Inhibitory factors controlling growth cone motility and guidance.

abstract：:Visual perception is inherently statistical: brains exploit repeating features of natural scenes to disambiguate images that could, in principle, have many causes. A clear case for the relevance of statistical inference in vision is animal camouflage. Although visual scenes are each composed of unique arrangements of ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Reiter S,Laurent G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost 30 years ago, actin was identified as the major cytoskeletal component of dendritic spines. Since then, its role in the remarkable dynamics of spine morphology have been detailed with live-cell views establishing that spine shape dynamics are an important requirement for synaptogenesis and synaptic plasticity. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Frost NA,Kerr JM,Lu HE,Blanpied TA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Converging evidence indicates that primates have a distinct cortical image of homeostatic afferent activity that reflects all aspects of the physiological condition of all tissues of the body. This interoceptive system, associated with autonomic motor control, is distinct from the exteroceptive system (cutaneous mecha...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Craig AD

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:Recent studies have provided a significant advance in our understanding of motor axon pathfinding. In particular, sources of guidance cues and some of the mechanisms used by motor growth cones during pathfinding have been identified. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Westerfield M

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：: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：:In the twelve years since the molecular elucidation of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 1, a class III family of G-protein-coupled receptors has emerged; members of this family include the calcium-sensing receptor, the GABA(B) receptor, some odorant receptors and some taste receptors. Atomic structures of t...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Jingami H,Nakanishi S,Morikawa K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent progress in our understanding of the trafficking of potassium channels can be seen in particular when considering the Kv-type channels. To date, we have discovered that folding of the Kv1.3 T1 domain begins in the ribosomal exit tunnel, and that the cell surface expression of Kv4 channels is enhanced by the pre...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Heusser K,Schwappach B

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly systematic approaches to quantifying receptive fields in primary visual cortex, combined with inspired ideas about functional circuitry, non-linearities, and visual stimuli, are bringing new interest to classical problems. This includes the distinction and hierarchy between simple and complex cells, the m...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Bair W

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：: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：:The study of plasticity in the central nervous system is a major and very dynamic neuroscience research field with enormous clinical potential. Considerable advances in this field have been made during the past 10 years. It now appears that most circuits in the brain and spinal cord show plasticity and that they can b...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Schouenborg J

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Schizophrenia is a disorder of cognitive neurodevelopment. At least some of the core cognitive deficits of the illness appear to be the product of impaired gamma frequency oscillations which depend, in part, on the inhibitory actions of a subpopulation of cortical GABA neurons that express the calcium binding protein ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Lewis DA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major technical advances in the imaging of live cells have led to a recent flurry of studies demonstrating how dendrites remodel dynamically during development. Taken together with our current understanding of axonal development, these studies help provide a more unified picture of how neural circuits might be formed ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Wong WT,Wong RO

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past year, several key molecular components of the RNA trafficking pathway in myelinating cells have been identified: distinct cis-acting elements for RNA transport and localization have been characterized in myelin basic protein mRNA; hnRNP A2 has been identified as a trans-acting factor in oligodendrocytes th...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Carson JH,Kwon S,Barbarese E

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory molecules in CNS myelin affect axonal regeneration after injury. In the past year, myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), a well-characterized myelin protein, has been identified as an inhibitor of axonal regeneration. This finding, together with its established ability to promote outgrowth, defines MAG as a...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Filbin MT

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orexin deficiency results in the sleep disorder narcolepsy in many mammalian species, including mice, dogs, and humans, suggesting that the orexin system is particularly important for normal regulation of sleep/wakefulness states, and especially for maintenance of wakefulness. This review discusses animal models of na...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Sakurai T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discoveries in modern human neuroscience are increasingly driven by quantitative understanding of complex data. Data-intensive approaches to modeling have promise to dramatically advance our understanding of the brain and critically enable neuroengineering capabilities. In this review, we provide an accessible primer ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Brunton BW,Beyeler M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent invention of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy brings more than an order of magnitude gain in the spatial resolution of light microscopy. New opportunities keep emerging with the multicolor, three-dimensional, and live imaging functionalities gained in the past three years. The power of this technolo...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Dani A,Huang B

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axon pathfinding is essential for the establishment of proper neuronal connections during development. Advances in neuroimaging and genomic technologies, coupled with animal modeling, are leading to the identification of an increasing number of human disorders that result from aberrant axonal wiring. In this review, w...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Nugent AA,Kolpak AL,Engle EC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult somatic stem cells are generally defined as cells with the ability to differentiate into multiple different lineages and to self-renew during long periods of time. These features were long presumed to be represented in one single tissue-specific stem cell. Recent development of single-cell technologies reveals t...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Llorens-Bobadilla E,Martin-Villalba A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in neural and behavioural pharmacology, and in intracellular recording suggest that arousal during the awake state may be regulated by multiple, interdependent neurotransmitter systems that originate in the brainstem or hypothalamus, and project to subcortical and cortical sites. We discuss efforts to ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Marrocco RT,Witte EA,Davidson MC

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：:Rhythms are a prominent signature of brain activity. Their expression is correlated with numerous examples of healthy information processing and their fluctuations are a marker of disease states. Yet, their causal or epiphenomenal role in brain function is still highly debated. We review recent studies showing brain r...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Jones SR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth cones, the highly motile tips of growing axons, guide axons to their targets by responding to molecular cues. Growth cone behaviors such as advancing, retracting, turning and branching are driven by the dynamics and reorganization of the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton through signaling pathways linked to gu...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Kalil K,Dent EW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuropeptide oxytocin has had key roles throughout mammalian evolution in the regulation of complex social cognition and behaviors, such as attachment, parental care, pair-bonding, as well as social exploration and recognition. Recently, studies have begun to provide evidence that the function of this neuropeptide...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Kumsta R,Heinrichs M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral line system is simple (comprising six cell types), its sense organs form according to a defined and reproducible pattern, and its neurons are easily visualized. In the zebrafish, these advantages can be combined with a wealth of genetic tools, making this system ideally suited to a combined molecular, cell...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Ghysen A,Dambly-Chaudière C

更新日期：2004-02-01 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