In vivo and ex vivo gene transfer to the brain.

abstract：:Accurate neural crest cell (NCC) migration requires tight control of cell adhesions, cytoskeletal dynamics and cell motility. Cadherins and RhoGTPases are critical molecular players that regulate adhesions and motility during initial delamination of NCCs from the neuroepithelium. Recent studies have revealed multiple ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Clay MR,Halloran MC

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma membrane neurotransmitter transporters for monoamines, GABA, glycine and excitatory amino acids are homologous to two sizable families of bacterial amino acid transporters. Recently, a high resolution structure was determined for a thermophilic glutamate transporter. Also, a bacterial tryptophan transporter rel...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Sonders MS,Quick M,Javitch JA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microcircuitry of the neocortex is bewildering in its anatomical detail, but seen through the filters of physiology, some simple circuits have been suggested. Intensive investigations of the cortical representation of orientation, however, show how difficult it is to achieve any consensus on what the circuits are,...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Martin KA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical review of the role of the cerebellum in motor learning is presented. Specifically, the hypothesis that the climbing fibers that issue from the inferior olive serve to modify the responsiveness of cerebellar Purkinje cells is evaluated. It is concluded that there is no convincing evidence, at this time, to s...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Llinás R,Welsh JP

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:Computational models of reinforcement learning (RL) strive to produce behavior that maximises reward, and thus allow software or robots to behave adaptively [1]. At the core of RL models is a learned mapping between 'states'-situations or contexts that an agent might encounter in the world-and actions. A wealth of phy...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Lau B,Monteiro T,Paton JJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of laboratories have recently refined descriptions of temporal response properties, from the auditory periphery to the midbrain. At many levels of the auditory pathway, the role of inhibition in temporal coding of complex sounds is being explored. In addition, quantitative relationships between physiology and...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Carney LH

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical networks receive a highly variable stream of inputs from internal and external influences, and must flexibly adapt their operations on a short timescale. Recent work has highlighted this state-dependent functional flexibility of cortical circuits and provided initial insights into underlying circuit-level mec...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Cardin JA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the gut system has been revolutionized over the past decade, in particular regarding its role in immune control and psychological regulation. The vagus nerve is a crucial link between gut and brain, transmitting diverse gut-derived signals, and has been implicated in many gastrointestinal, neurolo...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Yu CD,Xu QJ,Chang RB

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years pathophysiological studies on patients with movement disorders were viewed as inferior to those in animal models because, given the complexity of dealing with the complete interconnected CNS, it was difficult to assign any particular physiological abnormality exclusively to the site of a known lesion. M...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Rothwell JC,Huang YZ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rhythmic mandible-generated close-open alternations of the mouth, responsible for the series of consonant-vowel alternations characteristic of babbling and of languages, is receiving increased attention as a possible manifestation of an ontogenetic and phylogenetic 'frame' underlying the serial organization of spe...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： MacNeilage PF,Davis BL

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：: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：: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：:The idea that visual signals relayed by the parvocellular and magnocellular subdivisions of the lateral geniculate nucleus remain segregated in the cerebral cortex has attracted considerable attention. It has been proposed that parvocellular contributions dominate in the temporal visual cortex, and that magnocellular ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Maunsell JH

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：: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：:In many regions of the brain, information is represented by patterns of activity occurring over populations of neurons. Understanding the encoding of information in neural population activity is important both for grasping the fundamental computations underlying brain function, and for interpreting signals that may be...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Sanger TD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression, conceptualized as major depressive disorder (MDD), is a complex psychiatric disorder with multiple behavioral changes and alterations in various brain regions. Biochemically, serotonin and others substances like GABA, glutamate, norepinephrin, adrenaline/noradrenaline play an essential role in the pathogen...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Northoff G

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid accumulation of neuroproteomics data in recent years has prompted the emergence of novel antibody-based imaging methods that aim to understand the anatomical and functional context of the multitude of identified proteins. The pioneering field of ultrastructural multiplexed proteomic imaging now includes a nu...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Micheva KD,Bruchez MP

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unravelling the mechanisms of learning and memory can, and should, be tackled at many levels. Discovery of the huge family of odourant receptor genes provided olfaction with 'molecular' respectability similar to that afforded to the visual system. Consequently, molecular studies have dominated the olfactory literature...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Keverne EB

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the years Pavlovian fear conditioning has proved to be a powerful model to investigate the neural underpinnings of aversive associative memory formation. Although it is well appreciated that plasticity occurring at excitatory synapses within the basolateral complex of the amygdala (BLA) plays a critical role in a...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Ressler RL,Maren S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic administration of opiates or cocaine has been shown to alter the activity or expression of diverse types of cellular proteins in specific target neurons within the central nervous system. Prominent examples include signaling proteins, such as receptors, G proteins, second-messenger synthetic enzymes, and prote...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Nestler EJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a similar fashion to transcription factors, non-coding RNAs can be essential regulators of gene expression. The largest class of non-coding RNAs is the microRNAs. These approximately 22 nt double-stranded RNA molecules can repress translation or target mRNA degradation. There has been a surge of research in the pas...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Klein ME,Impey S,Goodman RH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vestibulo-ocular reflexes (VOR) assist retinal image stabilization during vertebrate locomotion thereby ensuring accurate visual perception. The importance of this motor behavior for animal survival requires that the underlying circuitry and all individual components are fully developed and functional as soon as post-...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Straka H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our ability to learn and control the motor aspects of complex laryngeal behaviors, such as speech and song, is modulated by the laryngeal motor cortex (LMC), which is situated in the area 4 of the primary motor cortex and establishes both direct and indirect connections with laryngeal motoneurons. In contrast, the LMC...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Simonyan K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synapses are specialized sites of cell contact that mediate information flow between neurons and their targets. Genetic screens in the nematode C. elegans have led to the discovery of a number of molecules required for synapse patterning and assembly. Recent studies have demonstrated the importance of guidepost cells ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Margeta MA,Shen K,Grill B

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work in cortically controlled neuroprosthetic systems has concentrated on decoding natural behaviors from neural activity, with the idea that if the behavior could be fully decoded it could be duplicated using an artificial system. Initial estimates from this approach suggested that a high-fidelity signal comprised of...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Tillery SI,Taylor DM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial interactions are prominent behaviors in primates. Primate facial signaling, which includes the expression of emotions, mimicking of facial movements, and gaze interactions, is visually dominated. Correspondingly, in primate brains an elaborate network of face processing areas exists within visual cortex. But ot...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Brecht M,Freiwald WA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteoglycans are ubiquitous cell-surface and secreted glycoproteins that are involved in diverse cellular behaviors. The identities of several nervous system proteoglycans, including many of the major species in the mammalian brain, have recently come to light. In addition, recent studies have given new insights into...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Lander AD

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00