Featured articles
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September 2007
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To sleep, perchance to dream
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In Drosophila, epidermal growth factor receptor signaling regulates sleep without affecting circadian rhythms.
Original research paper: Nature Neuroscience 10, 1160-1167 (2007)
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Alone in a crowd
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Mice with a mutation associated with autism show deficits in social behaviors and increased inhibitory neurotransmission, consistent with the suggestion that autism can result from excessive inhibition.
Original research paper: Science
doi: 10.1126/science.1146221 (06 Sep 2007) -
Second shift
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In the amygdala, the same neurons that are active during learning are also active during memory retrieval.
Original research paper: Science 317, 1230-1233 (2007)
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Debride and groom
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Mice lacking a postsynaptic density protein compulsively groom themselves past the point of injury and may offer a model of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Original research paper: Nature 448, 894-900 (2007)
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