Neurotechniques
In every issue, we showcase exciting technique articles from top journals. Access to featured primary research articles from journals in the Nature family is free for three months.
August 2007
Stuck in the middle sans glue
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Microscopic chips integrate neural activity and behavior in live C. elegans.
Original research paper: Nature Methods (19 Aug 2007)
SILAM dunk
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A new proteomics technique identifies developmental changes in cerebellar synaptosomes.
Original research paper: Genome Research doi: 10.1101/gr.6375007 (3 August 2007)
Mobil exxons
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Exon-centric microarrays identify Ca2+-induced changes in alternative splicing.
Original research paper: Genome Biology 8, R159 (2007)
Put a cork in it
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A new gene expression system cleanly switches transgene expression on and off without leaky expression.
Original research paper: Cell 130, 363-372 (2007)
Faking it
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Artificial amino acids probe protein function.
Original research paper: Nature Neuroscience 10, 1063-1072 (2007)