October 2007

• Circadian rhythms: A father's influence

  Standfirst

  Mice lacking the paternal copy of Mage-like 2 show deficits in feeding, breeding and circadian-controlled activity.

  Katherine Whalley
  Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8 813 - 814
  doi:10.1038/nrn2262

• Neurodegenerative diseases: The LINGO of remyelination

  Standfirst

  Antibodies against a myelination inhibitor reduce the severity of an animal model of multiple sclerosis.

  Claudia Wiedemann
  Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8 816 - 817
  doi:10.1038/nrn2269

• Human genetics: Mapping with expression

  Standfirst

  Three new studies map markers associated with gene expression levels in humans.

  Alan Packer
  Nature Reviews Genetics 8 734
  doi:10.1038/nrg2214

• Cancer: On the move

  Standfirst

  Neurotrophin receptor p75 is involved in glioma cell invasion of healthy tissue.

  Claudia Wiedemann
  Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8 738
  doi:10.1038/nrn2245

• Cytokine hormones: Designed to linger

  Standfirst

  Growth hormone fused to its receptor is a long-acting agonist.

  Monica Hoyos Flight
  Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6 783
  doi:10.1038/nrd2430

• Development: Bricks for different houses

  Standfirst

  Dendritic Golgi structures are important in arborization.

  Claudia Wiedemann
  Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8 737
  doi:10.1038/nrn2247

• Standardizing proteomics

  Standfirst

  The Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) Proteomics Standards Initiative (PSI) unveils its guidelines for standardizing the reporting of proteomics data.

  Allison Doerr
  Nature Methods 4 774
  doi:10.1038/nmeth1007-774

• Neurodegenerative disease: Death receptor takes centre stage

  Standfirst

  Deletion of tumor necrosis factor type 1 receptor reduces neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

  Katherine Whalley
  Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8 740 - 741
  doi:10.1038/nrn2242