can also illu...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Garavan H,Brennan KL,Hester R,Whelan R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What I cannot create I do not understand - Richard Feynman 1978 Because primate cortical development exhibits numerous specific features, the mouse is an imperfect model for human cortical development. Expansion of supragranular neurons is an evolutionary feature characterizing the primate cortex. Increased production...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Kennedy H,Wianny F,Dehay C

更新日期：2020-10-21 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：:Circadian clocks organize neural processes, such as motor activities, into near 24-hour oscillations and adaptively synchronize these rhythms to the solar cycle. Recently, the first mammalian clock genes have been found. Unpredicted diversity in signaling pathways and clock-controlled gating of signals that modulate t...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Gillette MU

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus and at least two other unidentified central pacemakers regulate the temporal structure of a circadian network that involves almost every organ in the body. Phase control is central to the efficient function of this system. Individual circadian oscillators in tissues and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Menaker M,Murphy ZC,Sellix MT

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heated debate over the level of postsynaptic receptor occupancy by transmitter has not been extinguished - indeed, new evidence is fanning the flames. Recent experiments using two-photon microscopy suggest that the concentration of glutamate in the synaptic cleft does not attain levels previously suggested. In con...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Bergles DE,Diamond JS,Jahr CE

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：:Iterated learning describes the process whereby an individual learns their behaviour by exposure to another individual's behaviour, who themselves learnt it in the same way. It can be seen as a key mechanism of cultural evolution. We review various methods for understanding how behaviour is shaped by the iterated lear...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Kirby S,Griffiths T,Smith K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work has established that different geometric arrangements of calcium channels are found at different presynaptic terminals, leading to a wide spectrum of calcium signals for triggering neurotransmitter release. These calcium signals are apparently transduced by synaptotagmins - calcium-binding proteins found i...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Augustine GJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular cloning of components involved in the cAMP second messenger cascade has allowed their biochemical characterization and revealed properties that are important for their role in sensory transduction. Recent evidence suggests inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate functions as an additional second messenger in olfact...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Bakalyar HA,Reed RR

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated ion channels are composed of pore-forming subunits, as well as auxiliary subunits that modify the functions of these channels. In addition, the channels interact with other modulatory proteins in a more transient manner, although with significant effects on channel activity. Even though many second-messe...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Adelman JP

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous nitric oxide (NO) mediates certain aspects of synaptic plasticity and neurotoxicity associated with NMDA-type glutamate receptors. Neuronal NO synthase contains a modular protein-protein interaction motif, termed the PDZ domain, that links the synthase to a synaptic protein complex containing postsynaptic d...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Brenman JE,Bredt DS

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nervous system is evolutionarily conservative compared to the peripheral appendages that it controls. However, species-specific behaviors may have arisen from very small changes in neuronal circuits. In particular, changes in neuromodulatory systems may allow multifunctional circuits to produce different sets of b...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Katz PS,Harris-Warrick RM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is used widely to determine the spatial layout of brain activation associated with specific cognitive tasks at a spatial scale of millimeters. Recent methodological improvements have made it possible to determine the latency and temporal structure of the activation at a tem...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Formisano E,Goebel R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAergic interneurons in the hippocampus coordinate neuronal activity that gives rise to network oscillations. In this article we present advances in our understanding of how different classes of hippocampal interneurons contribute to distinct hippocampal network oscillations. We focus on two main experimental approa...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Allen K,Monyer H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal eyes have long served as a classical example of independent origin followed by convergence of structures onto a few different solutions. During the past decade this view has been challenged by the discovery of shared developmental regulatory genes. The Pax6 gene in particular is almost universally employed for ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Nilsson DE

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Slow waves, the hallmark of NREM (Non Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, are not uniformly distributed across the cortical surface, but can occur locally and asynchronously across brain regions. Their regional distribution and amplitude is affected by brain maturation and by time spent awake, mediated in part by experience-de...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Siclari F,Tononi G

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal life is rhythmic. Here we provide an overview of various rhythmic behaviors, connected environmental factors and endogenous mechanisms. We not only cover terrestrial species, but also highlight aquatic environments with typically complex interconnected rhythms. We further address diel, seasonal and potential lu...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Häfker NS,Tessmar-Raible K

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：: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：: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：:The vestibular system provides an attractive model for understanding how changes in cellular and synaptic activity influence learning and memory in a quantifiable behavior, the vestibulo-ocular reflex. The vestibulo-ocular reflex produces eye movements that compensate for head motion; simple yet powerful forms of moto...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Gittis AH,du Lac S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00