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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.
June 2007
A Genomic Pathway Approach to a Complex Disease: Axon Guidance and Parkinson Disease
Timothy G. Lesnick, Spiridon Papapetropoulos, Deborah C. Mash, Jarlath Ffrench-mullen, Lina Shehadeh, Mariza De andrade, John R. Henley, Walter A. Rocca, J. Eric Ahlskog & Demetrius M. Maraganore
PLoS Genetics 3
(11 August 0008); doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030098Activity-Dependent Validation of Excitatory versus Inhibitory Synapses by Neuroligin-1 versus Neuroligin-2
A Chubykin, D Atasoy, M Etherton, N Brose, E Kavalali, J Gibson & T Sudhof
Neuron 54
(21 June 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.05.029Neural mechanisms of aggression
Randy J. Nelson & Brian C. Trainor
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8 536 - 546
doi:10.1038/nrn2174Attenuation of neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease pathology by liver x receptors
N. Zelcer, N. Khanlou, R. Clare, Q. Jiang, E. G. Reed-geaghan, G. E. Landreth, H. V. Vinters & P. Tontonoz
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(19 June 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0701096104Dendritic BC200 RNA in aging and in Alzheimer's disease
E. Mus, P. R. Hof & H. Tiedge
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(19 June 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0701532104Control of hypothalamic orexin neurons by acid and CO2
R. H. Williams, L. T. Jensen, A. Verkhratsky, L. Fugger & D. Burdakov
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(19 June 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0702676104Variations in Promoter Activity Reveal a Differential Expression and Physiology of Glutamate Transporters by Glia in the Developing and Mature CNS
M. R. Regan, Y. H. Huang, Y. S. Kim, M. I. Dykes-hoberg, L. Jin, A. M. Watkins, D. E. Bergles & J. D. Rothstein
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(20 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0790-07.2007Dual Branch-Promoting and Branch-Repelling Actions of Slit/Robo Signaling on Peripheral and Central Branches of Developing Sensory Axons
L. Ma & M. Tessier-lavigne
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(20 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1479-07.2007Distinct Functional Domains of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Regulate Immediate versus Long-Term Memory Formation
I. S. Ho, F. Hannan, H.-F. Guo, I. Hakker & Y. Zhong
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(20 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0933-07.2007Targeting Group III Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Produces Complex Behavioral Effects in Rodent Models of Parkinson's Disease
S. Lopez, N. Turle-lorenzo, F. Acher, E. De leonibus, A. Mele & M. Amalric
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(20 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0299-07.2007Absence of Adenylyl Cyclase 3 Perturbs Peripheral Olfactory Projections in Mice
D.-J. Zou, A. T. Chesler, C. E. Le pichon, A. Kuznetsov, X. Pei, E. L. Hwang & S. Firestein
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(20 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0699-07.2007Dlx Transcription Factors Promote Migration through Repression of Axon and Dendrite Growth
I Cobos, U Borello & J Rubenstein
Neuron 54
(21 June 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.05.024Association of DISC1 with autism and Asperger syndrome
H Kilpinen, T Ylisaukko-oja, W Hennah, O M Palo, T Varilo, R Vanhala, T Nieminen-von wendt, L Von wendt, T Paunio & L Peltonen
Molecular Psychiatry
(19 June 2007); doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002031A Critical Period for Enhanced Synaptic Plasticity in Newly Generated Neurons of the Adult Brain
S Ge, C Yang, K Hsu, G Ming & H Song
Neuron 54
(24 May 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.05.002Targeting Sensory Axon Regeneration in Adult Spinal Cord
X.-Q. Tang, P. Heron, C. Mashburn & G. M. Smith
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(30 May 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1442-07.2007Gene expression variation in 'Down syndrome' mice allows to prioritize candidate genes
Marc Sultan, Ilaria Piccini, Daniela Balzereit, Ralf Herwig, Nidhi G Saran, Hans Lehrach, Roger H Reeves & Marie-Laure Yaspo
Genome Biology 8
(11 August 0008); doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-5-r91The histone H3K4 demethylase SMCX links REST target genes to X-linked mental retardation
Mamta Tahiliani, Pinchao Mei, Rui Fang, Thiago Leonor, Michael Rutenberg, Fumiko Shimizu, Jing Li, Anjana Rao & Yujiang Shi
Nature 447 601 - 605
(29 April 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05823The Neuregulin-1 Receptor ErbB4 Controls Glutamatergic Synapse Maturation and Plasticity
B Li, R Woo, L Mei & R Malinow
Neuron 54
(24 May 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.03.028Neuregulin-1 Enhances Depolarization-Induced GABA Release
R Woo, X Li, Y Tao, E Carpenterhyland, Y Huang, J Weber, H Neiswender, X Dong, J Wu & M Gassmann
Neuron 54
(24 May 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.04.009Zfp423/OAZ Participates in a Developmental Switch during Olfactory Neurogenesis
L Cheng & R Reed
Neuron 54
(24 May 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.04.029Synaptotagmin-1, -2, and -9: Ca2+ Sensors for Fast Release that Specify Distinct Presynaptic Properties in Subsets of Neurons
J Xu, T Mashimo & T Sudhof
Neuron 54
(24 May 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.05.004Selective Stimulation of Astrocyte Calcium In Situ Does Not Affect Neuronal Excitatory Synaptic Activity
T Fiacco, C Agulhon, S Taves, J Petravicz, K Casper, X Dong, J Chen & K Mccarthy
Neuron 54
(24 May 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.04.032Increased Threshold for Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity Is Caused by Unreliable Calcium Signaling in Mice Lacking Fragile X Gene Fmr1
R Meredith, C Holmgren, M Weidum, N Burnashev & H Mansvelder
Neuron 54
(24 May 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.04.028Mice Lacking Central Serotonergic Neurons Show Enhanced Inflammatory Pain and an Impaired Analgesic Response to Antidepressant Drugs
Z.-Q. Zhao, S. Chiechio, Y.-G. Sun, K.-H. Zhang, C.-S. Zhao, M. Scott, R. L. Johnson, E. S. Deneris, K. J. Renner, R. W. Gereau & Z.-F. Chen
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(30 May 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1623-07.2007Glial-Cytokine-Neuronal Interactions Underlying the Mechanisms of Persistent Pain
W. Guo, H. Wang, M. Watanabe, K. Shimizu, S. Zou, S. C. Lagraize, F. Wei, R. Dubner & K. Ren
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(30 May 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0176-07.2007Nav1.1 Localizes to Axons of Parvalbumin-Positive Inhibitory Interneurons: A Circuit Basis for Epileptic Seizures in Mice Carrying an Scn1a Gene Mutation
I. Ogiwara, H. Miyamoto, N. Morita, N. Atapour, E. Mazaki, I. Inoue, T. Takeuchi, S. Itohara, Y. Yanagawa, K. Obata, T. Furuichi, T. K. Hensch & K. Yamakawa
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(30 May 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5270-06.2007Epigenetic Modulation of Seizure-Induced Neurogenesis and Cognitive Decline
S. Jessberger, K. Nakashima, G. D. Clemenson, E. Mejia, E. Mathews, K. Ure, S. Ogawa, C. M. Sinton, F. H. Gage & J. Hsieh
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(30 May 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0110-07.2007Cell Cycle Regulator E2F4 Is Essential for the Development of the Ventral Telencephalon
V. A. Ruzhynsky, K. A. Mcclellan, J. L. Vanderluit, Y. Jeong, M. Furimsky, D. S. Park, D. J. Epstein, V. A. Wallace & R. S. Slack
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(30 May 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1538-07.2007PER-TIM Interactions with the Photoreceptor Cryptochrome Mediate Circadian Temperature Responses in Drosophila
Rachna Kaushik, Pipat Nawathean, Ania Busza, Alejandro Murad, Patrick Emery & Michael Rosbash
PLoS Biology 5
(11 August 0008); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050146Two neurons mediate diet-restriction-induced longevity in C. elegans
Nicholas A. Bishop & Leonard Guarente
Nature 447 545 - 549
doi:10.1038/nature05904A Crucial Role for p57Kip2 in the Intracellular Timer that Controls Oligodendrocyte Differentiation
J. C. Dugas, A. Ibrahim & B. A. Barres
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(6 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0628-07.2007Hydrogen acts as a therapeutic antioxidant by selectively reducing cytotoxic oxygen radicals
Ikuroh Ohsawa, Masahiro Ishikawa, Kumiko Takahashi, Megumi Watanabe, Kiyomi Nishimaki, Kumi Yamagata, Ken-ichiro Katsura, Yasuo Katayama, Sadamitsu Asoh & Shigeo Ohta
Nature Medicine 13 688 - 694
(7 May 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1577Circadian Mutant Overtime Reveals F-box Protein FBXL3 Regulation of Cryptochrome and Period Gene Expression
S Siepka, S Yoo, J Park, W Song, V Kumar, Y Hu, C Lee & J Takahashi
Cell 129
(1 June 2007); doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.04.030Transcription factor Sp4 regulates dendritic patterning during cerebellar maturation
B. Ramos, B. Gaudilliere, A. Bonni & G. Gill
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(5 June 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0701946104Photoperiod reverses the effects of estrogens on male aggression via genomic and nongenomic pathways
B. C. Trainor, S. Lin, M. S. Finy*, M. R. Rowland & R. J. Nelson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(5 June 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0701819104GPR37 associates with the dopamine transporter to modulate dopamine uptake and behavioral responses to dopaminergic drugs
D. Marazziti, S. Mandillo, C. Di pietro, E. Golini, R. Matteoni & G. P. Tocchini-valentini
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(5 June 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0703368104Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium
Nature 447 661 - 678
doi:10.1038/nature05911Restoration of cone vision in a mouse model of achromatopsia
John J Alexander, Yumiko Umino, Drew Everhart, Bo Chang, Seok H Min, Qiuhong Li, Adrian M Timmers, Norman L Hawes, Ji-jing Pang, Robert B Barlow & William W Hauswirth
Nature Medicine 13 685 - 687
(21 May 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1596Protein Kinase CK2 Impairs Spatial Memory Formation through Differential Cross Talk with PI-3 Kinase Signaling: Activation of Akt and Inactivation of SGK1
C. C. Chao, Y. L. Ma & E. H. Y. Lee
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(6 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1531-07.2007Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Enhance Memory and Synaptic Plasticity via CREB: CBP-Dependent Transcriptional Activation
C. G. Vecsey, J. D. Hawk, K. M. Lattal, J. M. Stein, S. A. Fabian, M. A. Attner, S. M. Cabrera, C. B. Mcdonough, P. K. Brindle, T. Abel & M. A. Wood
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(6 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0296-07.2007Neuron-Specific Inactivation of the Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Increases Brain Injury in a Mouse Model of Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia
O. Baranova, L. F. Miranda, P. Pichiule, I. Dragatsis, R. S. Johnson & J. C. Chavez
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(6 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0449-07.2007Plexin-B2, But Not Plexin-B1, Critically Modulates Neuronal Migration and Patterning of the Developing Nervous System In Vivo
S. Deng, A. Hirschberg, T. Worzfeld, J. Y. Penachioni, A. Korostylev, J. M. Swiercz, P. Vodrazka, O. Mauti, E. T. Stoeckli, L. Tamagnone, S. Offermanns & R. Kuner
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(6 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5381-06.2007A Role for Transcriptional Repressor Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2 and Plasticity-Related Gene Serum- and Glucocorticoid-Inducible Kinase 1 in the Induction of Inflammatory Pain States
S. M. Geranton, C. Morenilla-palao & S. P. Hunt
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(6 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1306-07.2007Nuclear Factor I Coordinates Multiple Phases of Cerebellar Granule Cell Development via Regulation of Cell Adhesion Molecules
W. Wang, D. Mullikin-kilpatrick, J. E. Crandall, R. M. Gronostajski, E. D. Litwack & D. L. Kilpatrick
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(6 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0180-07.2007Sensory neuron sodium channel Nav1.8 is essential for pain at low temperatures
Katharina Zimmermann, Andreas Leffler, Alexandru Babes, Cruz Miguel Cendan, Richard W. Carr, Jin-ichi Kobayashi, Carla Nau, John N. Wood & Peter W. Reeh
Nature 447 856 - 859
doi:10.1038/nature05880Heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide suppress the pathogenesis of experimental cerebral malaria
Ana Pamplona, Ana Ferreira, József Balla, Viktória Jeney, György Balla, Sabrina Epiphanio, Ângelo Chora, Cristina D Rodrigues, Isabel Pombo Gregoire, Margarida Cunha-rodrigues, Silvia Portugal, Miguel P Soares & Maria M Mota
Nature Medicine 13 703 - 710
(13 May 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1586HDAC6 rescues neurodegeneration and provides an essential link between autophagy and the UPS
Udai Bhan Pandey, Zhiping Nie, Yakup Batlevi, Brett A. Mccray, Gillian P. Ritson, Natalia B. Nedelsky, Stephanie L. Schwartz, Nicholas A. Diprospero, Melanie A. Knight, Oren Schuldiner, Ranjani Padmanabhan, Marc Hild, Deborah L. Berry, Dan Garza, Charlotte C. Hubbert, Tso-Pang Yao, Eric H. Baehrecke & J. Paul Taylor
Nature 447 860 - 864
doi:10.1038/nature05853Inhibition of spinal microglial cathepsin S for the reversal of neuropathic pain
A. K. Clark, P. K. Yip, J. Grist, C. Gentry, A. A. Staniland, F. Marchand, M. Dehvari, G. Wotherspoon, J. Winter, J. Ullah, S. Bevan & M. Malcangio
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
(19 June 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0610811104The integrins
Yoshikazu Takada, Xiaojing Ye & Scott Simon
Genome Biology 8
(11 August 0008); doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-5-215Depletion of GGA3 Stabilizes BACE and Enhances β-Secretase Activity
G Tesco, Y Koh, E Kang, A Cameron, S Das, M Senaesteves, M Hiltunen, S Yang, Z Zhong & Y Shen
Neuron 54
(7 June 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.05.012A Hierarchical NGF Signaling Cascade Controls Ret-Dependent and Ret-Independent Events during Development of Nonpeptidergic DRG Neurons
W Luo, S Wickramasinghe, J Savitt, J Griffin, T Dawson & D Ginty
Neuron 54
(7 June 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.04.027Regulation of Dendritogenesis via a Lipid-Raft-Associated Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase CLICK-III/CaMKIγ
S Takemotokimura, N Agetaishihara, M Nonaka, A Adachimorishima, T Mano, M Okamura, H Fujii, T Fuse, M Hoshino & S Suzuki
Neuron 54
(7 June 2007); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.05.021Leukoencephalopathy upon Disruption of the Chloride Channel ClC-2
J. Blanz, M. Schweizer, M. Auberson, H. Maier, A. Muenscher, C. A. Hubner & T. J. Jentsch
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(13 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0338-07.2007Inhibiting Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Improves Structural, Locomotor, Sensory, and Bladder Recovery from Experimental Spinal Cord Injury
M. Erschbamer, K. Pernold & L. Olson
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(13 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1037-07.2007Differential Role of N-Type Calcium Channel Splice Isoforms in Pain
C. Altier, C. S. Dale, A. E. Kisilevsky, K. Chapman, A. J. Castiglioni, E. A. Matthews, R. M. Evans, A. H. Dickenson, D. Lipscombe, N. Vergnolle & G. W. Zamponi
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(13 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0307-07.2007Characterization of an Enhancer Region of the Galanin Gene That Directs Expression to the Dorsal Root Ganglion and Confers Responsiveness to Axotomy
A. Bacon, N. C. H. Kerr, F. E. Holmes, K. Gaston & D. Wynick
Journal of Neuroscience 27
(13 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1596-07.2007Cxcl12/Cxcr4 chemokine signaling is required for placode assembly and sensory axon pathfinding in the zebrafish olfactory system
N. Miyasaka, H. Knaut & Y. Yoshihara
Development 134
(23 May 2007); doi:10.1242/dev.001958Physiological Notch signaling promotes gliogenesis in the developing peripheral and central nervous systems
M. K. Taylor, K. Yeager & S. J. Morrison
Development 134
(23 May 2007); doi:10.1242/dev.005520RIM1 confers sustained activity and neurotransmitter vesicle anchoring to presynaptic Ca2+ channels
Shigeki Kiyonaka, Minoru Wakamori, Takafumi Miki, Yoshitsugu Uriu, Mio Nonaka, Haruhiko Bito, Aaron M Beedle, Emiko Mori, Yuji Hara, Michel De waard, Motoi Kanagawa, Makoto Itakura, Masami Takahashi, Kevin P Campbell & Yasuo Mori
Nature Neuroscience 10 691 - 701
(13 May 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1904