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July 2007
Worry warts
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Relatively innocuous situations induce anxiety in mice lacking a serotonin receptor.
Original research paper: Nature Neuroscience 10, 896-902 (2007)
What do you want to be when you grow up?
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Adult neural stem cells are not homogenous and are programmed by intrinsic factors to become specific types of brain cell.
Original research paper: Science 317, 381-384 (2007)
A facelift for neurons
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Switching from adult to juvenile pacemaking reduces neuron death in a Parkinson's disease model.
Original research paper: Nature 447, 1081-1086 (2007)
Lose-win situation
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Mice lacking a kinase that phosphorylates neuronal proteins learn faster.
Original research paper: Nature Neuroscience 10, 880-886 (2007)