Featured articles
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May 2007
With friends like these...
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Using a proteomics approach, researchers identify 234 proteins that bind to the protein associated with Huntington's disease and may modify disease progression.
Original research paper: PLoS Genetics 3, e82 (2007)
Lost and found
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Epigenetic modifications recover lost memories in a mouse model of neurodegeneration.
Original research paper: Nature 447, 178-182 (2007)
May I have your attention?
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Receptors involved in attention strengthen working memory by closing ion channels in dendritic spines.
Original research paper: Cell 129, 397-410 (2007)
Breaking fate's seal
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Excess neurogenesis at the cost of gliogenesis may cause cognitive dysfunction in Noonan syndrome.
Original research paper: Neuron 54, 245-262 (2007)
Winner takes recall
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Neurons that contain the most CREB have a competitive advantage over neighboring neurons in memory formation.
Original research paper: Science 316, 457-460 (2007)