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October 2006
Same, but different
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Motor and somatosensory pyramidal neurons differentially express genes involved in energy metabolism.
Original research paper: Journal of Neuroscience 26, 9956-9966 (2006)
PINK shears cut neural stem cells
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Neural stem cell proliferation is reduced in aging mice, but rescued by knockout of the tumor suppressor pINKa .
Original research paper: Nature 443, 448-452 (2006)
A Purkinje cell whodunit
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Compromised glutamate transport in Bergmann glia contributes to Purkinje cell death in a model of spinal cerebellar ataxia.
Original research paper: Nature Neuroscience 9, 1302-1311 (2006)
tRNA has its day
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Both loss-of-function and gain-of-function mutations in aminoacyl tRNA synthetases result in neurological dysfunction.
Original research paper: Nature 443, 50-55 (2006)