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The Research Library categorizes and alerts you to recent neuroscience- and genomics-related research in journals from the Nature family and from other publishers. Primary research and review articles are included, as are News and Views.
March 2007
Strong Association of De Novo Copy Number Mutations with Autism
J. Sebat, B. Lakshmi, D. Malhotra, J. Troge, C. Lese-martin, T. Walsh, B. Yamrom, S. Yoon, A. Krasnitz, J. Kendall, A. Leotta, D. Pai, R. Zhang, Y.-H. Lee, J. Hicks, S. J. Spence, A. T. Lee, K. Puura, T. Lehtimaki, D. Ledbetter, P. K. Gregersen, J. Bregman, J. S. Sutcliffe, V. Jobanputra, W. Chung, D. Warburton, M.-C. King, D. Skuse, D. H. Geschwind, T. C. Gilliam, K. Ye & M. Wigler
Science 316
(20 April 2007); doi:10.1126/science.1138659Hippocampal Expression Analyses Reveal Selective Association of Immediate-Early, Neuroenergetic, and Myelinogenic Pathways with Cognitive Impairment in Aged Rats
W. B. Rowe, E. M. Blalock, K.-C. Chen, I. Kadish, D. Wang, J. E. Barrett, O. Thibault, N. M. Porter, G. M. Rose & P. W. Landfield
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(21 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4163-06.2007A genomic screen for activators of the antioxidant response element
Y. Liu, J. T. Kern, J. R. Walker, J. A. Johnson, P. G. Schultz & H. Luesch
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(14 March 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0700898104Converging evidence for a pseudoautosomal cytokine receptor gene locus in schizophrenia
T Lencz, T V Morgan, M Athanasiou, B Dain, C R Reed, J M Kane, R Kucherlapati & A K Malhotra
Molecular Psychiatry 12
(20 June 2007); doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4001983Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Induces Synapse Loss through Acute Postsynaptic Translational Regulation
B. E. Pfeiffer & K. M. Huber
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(21 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0054-07.2007Lhx6 Activity Is Required for the Normal Migration and Specification of Cortical Interneuron Subtypes
P. Liodis, M. Denaxa, M. Grigoriou, C. Akufo-addo, Y. Yanagawa & V. Pachnis
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(21 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3055-06.2007Dlx-Dependent and -Independent Regulation of Olfactory Bulb Interneuron Differentiation
J. E. Long, S. Garel, M. Alvarez-dolado, K. Yoshikawa, N. Osumi, A. Alvarez-buylla & J. L. R. Rubenstein
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(21 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5265-06.2007Involvement of Interferon- in Microglial-Mediated Loss of Dopaminergic Neurons
M. P. Mount, A. Lira, D. Grimes, P. D. Smith, S. Faucher, R. Slack, H. Anisman, S. Hayley & D. S. Park
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(21 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5321-06.2007Inverted-U dopamine D1 receptor actions on prefrontal neurons engaged in working memory
Susheel Vijayraghavan, Min Wang, Shari G Birnbaum, Graham V Williams & Amy F T Arnsten
Nature Neuroscience 10 376 - 384
(4 February 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1846cAMP oscillations and retinal activity are permissive for ephrin signaling during the establishment of the retinotopic map
Xavier Nicol, Sylvie Voyatzis, Aude Muzerelle, Nicolas Narboux-nême, Thomas C Südhof, Richard Miles & Patricia Gaspar
Nature Neuroscience 10 340 - 347
(28 January 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1842Glutamate exocytosis from astrocytes controls synaptic strength
Pascal Jourdain, Linda H Bergersen, Khaleel Bhaukaurally, Paola Bezzi, Mirko Santello, Maria Domercq, Carlos Matute, Fiorella Tonello, Vidar Gundersen & Andrea Volterra
Nature Neuroscience 10 331 - 339
(18 February 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1849Preproenkephalin Knockout Mice Show No Depression-Related Phenotype
Andras Bilkei-gorzo, Kerstin Michel, Florence Noble, Bernard P Roques & Andreas Zimmer
Neuropsychopharmacology
(21 March 2007); doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1301370Presenilin diversifies its portfolio
A Parks & D Curtis
Trends in Genetics 23
(1 March 2007); doi:10.1016/j.tig.2007.01.008Retrograde modulation of presynaptic release probability through signaling mediated by PSD-95–neuroligin
Kensuke Futai, Myung Jong Kim, Tsutomu Hashikawa, Peter Scheiffele, Morgan Sheng & Yasunori Hayashi
Nature Neuroscience 10 186 - 195
(21 January 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1837Interaction between chromatin proteins MECP2 and ATRX is disrupted by mutations that cause inherited mental retardation
X. Nan, J. Hou, A. Maclean, J. Nasir, M. J. Lafuente, X. Shu, S. Kriaucionis & A. Bird
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(20 February 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0608056104Combinatorial signaling in the specification of primary pigment cells in the Drosophila eye
R. Nagaraj & U. Banerjee
Development 134
(24 January 2007); doi:10.1242/dev.02788FMRP Mediates mGluR5-Dependent Translation of Amyloid Precursor Protein
Cara J. Westmark & James S. Malter
PLoS Biology 5
(1 January 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050052Protein–RNA Interaction Links Fragile X Syndrome and Alzheimer Disease
Richard Robinson
PLoS Biology 5
(1 January 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050084Drosophila spichthyin inhibits BMP signaling and regulates synaptic growth and axonal microtubules
Xinnan Wang, W Robert Shaw, Hilda T H Tsang, Evan Reid & Cahir J O'kane
Nature Neuroscience 10 177 - 185
(14 January 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1841Presynaptic Ca2+ buffers control the strength of a fast post-tetanic hyperpolarization mediated by the
3 Na+/K+-ATPaseJun Hee Kim, Igor Sizov, Maxim Dobretsov & Henrique Von gersdorff
Nature Neuroscience 10 196 - 205
(14 January 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1839Apolipoprotein E-Containing Lipoproteins Protect Neurons from Apoptosis via a Signaling Pathway Involving Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1
H. Hayashi, R. B. Campenot, D. E. Vance & J. E. Vance
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(21 February 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5471-06.2007Deletion of Nf1 in Neurons Induces Increased Axon Collateral Branching after Dorsal Root Injury
M. I. Romero, L. Lin, M. E. Lush, L. Lei, L. F. Parada & Y. Zhu
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(21 February 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4363-06.2007Reelin Regulates Neuronal Progenitor Migration in Intact and Epileptic Hippocampus
C. Gong, T.-W. Wang, H. S. Huang & J. M. Parent
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(21 February 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3111-06.2007Parkin Mediates Neuroprotection through Activation of I B Kinase/Nuclear Factor- B Signaling
I. H. Henn, L. Bouman, J. S. Schlehe, A. Schlierf, J. E. Schramm, E. Wegener, K. Nakaso, C. Culmsee, B. Berninger, D. Krappmann, J. Tatzelt & K. F. Winklhofer
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(21 February 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5537-06.2007Night eating and obesity in the EP3R-deficient mouse
M. Sanchez-alavez, I. Klein, S. E. Brownell, I. V. Tabarean, C. N. Davis, B. Conti & T. Bartfai
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(20 February 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0611209104Yoko Shiraishi-yamaguchi & Teiichi Furuichi
Genome Biology 8
(1 January 2007); doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-2-206White Matter Plasticity and Enhanced Remyelination in the Maternal CNS
C. Gregg, V. Shikar, P. Larsen, G. Mak, A. Chojnacki, V. W. Yong & S. Weiss
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(21 February 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4441-06.2007Moonlight shifts the endogenous clock of Drosophila melanogaster
W. Bachleitner, L. Kempinger, C. Wulbeck, D. Rieger & C. Helfrich-forster
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(27 February 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0606870104Alternative splicing controls G protein–dependent inhibition of N-type calcium channels in nociceptors
Jesica Raingo, Andrew J Castiglioni & Diane Lipscombe
Nature Neuroscience 10 285 - 292
(11 February 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1848Transgenic Mouse Lines Subdivide Medial Vestibular Nucleus Neurons into Discrete, Neurochemically Distinct Populations
M. W. Bagnall, R. J. Stevens & S. Du lac
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(28 February 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4322-06.2007Mutations in SPG11, encoding spatacsin, are a major cause of spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum
Giovanni Stevanin, Filippo M Santorelli, Hamid Azzedine, Paula Coutinho, Jacques Chomilier, Paola S Denora, Elodie Martin, Anne-Marie Ouvrard-hernandez, Alessandra Tessa, Naïma Bouslam, Alexander Lossos, Perrine Charles, José L Loureiro, Nizar Elleuch, Christian Confavreux, Vítor T Cruz, Merle Ruberg, Eric Leguern, Djamel Grid, Meriem Tazir, Bertrand Fontaine, Alessandro Filla, Enrico Bertini, Alexandra Durr & Alexis Brice
Nature Genetics 39 366 - 372
(18 February 2007); doi:10.1038/ng1980An intronic element contributes to splicing repression in spinal muscular atrophy
T. Kashima, N. Rao & J. L. Manley
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(27 February 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0700343104From the Cover: Antipsychotic drug-induced weight gain mediated by histamine H1 receptor-linked activation of hypothalamic AMP-kinase
S. F. Kim, A. S. Huang, A. M. Snowman, C. Teuscher & S. H. Snyder
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(27 February 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0611417104Dysfunction of GABAA receptor glycolysis-dependent modulation in human partial epilepsy
J. J. Laschet, I. Kurcewicz, F. Minier, S. Trottier, J. Khallou-laschet, J. Louvel, S. Gigout, B. Turak, A. Biraben, J.-M. Scarabin, B. Devaux, P. Chauvel & R. Pumain
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(27 February 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0606451104Functional Axonal Regeneration through Astrocytic Scar Genetically Modified to Digest Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans
W. B. J. Cafferty, S.-H. Yang, P. J. Duffy, S. Li & S. M. Strittmatter
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(28 February 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5176-06.2007Dual Role for LIM-Homeodomain Gene Lhx2 in the Formation of the Lateral Olfactory Tract
B. Saha, P. Hari, D. Huilgol & S. Tole
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(28 February 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5571-06.2007Neuropilins and Their Ligands Are Important in the Migration of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons
A. Cariboni, J. Hickok, S. Rakic, W. Andrews, R. Maggi, S. Tischkau & J. G. Parnavelas
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(28 February 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5075-06.2007Inducible and Reversible Clock Gene Expression in Brain Using the tTA System for the Study of Circadian Behavior
Hee-Kyung Hong, Jason L. Chong, Weimin Song, Eun Joo Song, Amira A. Jyawook, Andrew C. Schook, Caroline H. Ko & Joseph S. Takahashi
PLoS Genetics 3
(1 January 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030033microRNA expression in the prefrontal cortex of individuals with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
Diana O Perkins, Clark D Jeffries, L Fredrik Jarskog, J Michael Thomson, Keith Woods, Martin A Newman, Joel S Parker, Jianping Jin & Scott M Hammond
Genome Biology 8
(1 January 2007); doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-2-r27Bioinformatics: Industrializing neuroscience
Standfirst
The project for producing a genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the mouse brain shows how, with advancing technology, huge volumes of data can be collected and made accessible through the Internet.
Henry Markram
Nature 445 160 - 161
(10 January 2007); doi:10.1038/445160aNucleus Accumbens D2/3 Receptors Predict Trait Impulsivity and Cocaine Reinforcement
J. W. Dalley, T. D. Fryer, L. Brichard, E. S. J. Robinson, D. E. H. Theobald, K. Laane, Y. Pena, E. R. Murphy, Y. Shah, K. Probst, I. Abakumova, F. I. Aigbirhio, H. K. Richards, Y. Hong, J.-C. Baron, B. J. Everitt & T. W. Robbins
Science 315
(2 March 2007); doi:10.1126/science.1137073The Gene vitellogenin Has Multiple Coordinating Effects on Social Organization
C. Mindy Nelson, Kate E. Ihle, M. Kim Fondrk, Robert E. Page & Gro V. Amdam
PLoS Biology 5
(1 January 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050062Developmental Downregulation of Histone Posttranslational Modifications Regulates Visual Cortical Plasticity
E Putignano, G Lonetti, L Cancedda, G Ratto, M Costa, L Maffei & T Pizzorusso
Neuron 53
(1 March 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.02.007Monosynaptic Restriction of Transsynaptic Tracing from Single, Genetically Targeted Neurons
I Wickersham, D Lyon, R Barnard, T Mori, S Finke, K Conzelmann, J Young & E Callaway
Neuron 53
(1 March 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.01.033Human Neuroblasts Migrate to the Olfactory Bulb via a Lateral Ventricular Extension
M. A. Curtis, M. Kam, U. Nannmark, M. F. Anderson, M. Z. Axell, C. Wikkelso, S. Holtas, W. M. C. Van roon-mom, T. Bjork-eriksson, C. Nordborg, J. Frisen, M. Dragunow, R. L. M. Faull & P. S. Eriksson
Science 315
(2 March 2007); doi:10.1126/science.1136281Grb4 and GIT1 transduce ephrinB reverse signals modulating spine morphogenesis and synapse formation
Inmaculada Segura, Clara L Essmann, Stefan Weinges & Amparo Acker-palmer
Nature Neuroscience 10 301 - 310
(18 February 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1858A Role for Nogo Receptor in Macrophage Clearance from Injured Peripheral Nerve
E Fry, C Ho & S David
Neuron 53
(1 March 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.02.009LTP Inhibits LTD in the Hippocampus via Regulation of GSK3β
S Peineau, C Taghibiglou, C Bradley, T Wong, L Liu, J Lu, E Lo, D Wu, E Saule & T Bouschet
Neuron 53
(1 March 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.01.029Maintenance of motor neuron progenitors in Xenopus requires a novel localized cyclin
Jun-An Chen, Sin-Tak Chu & Enrique Amaya
EMBO reports 8 287 - 292
(1 March 2007); doi:10.1038/sj.embor.74009033-(4-Chloro-2-Morpholin-4-yl-Thiazol-5-yl)-8-(1-Ethylpropyl)-2,6-Dimethyl-Imidazo[1,2-b]Pyridazine: A Novel Brain-Penetrant, Orally Available Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor 1 Antagonist with Efficacy in Animal Models of Alcoholism
D. R. Gehlert, A. Cippitelli, A. Thorsell, A. D. Le, P. A. Hipskind, C. Hamdouchi, J. Lu, E. J. Hembre, J. Cramer, M. Song, D. Mckinzie, M. Morin, R. Ciccocioppo & M. Heilig
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(7 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4985-06.2007PDP1 Functions Downstream of the Circadian Oscillator to Mediate Behavioral Rhythms
J. Benito, H. Zheng & P. E. Hardin
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(7 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4870-06.2007Impaired Cerebellar Development and Function in Mice Lacking CAPS2, a Protein Involved in Neurotrophin Release
T. Sadakata, W. Kakegawa, A. Mizoguchi, M. Washida, R. Katoh-semba, F. Shutoh, T. Okamoto, H. Nakashima, K. Kimura, M. Tanaka, Y. Sekine, S. Itohara, M. Yuzaki, S. Nagao & T. Furuichi
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(7 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2279-06.2007Mice Deficient in Collapsin Response Mediator Protein-1 Exhibit Impaired Long-Term Potentiation and Impaired Spatial Learning and Memory
K.-Y. Su, W.-L. Chien, W.-M. Fu, I-S. Yu, H.-P. Huang, P.-H. Huang, S.-R. Lin, J.-Y. Shih, Y.-L. Lin, Y.-P. Hsueh, P.-C. Yang & S.-W. Lin
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(7 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4497-06.2007Sirtuin 2, a Mammalian Homolog of Yeast Silent Information Regulator-2 Longevity Regulator, Is an Oligodendroglial Protein That Decelerates Cell Differentiation through Deacetylating -Tubulin
W. Li, B. Zhang, J. Tang, Q. Cao, Y. Wu, C. Wu, J. Guo, E.-A. Ling & F. Liang
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(7 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4181-06.2007Inhibition of Cdk5 in the nucleus accumbens enhances the locomotor-activating and incentive-motivational effects of cocaine
J. R. Taylor, W. J. Lynch, H. Sanchez, P. Olausson, E. J. Nestler & J. A. Bibb
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(6 March 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0610288104The Prethalamus Is Established during Gastrulation and Influences Diencephalic Regionalization
Nicole Staudt & Corinne Houart
PLoS Biology 5
(1 January 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050069Rescue of neurological deficits in a mouse model for Angelman syndrome by reduction of
CaMKII inhibitory phosphorylationGeeske M Van woerden, Karen D Harris, Mohammad Reza Hojjati, Richard M Gustin, Shenfeng Qiu, Rogerio De avila freire, Yong-hui Jiang, Ype Elgersma & Edwin J Weeber
Nature Neuroscience 10 280 - 282
(28 January 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1845A Role for Hypocretin (Orexin) in Male Sexual Behavior
J. W. Muschamp, J. M. Dominguez, S. M. Sato, R.-Y. Shen & E. M. Hull
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(14 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4121-06.2007Paradoxical influence of hippocampal neurogenesis on working memory
M. D. Saxe, G. Malleret, S. Vronskaya, I. Mendez, A. D. Garcia, M. V. Sofroniew, E. R. Kandel & R. Hen
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(13 March 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0611718104Duplication of Atxn1l suppresses SCA1 neuropathology by decreasing incorporation of polyglutamine-expanded ataxin-1 into native complexes
Aaron B Bowman, Yung C Lam, Paymaan Jafar-nejad, Hung-Kai Chen, Ronald Richman, Rodney C Samaco, John D Fryer, Juliette J Kahle, Harry T Orr & Huda Y Zoghbi
Nature Genetics 39 373 - 379
(18 February 2007); doi:10.1038/ng1977Seizure Suppression by top1 Mutations in Drosophila
J. Song, J. Hu & M. Tanouye
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(14 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3944-06.2007The X-Linked Mental Retardation Gene SMCX/JARID1C Defines a Family of Histone H3 Lysine 4 Demethylases
S Iwase, F Lan, P Bayliss, L Delatorreubieta, M Huarte, H Qi, J Whetstine, A Bonni, T Roberts & Y Shi
Cell 128
(23 March 2007); doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.02.017Differential Regulation of the Serotonin Transporter Gene by Lithium Is Mediated by Transcription Factors, CCCTC Binding Protein and Y-Box Binding Protein 1, through the Polymorphic Intron 2 Variable Number Tandem Repeat
J. Roberts, A. C. Scott, M. R. Howard, G. Breen, V. J. Bubb, E. Klenova & J. P. Quinn
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(14 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0892-06.2007Robo1 and Robo2 Control the Development of the Lateral Olfactory Tract
C. Fouquet, T. Di meglio, L. Ma, T. Kawasaki, H. Long, T. Hirata, M. Tessier-lavigne, A. Chedotal & K. T. Nguyen-ba-charvet
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(14 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0172-07.2007Ghrelin Effects on the Circadian System of Mice
P. C. Yannielli, P. C. Molyneux, M. E. Harrington & D. A. Golombek
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(14 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3913-06.2007Reelin Depletion in the Entorhinal Cortex of Human Amyloid Precursor Protein Transgenic Mice and Humans with Alzheimer's Disease
J. Chin, C. M. Massaro, J. J. Palop, M. T. Thwin, G.-Q. Yu, N. Bien-ly, A. Bender & L. Mucke
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(14 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3758-06.2007Systemic inflammation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of multiple sulfatase deficiency
C. Settembre, I. Annunziata, C. Spampanato, D. Zarcone, G. Cobellis, E. Nusco, E. Zito, C. Tacchetti, M. P. Cosma & A. Ballabio
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(13 March 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0700382104GSK-3/Shaggy regulates olfactory habituation in Drosophila
F. W. Wolf, M. Eddison, S. Lee, W. Cho & U. Heberlein
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(13 March 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0700493104Network activity-independent coordinated gene expression program for synapse assembly
L. M. Valor, P. Charlesworth, L. Humphreys, C. N. G. Anderson & S. G. N. Grant
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(13 March 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0609071104Mineralocorticoid receptor overexpression in forebrain decreases anxiety-like behavior and alters the stress response in mice
A. M. Rozeboom, H. Akil & A. F. Seasholtz
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(13 March 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0606067104DNA variation and brain region-specific expression profiles exhibit different relationships between inbred mouse strains: implications for eQTL mapping studies
Iiris Hovatta, Matthew A Zapala, Ron S Broide, Eric E Schadt, Ondrej Libiger, Nicholas J Schork, David J Lockhart & Carrolee Barlow
Genome Biology 8
(1 January 2007); doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-2-r25