PCR and patch-clamp analysis of single neurons.

abstract：:Neuronal population responses can vary across trials as a result of differences in the relative timing of internal brain processes. In this issue of Neuron, Williams et al. (2020) present an algorithm for inferring and inverting such trial-to-trial differences, thereby revealing an a priori hidden, precise temporal st...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Okun M

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a diverse and poorly conserved category of transcripts that have expanded greatly in primates, particularly in the brain. We identified an lncRNA, which has acquired 16 microRNA response elements for miR-143-3p in the Catarrhini branch of primates. This lncRNA, termed LncND (neurodev...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Rani N,Nowakowski TJ,Zhou H,Godshalk SE,Lisi V,Kriegstein AR,Kosik KS

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective error-driven learning benefits from scaling of prediction errors to reward variability. Such behavioral adaptation may be facilitated by neurons coding prediction errors relative to the standard deviation (SD) of reward distributions. To investigate this hypothesis, we required participants to predict the ma...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Diederen KM,Spencer T,Vestergaard MD,Fletcher PC,Schultz W

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When speaking, we dynamically coordinate movements of our jaw, tongue, lips, and larynx. To investigate the neural mechanisms underlying articulation, we used direct cortical recordings from human sensorimotor cortex while participants spoke natural sentences that included sounds spanning the entire English phonetic i...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Chartier J,Anumanchipalli GK,Johnson K,Chang EF

更新日期：2018-06-06 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

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：VIDEO ABSTRACT:The precise connectivity of inputs and outputs is critical for cerebral cortex function; however, the cellular mechanisms that establish these connections are poorly understood. Here, we show that the secreted molecule Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) is involved in synapse formation of a specific cortical circuit. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Harwell CC,Parker PR,Gee SM,Okada A,McConnell SK,Kreitzer AC,Kriegstein AR

更新日期：2012-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:LRRK2 is a kinase mutated in Parkinson's disease, but how the protein affects synaptic function remains enigmatic. We identified LRRK2 as a critical regulator of EndophilinA. Using genetic and biochemical studies involving Lrrk loss-of-function mutants and Parkinson-related LRRK2(G2019S) gain-of-kinase function, we sh...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Matta S,Van Kolen K,da Cunha R,van den Bogaart G,Mandemakers W,Miskiewicz K,De Bock PJ,Morais VA,Vilain S,Haddad D,Delbroek L,Swerts J,Chávez-Gutiérrez L,Esposito G,Daneels G,Karran E,Holt M,Gevaert K,Moechars DW,De

更新日期：2012-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A multitude of synaptic proteins interact at the active zones of nerve terminals to achieve the high temporal precision of neurotransmitter release in synchrony with action potentials. Though synaptotagmin has been recognized as the Ca2+ sensor for synchronous release, it may have additional roles of action. We addres...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Young SM Jr,Neher E

更新日期：2009-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Yoon et al. (2017) uncover a key role for the m6A RNA mark in regulating the timing of cerebral cortex development in mouse and human. This discovery opens new avenues of exploration into how the epitranscriptome helps orchestrate central nervous system formation. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Boles NC,Temple S

更新日期：2017-11-15 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：:Feedback is a ubiquitous anatomical feature of sensory processing in vertebrates. In this issue of Neuron, two papers (Boyd et al., 2012, and Markopoulos et al., 2012) analyze the features of feedback from olfactory cortex to olfactory bulb. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Oswald AM,Urban NN

更新日期：2012-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly 25 years ago, the shared interests of psychologists and biologists in understanding the neural basis of social behavior led to the inception of social neuroscience. In the past decade, this field has exploded, in large part due to the infusion of studies that use fMRI. At the same time, tensions have arisen abo...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Stanley DA,Adolphs R

更新日期：2013-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral mobility of neurotransmitter receptors has been shown to tune synaptic signals. Here we report that GABAA receptors (GABAARs) can diffuse between adjacent dendritic GABAergic synapses in long-living desensitized states, thus laterally spreading "activation memories" between inhibitory synapses. Glutamaterg...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： de Luca E,Ravasenga T,Petrini EM,Polenghi A,Nieus T,Guazzi S,Barberis A

更新日期：2017-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunophilins, including FK506-binding proteins (FKBPs), are protein chaperones with peptidyl-prolyl isomerase (PPIase) activity. Initially identified as pharmacological receptors for immunosuppressants to regulate immune responses via isomerase-independent mechanisms, FKBPs are most highly expressed in the nervous sy...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Shim S,Yuan JP,Kim JY,Zeng W,Huang G,Milshteyn A,Kern D,Muallem S,Ming GL,Worley PF

更新日期：2009-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in social preference of amphibian larvae result from sustained exposure to kinship odorants. To understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms of this neuroplasticity, we investigated the effects of olfactory system activation on neurotransmitter (NT) expression in accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) interneurons...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Dulcis D,Lippi G,Stark CJ,Do LH,Berg DK,Spitzer NC

更新日期：2017-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the specification of noradrenergic neurotransmitter identity in neural crest stem cells (NCSCs). Retroviral expression of both wild-type and dominant-negative forms of the paired homeodomain transcription factor Phox2a indicates a crucial and direct role for this protein (and/or the closely relate...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lo L,Morin X,Brunet JF,Anderson DJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel, converts the free energy of binding of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into opening of its central pore. Here we present the first high-resolution structure of the receptor type found in muscle-endplate membrane and in the muscle-derived e...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Rahman MM,Teng J,Worrell BT,Noviello CM,Lee M,Karlin A,Stowell MHB,Hibbs RE

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Nogo-A, a reticulon protein expressed by oligodendrocytes, contributes to the axonal growth inhibitory action of central myelin in growth cone collapse and neurite outgrowth in vitro assays, and antibody and inhibitor studies have implicated a role for Nogo in regeneration in the adult CNS in vivo. Three independent l...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Woolf CJ

更新日期：2003-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In rodents, each main olfactory bulb contains two mirror-symmetric glomerular maps, a feature not found in the initial topographic maps of other sensory systems. Targeting tracer injections to identified glomeruli revealed that isofunctional odor columns-translaminar assemblies connected to a given glomerulus-were spe...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lodovichi C,Belluscio L,Katz LC

更新日期：2003-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory and synaptic plasticity exhibit distinct temporal phases, with long-lasting forms distinguished by their dependence on macromolecular synthesis. Prevailing models for the molecular mechanisms underlying long-lasting synaptic plasticity have largely focused on transcriptional regulation. However, a growing body ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kelleher RJ 3rd,Govindarajan A,Tonegawa S

更新日期：2004-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise subunit composition of synaptic ionotropic receptors in the brain is poorly understood. This information is of particular importance with regard to AMPA-type glutamate receptors, the multimeric complexes assembled from GluA1-A4 subunits, as the trafficking of these receptors into and out of synapses is pro...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lu W,Shi Y,Jackson AC,Bjorgan K,During MJ,Sprengel R,Seeburg PH,Nicoll RA

更新日期：2009-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from a healthy 86-year-old male were differentiated into neural stem cells and grafted into adult immunodeficient rats after spinal cord injury. Three months after C5 lateral hemisections, iPSCs survived and differentiated into neurons and glia and extended tens o...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Lu P,Woodruff G,Wang Y,Graham L,Hunt M,Wu D,Boehle E,Ahmad R,Poplawski G,Brock J,Goldstein LS,Tuszynski MH

更新日期：2014-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons must extend toward and grow through the optic disc to exit the eye into the optic nerve. In the embryonic mouse eye, we found that immunoreactivity for the axon guidance molecule netrin-1 was specifically on neuroepithelial cells at the disk surrounding exiting RGC axons, an...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Deiner MS,Kennedy TE,Fazeli A,Serafini T,Tessier-Lavigne M,Sretavan DW

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:People often perceive configurations rather than the elements they comprise, a bias that may emerge because configurations often predict outcomes. But how does the brain learn to associate configurations with outcomes and how does this learning differ from learning about individual elements? We combined behavior, rein...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Duncan K,Doll BB,Daw ND,Shohamy D

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether cognitive representations are better conceived as language-based, symbolic representations or perceptually related, analog representations is a subject of debate. If cognitive processes parallel perceptual processes, then fundamental psychophysical laws should hold for each. To test this, we analyzed both beha...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nieder A,Miller EK

更新日期：2003-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR) induce long-term depression (LTD) that requires protein synthesis. Here, we demonstrate that Arc/Arg3.1 is translationally induced within 5 min of mGluR activation, and this response is essential for mGluR-dependent LTD. The increase in Arc/Arg3.1 translation requires e...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Park S,Park JM,Kim S,Kim JA,Shepherd JD,Smith-Hicks CL,Chowdhury S,Kaufmann W,Kuhl D,Ryazanov AG,Huganir RL,Linden DJ,Worley PF

更新日期：2008-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The debate over the nature of mechanisms leading to the establishment of synaptic specificity has engaged neuroscientists for the best part of a century. In this issue of Neuron, Balaskas et al. (2019) provide new evidence in favor of the role of positional strategies in the organization of sensory-motor circuits. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Mariotti L,Tripodi M

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Phorbol esters and purified protein kinase C (PKC) have been shown to down-modulate the voltage-dependent Na+ channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes injected with chick brain RNA. We used the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique to demonstrate that a Na+ channel expressed in oocytes injected with RNA coding for the al...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Dascal N,Lotan I

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00