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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：:Birds commonly use sound for communication between the sexes. In many songbird species, only males sing and there are pronounced sex differences in the neural song control circuits. By contrast, the auditory circuitry is largely similar in males and females. Both sexes learn to recognize vocalizations heard as juvenil...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Brenowitz EA,Remage-Healey L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PTEN tumor suppressor gene is a lipid phosphatase that negatively regulates cell survival mediated by the phosphatidyl inositol 3' kinase-protein kinase B/Akt signaling pathway. Recent in vivo studies have revealed a novel role for PTEN in the size control of neurons. Dysregulation of cell growth control by PTEN i...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Backman S,Stambolic V,Mak T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloning of the Huntington's disease gene uncovered huntingtin, which is remarkable for its lack of similarity with known proteins despite its large size, approximately 350 kDa. Subsequent experiments established that huntingtin has an as yet unknown function, crucial for embryonic development and neurogenesis. Recent ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Gusella JF,MacDonald ME

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPA receptor (AMPAR) complexes comprise four of the AMPAR subunits GluA1-4 and several additional interacting proteins. Subunit composition determines AMPAR function. However, AMPAR function depends to a large extent also on interacting proteins, which influence trafficking to the cell surface, activity-dependent sub...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Jacobi E,von Engelhardt J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons utilize mRNA transport and local translation as a means to influence development and plasticity. The molecular mechanisms for this mRNA sorting involve the recognition of cis-acting sequences by distinct mRNA binding proteins that have a dual role, acting in both mRNA transport and translational regulation. Ot...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Bassell GJ,Kelic S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory cortical maps have been a long-standing focus of studies that assess the expression, mechanisms, and consequences of sensory plasticity. Here we discuss recent progress in understanding how auditory experience transforms spatially organized sound representations at higher levels of the central auditory pathwa...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Schreiner CE,Polley DB

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:At least one non-human primate species-the marmoset monkey-exhibits developmental processes similar to human vocal development. These processes include babbling-like early vocal output and a role for social feedback in changing this output into mature-sounding vocalizations. Such parallel behaviors provide a window th...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Ghazanfar AA,Zhang YS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This past year has seen significant advances in our understanding of the physiology of emotion. Attention continues to focus on the amygdala and its interconnections with prefrontal cortical regions. New evidence underscores the importance of lateralization for emotion. There are also new findings on the physiological...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Davidson RJ,Sutton SK

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iterated learning describes the process whereby an individual learns their behaviour by exposure to another individual's behaviour, who themselves learnt it in the same way. It can be seen as a key mechanism of cultural evolution. We review various methods for understanding how behaviour is shaped by the iterated lear...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Kirby S,Griffiths T,Smith K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years, it has been postulated that interactions between motor commands and somatic perception in the sensorimotor cortices exist, but they have been difficult to demonstrate. Recent studies have made demonstration of this interaction easier and suggest that cortical activity related to somatic sensation and p...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Nelson RJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss very recent experiments with rodents addressing the idea that long-term memories initially depending on the hippocampus, over a prolonged period, become independent of it. No unambiguous recent evidence exists to substantiate that this occurs. Most experiments find that recent and remote memories are equall...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Sutherland RJ,Lehmann H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social experiences throughout life influence gene expression and behavior, however, early in development these influences have a particularly profound effect. In mammals, mother-infant interactions are the primary source of social stimulation and result in long-term changes in offspring phenotype. This has previously ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Champagne FA,Curley JP

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:Slow axonal transport conveys cytosolic and cytoskeletal proteins into axons and synapses at overall velocities that are several orders of magnitude slower than the fast transport of membranous organelles such as vesicles and mitochondria. The phenomenon of slow transport was characterized by in vivo pulse-chase radio...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Roy S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work has helped reconcile puzzling results from brainstem transection studies first performed over 60 years ago, which suggested the existence of a sleep-promoting system in the medullary brainstem. It was specifically shown that GABAergic neurons located in the medullary brainstem parafacial zone (PZGABA) are ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Anaclet C,Fuller PM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perceptual and control systems are tasked with the challenge of accurately and efficiently estimating the dynamic states of objects in the environment. To properly account for uncertainty, it is necessary to maintain a dynamical belief state representation rather than a single state vector. In this review, canonical a...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Lee DD,Ortega PA,Stocker AA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogeneity among progenitor cells in the vertebrate nervous system has been documented with increasing frequency over the past few years. It has become clear that differences in progenitor cells help to determine when and how they respond to environmental signals. More recent studies have begun to elucidate the mol...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Lillien L

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heated debate over the level of postsynaptic receptor occupancy by transmitter has not been extinguished - indeed, new evidence is fanning the flames. Recent experiments using two-photon microscopy suggest that the concentration of glutamate in the synaptic cleft does not attain levels previously suggested. In con...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Bergles DE,Diamond JS,Jahr CE

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hippocampal formation has a unique and highly distributed network of intrinsic connections. What are the principles of organization that govern information flow through this system? The notion that information processing in the hippocampal formation is segregated in autonomous chips or lamellae appears to be incon...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Amaral DG

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：:mRNA localization and regulated translation take central roles in axon guidance and synaptic plasticity. By spatially restricting gene expression within neurons, local protein synthesis provides growth cones and synapses with the capacity to autonomously regulate their structure and function. Studies in a variety of s...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Martin KC

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a recently discovered, extensive class of small noncoding RNAs that act as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. miRNAs have been implicated in most aspects of animal development and in pathological processes such as cancer. In neurons, miRNAs are expressed at all stages of develop...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Schratt G

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Rett syndrome (RTT) is one of the most common causes of intellectual and developmental disabilities in girls, and is caused by mutations in the gene encoding methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2). Here we will review our current understanding of RTT, the landscape of pathogenic mutations and function of MeCP2, and culm...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Lavery LA,Zoghbi HY

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically encoded sensors of neural activity enable visualization of circuit-level function in the central nervous system. Although our understanding of the molecular events that regulate neuronal firing, synaptic function, and plasticity has expanded rapidly over the past 15 years, an appreciation for how cellular ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Barth AL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perception, action, cognition, and emotion can now be mapped in the brain by a growing family of techniques. Positron emission tomography, functional magnetic resonance imaging, event-related electrical potentials, event-related magnetic fields, and other non-invasive imaging techniques are rapidly evolving and provid...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Fox PT,Woldorff MG

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic spines are small actin-rich protrusions on the surface of dendrites whose morphological and molecular plasticity play key roles in learning and memory. Both the form and function of spines are critically dependent on the actin cytoskeleton. However, new research, using electron microscopy and live-cell super...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurobiology

authors： Dent EW,Merriam EB,Hu X

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00