A subpopulation of cultured avian neural crest cells has transient neurogenic potential.

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：:K+ channels contain two main functional domains, an ion-selective pore and a sensor that determines whether the cytoplasmic pore gate is open or closed. In this issue of Neuron, Niu et al. provide compelling evidence that the link between sensor and gate is a remarkably simple mechanical spring. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Papazian DM

更新日期：2004-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:According to economic theories, preference for one item over others reveals its rank value on a common scale. Previous studies identified brain regions encoding such values. Here we verify that these regions can valuate various categories of objects and further test whether they still express preferences when attentio...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lebreton M,Jorge S,Michel V,Thirion B,Pessiglione M

更新日期：2009-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured brain activity during mental rotation and object recognition with objects rotated around three different axes. Activity in the superior parietal lobe (SPL) increased proportionally to viewpoint disparity during mental rotation, but not during object recognition. In contrast, the fusiform gyrus was preferen...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gauthier I,Hayward WG,Tarr MJ,Anderson AW,Skudlarski P,Gore JC

更新日期：2002-03-28 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：:In this issue of Neuron, Ambrozkiewicz et al. (2018) define a new molecular circuit controlling neuronal polarization and migration through the transcription factor SOX9 to coordinate the production of regulators of both protein synthesis and degradation. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Santiago SE,Barnes AP

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Sympathetic neurons depend on nerve growth factor (NGF) for survival and die by apoptosis in its absence. We have investigated the pattern of expression of the Jun and Fos family of transcription factors in dying sympathetic neurons using antibodies specific for each family member. When sympathetic neurons are deprive...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ham J,Babij C,Whitfield J,Pfarr CM,Lallemand D,Yaniv M,Rubin LL

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many activity-dependent changes in synaptic efficacy occur through elevations in postsynaptic calcium triggered by glutamate receptor activation. Here, the postsynaptic, neuron-specific microtubule-associated protein MAP2 is identified as a target of bidirectional calcium-dependent signaling pathways activated by glut...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Quinlan EM,Halpain S

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of interneuron diversity in the spinal cord is complex and needs new models that can accelerate discovery. In this issue, Hoang et al. (2018) use ESC-derived neurons to create simplified microcircuits to study spinal interneuron diversification, connectivity, and function. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Alvarez FJ

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid neuropeptides and their receptors are evolutionarily conserved neuromodulatory systems that profoundly influence behavior. In dorsal striatum, which expresses the endogenous opioid enkephalin, patches (or striosomes) are limbic-associated subcompartments enriched in mu opioid receptors. The functional implicati...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Banghart MR,Neufeld SQ,Wong NC,Sabatini BL

更新日期：2015-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified factors that control precise motor timing by studying learning in smooth pursuit eye movements. Monkeys tracked a target that moved horizontally for a fixed time interval before changing direction through the addition of a vertical component of motion. After repeated presentations of the same target...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Medina JF,Carey MR,Lisberger SG

更新日期：2005-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We have combined functional maps of retinotopy (eccentricity and meridian mapping), object category, and motion in a group of subjects to explore the large-scale topography of higher-order object areas. Our results reveal seven consistent category-related entities situated in the occipito-temporal cortex adjoining ear...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hasson U,Harel M,Levy I,Malach R

更新日期：2003-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell proliferation during successive stages of oligodendrocyte development was delineated in the rat brain and optic nerve. Surface antigens, A2B5, O4, and galactocerebroside (GalC) identified three cell populations emerging in sequence; the incorporation of bromodeoxyuridine into newly synthesized DNA identified the ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Gard AL,Pfeiffer SE

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At each of the brain's vast number of synapses, the presynaptic nerve terminal, synaptic cleft, and postsynaptic specialization form a transcellular unit to enable efficient transmission of information between neurons. While we know much about the molecular machinery within each compartment, we are only beginning to u...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Biederer T,Kaeser PS,Blanpied TA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the isolation and characterization of a cDNA encoding the alpha subunit of a new voltage-sensitive sodium channel, microI, from rat skeletal muscle. The 1840 amino acid microI peptide is homologous to alpha subunits from rat brain, but, like the protein from eel electroplax, lacks an extended (approximatel...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Trimmer JS,Cooperman SS,Tomiko SA,Zhou JY,Crean SM,Boyle MB,Kallen RG,Sheng ZH,Barchi RL,Sigworth FJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist ketamine has been found to have rapid and long-lasting antidepressive effects. Two elegant studies from Hailan Hu's laboratory (Cui et al., 2018; Yang et al., 2018) showed that ketamine blocks burst firing of neurons in the lateral habenula (LHb), rapidly relieving ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kim D,Cheong E,Shin HS

更新日期：2018-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence that synapse retraction occurs during normal synaptic growth at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction (NMJ). An RNAi-based screen to identify the molecular mechanisms that regulate synapse retraction identified Arp-1/centractin, a subunit of the dynactin complex. Arp-1 dsRNA enhances synapse retrac...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Eaton BA,Fetter RD,Davis GW

更新日期：2002-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblastic 3T3 and endocrine RIN cells were genetically modified by infection with a recombinant retrovirus encoding the form I of human tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and selection in tyrosine-free medium. These cells were grafted to rats unilaterally lesioned with 6-hydroxy-dopamine. Both cell types survived implantati...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Horellou P,Brundin P,Kalén P,Mallet J,Björklund A

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying the spatial organization of tissues at cellular resolution from single-cell gene expression profiles is essential to understanding biological systems. Using an in situ 3D multiplexed imaging method, seqFISH, we identify unique transcriptional states by quantifying and clustering up to 249 genes in 16,958 c...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Shah S,Lubeck E,Zhou W,Cai L

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The adipocyte-derived hormone leptin decreases body weight in part by activating the sympathetic nervous system, resulting in increased thermogenesis and energy expenditure. We investigated hypothalamic pathways underlying leptin's effects on stimulating the sympathetic nervous system. We found that leptin activates n...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Elias CF,Lee C,Kelly J,Aschkenasi C,Ahima RS,Couceyro PR,Kuhar MJ,Saper CB,Elmquist JK

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropilins are receptors for class 3 secreted semaphorins, most of which can function as potent repulsive axon guidance cues. We have generated mice with a targeted deletion in the neuropilin-2 (Npn-2) locus. Many Npn-2 mutant mice are viable into adulthood, allowing us to assess the role of Npn-2 in axon guidance ev...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Giger RJ,Cloutier JF,Sahay A,Prinjha RK,Levengood DV,Moore SE,Pickering S,Simmons D,Rastan S,Walsh FS,Kolodkin AL,Ginty DD,Geppert M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Neuron, Vyazovskiy et al. reports on progressive changes in cortical unit activity within extended wakefulness and within extended sleep paralleling changes in EEG slow-wave sleep activity. Sleep debt may be integrated at the level of individual cortical neurons, providing support for the synaptic hom...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Mignot E,Huguenard JR

更新日期：2009-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a key role in controlling goal-directed behavior. Although a variety of task-related signals have been observed in the PFC, whether they are differentially encoded by various cell types remains unclear. Here we performed cellular-resolution microendoscopic Ca(2+) imaging from genetica...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Pinto L,Dan Y

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To interpret visual-motion events, the underlying computation must involve internal reference to the motion status of the observer's head. We show here that layer 6 (L6) principal neurons in mouse primary visual cortex (V1) receive a diffuse, vestibular-mediated synaptic input that signals the angular velocity of hori...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Vélez-Fort M,Bracey EF,Keshavarzi S,Rousseau CV,Cossell L,Lenzi SC,Strom M,Margrie TW

更新日期：2018-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Local neuronal networks that are responsible for walking are poorly characterized in mammals. Using an innovative approach to identify interneuron inputs onto motorneuron populations in a neonatal rodent spinal cord preparation, we have investigated the network responsible for left-right coordination of the hindlimbs....

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Butt SJ,Kiehn O

更新日期：2003-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain circuits endow behavioral flexibility. Here, we study circuits encoding flexible chemotaxis in C. elegans, where the animal navigates up or down NaCl gradients (positive or negative chemotaxis) to reach the salt concentration of previous growth (the set point). The ASER sensory neuron mediates positive and negat...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Luo L,Wen Q,Ren J,Hendricks M,Gershow M,Qin Y,Greenwood J,Soucy ER,Klein M,Smith-Parker HK,Calvo AC,Colón-Ramos DA,Samuel AD,Zhang Y

更新日期：2014-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathways that convert neural stem cells (NSCs) into functional neurons in the adult hippocampus are tightly regulated. In this issue of Neuron, Yeh et al. (2018) demonstrate that the activity of dentate mossy cells determines the balance between quiescence and activation of NSCs. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Piatti VC,Schinder AF

更新日期：2018-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Functionally distinct types of neurons develop in stereotypical positions in the vertebrate spinal cord. The mechanisms that generate this diversity have been well studied in the ventral and intermediate regions of the spinal cord, while dorsal cells have received less attention. In this issue of Neuron, two papers fo...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Matise M

更新日期：2002-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been several recent studies addressing the genetic architecture of depression. This review serves to take stock of what is known now about the genetics of depression, how it has increased our knowledge and understanding of its mechanisms, and how the information and knowledge can be leveraged to improve the...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： McIntosh AM,Sullivan PF,Lewis CM

更新日期：2019-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience-dependent plasticity in somatosensory (S1) and visual (V1) cortex involves rapid depression of responses to a deprived sensory input (a closed eye or a trimmed whisker). Such depression occurs first in layer II/III and may reflect plasticity at vertical inputs from layer IV to layer II/III pyramids. Here, I...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Feldman DE

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00