Myosin II is involved in transmitter release at synapses formed between rat sympathetic neurons in culture.

abstract：:Brain function relies on specificity of synaptic connectivity patterns among different classes of neurons. Yet, the substrates of specificity in complex neuropil remain largely unknown. We search for imprints of specificity in the layout of axonal and dendritic arbors from the rat neocortex. An analysis of 3D reconstr...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Stepanyants A,Tamás G,Chklovskii DB

更新日期：2004-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The balance between excitatory and inhibitory (E and I) synapses is thought to be critical for information processing in neural circuits. However, little is known about the spatial principles of E and I synaptic organization across the entire dendritic tree of mammalian neurons. We developed a new open-source reconstr...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Iascone DM,Li Y,Sümbül U,Doron M,Chen H,Andreu V,Goudy F,Blockus H,Abbott LF,Segev I,Peng H,Polleux F

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Propagation in higher animals requires the efficient and accurate display of innate mating behaviors. In Drosophila melanogaster, male courtship consists of a stereotypic sequence of behaviors involving multiple sensory modalities, such as vision, audition, and chemosensation. For example, taste bristles located in th...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Bray S,Amrein H

更新日期：2003-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Curiously, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), seemingly disparate neurodegenerative disorders, can be inherited together. Two groups (DeJesus-Hernandez et al. and Renton et al.) show that the long sought after ALS/FTD mutation on chromosomal region 9p is a hexanucleotide expansion i...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Orr HT

更新日期：2011-10-20 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：:Perceptual decisions require the transformation of raw sensory inputs into cortical representations suitable for stimulus discrimination. One of the best-known examples of this transformation involves the middle temporal area (MT) of the primate visual cortex. Area MT provides a robust representation of stimulus motio...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Liu LD,Pack CC

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Painful mechanical stimuli activate multiple peripheral sensory afferent subtypes simultaneously, including nociceptors and low-threshold mechanoreceptors (LTMRs). Using an optogenetic approach, we demonstrate that LTMRs do not solely serve as touch receptors but also play an important role in acute pain signaling. We...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Arcourt A,Gorham L,Dhandapani R,Prato V,Taberner FJ,Wende H,Gangadharan V,Birchmeier C,Heppenstall PA,Lechner SG

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-activated small conductance potassium channel SK3 plays an essential role in the regulation of dopamine neuron activity patterns. Here we demonstrate that expression of a human disease-related SK3 mutation (hSK3Δ) in dopamine neurons of mice disrupts the balance between tonic and phasic dopamine neuron act...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Soden ME,Jones GL,Sanford CA,Chung AS,Güler AD,Chavkin C,Luján R,Zweifel LS

更新日期：2013-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Neuron, Katsuki and colleagues show that cell-autonomous mechanisms divide Drosophila axons into proximal and distal compartments. Axon guidance receptors selectively localize to one compartment. A diffusion barrier exists near the compartment boundary, suggesting that it may have properties like thos...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wright AP,Zinn K

更新日期：2009-10-29 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：:NMDA receptor subunit composition varies throughout the brain, providing molecular diversity in NMDA receptor function. The NR2 subunits (NR2A-D) in large part dictate the distinct functional properties of NMDA receptors and differentially regulate receptor trafficking. Although the NR2C subunit is highly enriched in ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Chen BS,Roche KW

更新日期：2009-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Brandon et al. (2014) show that the formation of place cell representations in new environments is preserved under septal inactivation, and is thus likely independent of the hippocampal theta rhythm and, by implication, the firing of entorhinal grid cells and the process of path integration. ...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Hayman R,Burgess N

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive deficits, core features of mental illness, largely result from dysfunction of prefrontal networks. This dysfunction emerges during early development, before a detectable behavioral readout, yet the cellular elements controlling the abnormal maturation are still unknown. Here, we address this open question by...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Chini M,Pöpplau JA,Lindemann C,Carol-Perdiguer L,Hnida M,Oberländer V,Xu X,Ahlbeck J,Bitzenhofer SH,Mulert C,Hanganu-Opatz IL

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:As different classes of sensory neurons project into the CNS, their axons segregate and establish distinct trajectories and target zones. One striking instance of axonal segregation is the projection of sensory neurons into the spinal cord, where proprioceptive axons avoid the superficial dorsal horn-the target zone o...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Yoshida Y,Han B,Mendelsohn M,Jessell TM

更新日期：2006-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:S-Nitrosylation is a redox-mediated posttranslational modification that regulates protein function via covalent reaction of nitric oxide (NO)-related species with a cysteine thiol group on the target protein. Under physiological conditions, S-nitrosylation can be an important modulator of signal transduction pathways,...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nakamura T,Tu S,Akhtar MW,Sunico CR,Okamoto S,Lipton SA

更新日期：2013-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Does our understanding of the human brain remain incomplete without a proper understanding of how the brain processes music? Here, the author makes a passionate plea for the use of music in the investigation of human emotion and its brain correlates, arguing that music can change activity in all brain structures assoc...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Koelsch S

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute gene inactivation using short hairpin RNA (shRNA, knockdown) in developing brain is a powerful technique to study genetic function; however, discrepancies between knockdown and knockout murine phenotypes have left unanswered questions. For example, doublecortin (Dcx) knockdown but not knockout shows a neocortica...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Baek ST,Kerjan G,Bielas SL,Lee JE,Fenstermaker AG,Novarino G,Gleeson JG

更新日期：2014-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible silencing of neuronal activity is a powerful approach for isolating the roles of specific neuronal populations in circuit dynamics and behavior. In contrast with neuronal excitation, for which the majority of studies have used a limited number of optogenetic and chemogenetic tools, the number of genetically...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Wiegert JS,Mahn M,Prigge M,Printz Y,Yizhar O

更新日期：2017-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNA coding for brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been detected in cultured L929 fibroblasts, rat dermal fibroblasts, and sciatic nerve Schwann cells, as well as in rat skin. Medium conditioned by cultured fibroblasts and Schwann cells also stimulates neurite growth from retinal explants and promotes the su...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Acheson A,Barker PA,Alderson RF,Miller FD,Murphy RA

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic plasticity during critical periods of development requires intact inhibitory circuitry. We report that subplate neurons are needed both for maturation of inhibition and for the proper sign of ocular dominance (OD) plasticity. Removal of subplate neurons prevents the developmental upregulation of genes involve...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Kanold PO,Shatz CJ

更新日期：2006-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular basis of the selective death of motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been an enigma since its description by Charcot in 1869. In this issue of Neuron, demonstrate a motor neuron-specific death pathway which involves Fas and NO. Remarkably, motor neurons from mice carrying ALS-linked m...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Xiong ZQ,McNamara JO

更新日期：2002-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The amplitudes and kinetics of miniature excitatory synaptic currents (MESCs) in mammalian central neurons vary widely. It is unclear whether this variability occurs at each synapse or arises from differences among a heterogeneous population of synapses. Furthermore, it is not known how variability in these currents w...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Murphy TH,Baraban JM,Wier WG

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of the pathogenic prion protein (PrP(Sc)) in controlling susceptibility to foreign prions, two Syrian hamster (SHa) prion strains, Sc237 and DY, were transmitted to transgenic mice expressing chimeric SHa/mouse PrP genes, Tg(MH2M). First passage of SHa(Sc237) prions exhibited prolonged incubati...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Peretz D,Williamson RA,Legname G,Matsunaga Y,Vergara J,Burton DR,DeArmond SJ,Prusiner SB,Scott MR

更新日期：2002-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous fMRI fluctuations are organized in large-scale spatiotemporal structures, or resting-state networks (RSN). However, it is unknown how task performance affects RSN dynamics. We use MEG to measure slow (∼0.1 Hz) coherent fluctuations of band-limited power (BLP), a robust correlate of RSN, during rest and mov...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Betti V,Della Penna S,de Pasquale F,Mantini D,Marzetti L,Romani GL,Corbetta M

更新日期：2013-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Two studies in this issue of Neuron challenge widely held assumptions about the role of positive feedback in recurrent neuronal networks. Goldman shows that such feedback is not necessary for memory maintenance in a neural integrator, and Murphy and Miller show that it is not necessary for amplification of orientation...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Ganguli S,Latham P

更新日期：2009-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA) transmission mediates numerous aspects of behavior. Although DA release is strongly linked to firing of DA neurons, recent developments indicate the importance of presynaptic modulation at striatal dopaminergic terminals. The endocannabinoid (eCB) system regulates DA release and is a canonical gatekeeper...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Mateo Y,Johnson KA,Covey DP,Atwood BK,Wang HL,Zhang S,Gildish I,Cachope R,Bellocchio L,Guzmán M,Morales M,Cheer JF,Lovinger DM

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that serotonin inhibits synaptic transmission at C. elegans neuromuscular junctions, and we describe a signaling pathway that mediates this effect. Release of acetylcholine from motor neurons was assayed by measuring the sensitivity of intact animals to the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor aldicarb. By this assa...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Nurrish S,Ségalat L,Kaplan JM

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between cortical and hippocampal circuits are critical for memory formation, yet their basic organization at the neuronal network level is not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that a significant portion of neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex of freely behaving rats are phase locked to the hip...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Siapas AG,Lubenov EV,Wilson MA

更新日期：2005-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:As a means to automate the three-dimensional histological analysis of brain tissue, we demonstrate the use of femtosecond laser pulses to iteratively cut and image fixed as well as fresh tissue. Cuts are accomplished with 1 to 10 microJ pulses to ablate tissue with micron precision. We show that the permeability, immu...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Tsai PS,Friedman B,Ifarraguerri AI,Thompson BD,Lev-Ram V,Schaffer CB,Xiong Q,Tsien RY,Squier JA,Kleinfeld D

更新日期：2003-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on extrapolation from excitatory synapses, it is often assumed that depletion of the releasable pool of synaptic vesicles is the main factor underlying depression at inhibitory synapses. In this issue of Neuron, using subcellular patch-clamp recording from inhibitory presynaptic terminals, Kawaguchi and Sakaba (...

journal_title：Neuron

authors： Vandael DH,Espinoza C,Jonas P

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00