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abstract：:The visual cortical network consists of a number of specialized areas that are connected in a highly structured way. Understanding the function of this network is a milestone goal of visual neuroscience. This goal is pursued at different levels of description, including large-scale neuroanatomical as well as molecular...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Katzner S,Weigelt S

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：: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：: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：:Enduring social bonds play an essential role in human society. These bonds positively affect psychological, physiological, and behavioral functions. Here, we review the recent literature on the neurobiology, particularly the role of oxytocin and dopamine, of pair bond formation, bond disruption, and social buffering e...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Lieberwirth C,Wang Z

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Human children benefit from a possibly unique set of adaptations facilitating the acquisition of knowledge about material culture. They represent artifacts (human-made objects) as tools with specific functions and seek for functional information about novel objects. Even young infants pay attention to functionally rel...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Hernik M,Csibra G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasticity of the nervous system is due to the ability of neurons to change their properties by altering the function of their proteome. A major mechanism for this is through altering the amount of proteins by regulating their translation. In this review, we focus on recent advances in the elucidation of the mecha...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Sossin WS,Lacaille JC

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes use their sense of smell to find hosts, nectar, and oviposition sites, and to avoid repellents. A small number of mosquito species are adapted to feed on humans and have a major impact on public health by transmitting diseases such as malaria, dengue and filariasis. The application of odorants for behaviora...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Ray A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral nerves show a remarkable ability to regenerate following a transection injury. Downstream of the cut, the axons degenerate and so to regenerate the nerve, the severed axons need to regrow back to their targets and regain function. This requires the axons to navigate through two different environments. (1) T...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Cattin AL,Lloyd AC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical eyelid conditioning has been used to great advantage in demonstrating that the cerebellum helps to improve movements through experience, and in identifying the underlying mechanisms. Results from recent studies support the hypotheses that learning occurs in both the cerebellar nucleus and cortex, and that th...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Medina JF,Nores WL,Ohyama T,Mauk MD

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the identification of factors that inhibit axon extension lead us to suggest that there exist at least two functionally distinct categories of inhibitory factors: those that inhibit the motile apparatus of the growth cone, and those that destabilize interactions of the growth cone with the substratu...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Luo Y,Raper JA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tympanic hearing is a true evolutionary novelty that arose in parallel within early tetrapods. We propose that in these tetrapods, selection for sound localization in air acted upon pre-existing directionally sensitive brainstem circuits, similar to those in fishes. Auditory circuits in birds and lizards resemble this...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Carr CE,Christensen-Dalsgaard J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Auditory scenes' often contain contributions from multiple acoustic sources. These are usually heard as separate auditory 'streams', which can be selectively followed over time. How and where these auditory streams are formed in the auditory system is one of the most fascinating questions facing auditory scientists t...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Shamma SA,Micheyl C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroepithelial cells, the progenitors to the CNS neurons and glia, undergo both symmetric and asymmetric divisions. Symmetric divisions underlie the proliferation of neuroepithelial cells that predominates early in CNS development. Asymmetric divisions are thought to generate the cell types derived from neuroepitheli...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Huttner WB,Brand M

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon receiving injury signals, neurons can activate various pathways to reduce harm, initiate neuroprotection, and repair damaged neurite without cell death. Here, we review recent progresses in the study of neurite repair focusing on neuronal cell-autonomous mechanisms, including new findings on ion channels that ser...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Liu HH,Jan YN

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent psychophysical studies on normal subjects, as well as brain imaging studies, have revised the concepts concerning the mechanisms underlying spatial orientation during navigation tasks. The emphasis has been put on internal models that allow the prediction of a planned trajectory and are essential in the steerin...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Berthoz A,Viaud-Delmon I

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of a functional neuronal network requires that axons navigate precisely to their appropriate targets. Molecules that specify guidance decisions have been identified, and the signaling events that occur downstream of guidance receptors are beginning to be understood. New research shows that guidance rece...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Grunwald IC,Klein R

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：: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 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：:The use of gene transfer techniques to express novel proteins within different cellular populations has provided insights into the function and plasticity of the brain. Recently, this technique has been successfully used to explore physiological processes within the CNS and to intervene in neurodegenerative disease an...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Fisher LJ,Ray J

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prominent view that the rodent hippocampus is dedicated to spatial memory has been challenged recently by observations that both limit the nature of hippocampal spatial representation and extend its scope beyond literal space. These findings reveal that the rodent hippocampus mediates memory representations on the...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Eichenbaum H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin sheaths in the vertebrate nervous system enable faster impulse propagation, while myelinating glia provide vital support to axons. Once considered a static insulator, converging evidence now suggests that myelin in the central nervous system can be dynamically regulated by neuronal activity and continues to par...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Kaller MS,Lazari A,Blanco-Duque C,Sampaio-Baptista C,Johansen-Berg H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have provided new insights into the role of presynaptic ligand-gated ion channels in modifying synaptic transmission. Along with a growing list of different types of presynaptic ionotropic receptors and the cell types that express them, there have been advances in characterizing the molecular components...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： McGehee DS,Role LW

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：: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：:The ionotropic GABA receptor (GABAAR) mediates fast inhibition in the brain. The GABAAR pore-forming (α, β, and non-α/β) subunits were isolated approximately 30 years ago and have since been the focus of extensive studies. As a result, many properties of GABAARs, including subunit assembly and channel and pharmacologi...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Tomita S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of increasingly sophisticated methods for recording and manipulating neural activity is revolutionizing neuroscience. By probing how activity patterns in different types of neurons and circuits contribute to behavior, these tools can help inform mechanistic models of brain function and explain the role...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Wolff SB,Ölveczky BP

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00