November 2007

• Distinct Mammalian Precursors Are Committed to Generate Neurons with Defined Dendritic Projection Patterns

  Wolfgang Kelsch, Colleen P. Mosley, Chia-Wei Lin & Carlos Lois
  PLoS Biology 5
  (15 November 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050300

  Abstract

• Fabp7 Maps to a Quantitative Trait Locus for a Schizophrenia Endophenotype

  Akiko Watanabe, Tomoko Toyota, Yuji Owada, Takeshi Hayashi, Yoshimi Iwayama, Miho Matsumata, Yuichi Ishitsuka, Akihiro Nakaya, Motoko Maekawa, Tetsuo Ohnishi, Ryoichi Arai, Katsuyasu Sakurai, Kazuo Yamada, Hisatake Kondo, Kenji Hashimoto, Noriko Osumi & Takeo Yoshikawa
  PLoS Biology 5
  (15 November 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050297

  Abstract

• Roles for the pro-neurotrophin receptor sortilin in neuronal development, aging and brain injury

  Pernille Jansen, Klaus Giehl, Jens R Nyengaard, Kenneth Teng, Oleg Lioubinski, Susanne S Sjoegaard, Tilman Breiderhoff, Michael Gotthardt, Fuyu Lin, Andreas Eilers, Claus M Petersen, Gary R Lewin, Barbara L Hempstead, Thomas E Willnow & Anders Nykjaer
  Nature Neuroscience 10 1449 - 1457
  (14 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nn2000

  Abstract

• Increased Expression of Golli Myelin Basic Proteins Enhances Calcium Influx into Oligodendroglial Cells

  P. M. Paez, V. Spreuer, V. Handley, J.-M. Feng, C. Campagnoni & A. T. Campagnoni
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (14 November 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2381-07.2007

  Abstract

• Age-dependent requirement of AKAP150-anchored PKA and GluR2-lacking AMPA receptors in LTP

  Yuan Lu, Margaret Allen, Amy R Halt, Michael Weisenhaus, Robert F Dallapiazza, Duane D Hall, Yuriy M Usachev, G Stanley McKnight & Johannes W Hell
  The EMBO Journal
  (1 November 2007); doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601884

  Abstract

• Interleukin-6 Upregulates Neuronal Adenosine A₁ Receptors: Implications for Neuromodulation and Neuroprotection

  Knut Biber, A Pinto-Duarte, M C Wittendorp, A M Dolga, C C Fernandes, J Von Frijtag Drabbe Künzel, J N Keijser, R de Vries, A P Ijzerman, J A Ribeiro, U Eisel, A M Sebastião & H W G M Boddeke
  Neuropsychopharmacology
  (7 November 2007); doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1301612

  Abstract

• Synaptic differentiation is defective in mice lacking acetylcholine receptor β-subunit tyrosine phosphorylation

  M. B. Friese, C. S. Blagden & S. J. Burden
  Development 134
  (24 October 2007); doi:10.1242/dev.010702

  Abstract

• Melatonin Suppresses Nighttime Memory Formation in Zebrafish

  O. Rawashdeh, N. H. de Borsetti, G. Roman & G. M. Cahill
  Science 318
  (16 November 2007); doi:10.1126/science.1148564

  Abstract

• Gustatory Expression Pattern of the Human TAS2R Bitter Receptor Gene Family Reveals a Heterogenous Population of Bitter Responsive Taste Receptor Cells

  M. Behrens, S. Foerster, F. Staehler, J.-D. Raguse & W. Meyerhof
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (14 November 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1168-07.2007

  Abstract

• The Nuclear Kinase Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1 Regulates Hippocampal Chromatin Remodeling in Memory Formation

  W. B. Chwang, J. S. Arthur, A. Schumacher & J. D. Sweatt
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (14 November 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2522-07.2007

  Abstract

• Innate versus learned odour processing in the mouse olfactory bulb

  Ko Kobayakawa, Reiko Kobayakawa, Hideyuki Matsumoto, Yuichiro Oka, Takeshi Imai, Masahito Ikawa, Masaru Okabe, Toshio Ikeda, Shigeyoshi Itohara, Takefumi Kikusui, Kensaku Mori & Hitoshi Sakano
  Nature 450 503 - 508
  (7 November 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06281

  Abstract

• Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Identifies Neural Progenitor Cells in the Live Human Brain

  L. N. Manganas, X. Zhang, Y. Li, R. D. Hazel, S. D. Smith, M. E. Wagshul, F. Henn, H. Benveniste, P. M. Djuric, G. Enikolopov & M. Maletic-Savatic
  Science 318
  (9 November 2007); doi:10.1126/science.1147851

  Abstract

• Mechanism suppressing glycogen synthesis in neurons and its demise in progressive myoclonus epilepsy

  David Vilchez, Susana Ros, Daniel Cifuentes, Lluís Pujadas, Jordi Vallès, Belén García-fojeda, Olga Criado-garcía, Elena Fernández-Sánchez, Iria Medraño-Fernández, Jorge Domínguez, Mar García-Rocha, Eduardo Soriano, Santiago Rodríguez de Córdoba & Joan J Guinovart
  Nature Neuroscience 10 1407 - 1413
  (21 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1998

  Abstract

• Phenotypic and transcriptional response to selection for alcohol sensitivity in Drosophila melanogaster

  Tatiana V Morozova, Robert RH Anholt & Trudy FC Mackay
  Genome Biology 8
  (31 October 2007); doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-10-r231

  Abstract

• Gene expression atlas of the mouse central nervous system: impact and interactions of age, energy intake and gender

  Xiangru Xu, Ming Zhan, Wenzhen Duan, Vinayakumar Prabhu, Randall Brenneman, William Wood, Jeff Firman, Huai Li, Peisu Zhang, Carol Ibe, Alan B Zonderman, Dan L Longo, Suresh Poosala, Kevin G Becker & Mark P Mattson
  Genome Biology 8
  (7 November 2007); doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-11-r234

  Abstract

• Drosophila hygrosensation requires the TRP channels water witch and nanchung

  Lei Liu, Yuhong Li, Runping Wang, Chong Yin, Qian Dong, Huey Hing, Changsoo Kim & Michael J. Welsh
  Nature 450 294 - 298
  doi:10.1038/nature06223

  Abstract

• Control of planar divisions by the G-protein regulator LGN maintains progenitors in the chick neuroepithelium

  Xavier Morin, Florence Jaouen & Pascale Durbec
  Nature Neuroscience 10 1440 - 1448
  (14 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1984

  Abstract

• Adult spinal cord progenitor cells are repelled by netrin-1 in the embryonic and injured adult spinal cord

  A. Petit, D. L. Sellers, D. J. Liebl, M. Tessier-Lavigne, T. E. Kennedy & P. J. Horner
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (31 October 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0703240104

  Abstract

• Genome-wide analyses of human perisylvian cerebral cortical patterning

  B. S. Abrahams, D. Tentler, J. V. Perederiy, M. C. Oldham, G. Coppola & D. H. Geschwind
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (31 October 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0706128104

  Abstract

• Imaging Drosophila gene activation and polymerase pausing in vivo

  John T. Lis
  Nature 450 198 - 202
  doi:10.1038/nature06324

  Abstract

• BM88/CEND1 coordinates cell cycle exit and differentiation of neuronal precursors

  P. K. Politis, G. Makri, D. Thomaidou, M. Geissen, H. Rohrer & R. Matsas
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (30 October 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0610973104

  Abstract

• The Neuropeptide VGF Produces Antidepressant-Like Behavioral Effects and Enhances Proliferation in the Hippocampus

  S. Thakker-Varia, J. J. Krol, J. Nettleton, P. M. Bilimoria, D. A. Bangasser, T. J. Shors, I. B. Black & J. Alder
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (7 November 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1898-07.2007

  Abstract

• The Transcriptome and Metabolic Gene Signature of Protoplasmic Astrocytes in the Adult Murine Cortex

  D. Lovatt, U. Sonnewald, H. S. Waagepetersen, A. Schousboe, W. He, J. H.-C. Lin, X. Han, T. Takano, S. Wang, F. J. Sim, S. A. Goldman & M. Nedergaard
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (7 November 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3404-07.2007

  Abstract

• Somatostatin Peptides Produce Multiple Effects on Gating Properties of Native Cone Photoreceptor cGMP-Gated Channels That Depend on Circadian Phase and Previous Illumination

  S.-K. Chen, G. Y.-P. Ko & S. E. Dryer
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (7 November 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3541-07.2007

  Abstract

• Expression of CCR2 in Both Resident and Bone Marrow-Derived Microglia Plays a Critical Role in Neuropathic Pain

  J. Zhang, X. Q. Shi, S. Echeverry, J. S. Mogil, Y. De Koninck & S. Rivest
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (7 November 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3016-07.2007

  Abstract

• An essential role for a CD36-related receptor in pheromone detection in Drosophila

  Richard Benton, Kirsten S. Vannice & Leslie B. Vosshall
  Nature 450 289 - 293
  (17 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06328

  Abstract

• Dissecting a circuit for olfactory behaviour in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Sreekanth H. Chalasani, Nikos Chronis, Makoto Tsunozaki, Jesse M. Gray, Daniel Ramot, Miriam B. Goodman & Cornelia I. Bargmann
  Nature 450 63 - 70
  (1 November 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06292

  Abstract

• Systematic Gene Expression Mapping Clusters Nuclear Receptors According to Their Function in the Brain

  F Gofflot, N Chartoire, L Vasseur, S Heikkinen, D Dembele, J Le Merrer & J Auwerx
  Cell 131
  (19 October 2007); doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.09.012

  Abstract

• Axonal wiring of guanylate cyclase-D-expressing olfactory neurons is dependent on neuropilin 2 and semaphorin 3F

  A. Walz, P. Feinstein, M. Khan & P. Mombaerts
  Development 134
  (17 October 2007); doi:10.1242/dev.008722

  Abstract

• Selective cortical interneuron and GABA deficits in cyclin D2-null mice

  S. B. Glickstein, H. Moore, B. Slowinska, J. Racchumi, M. Suh, N. Chuhma & M. E. Ross
  Development 134
  (17 October 2007); doi:10.1242/dev.008524

  Abstract

• Neurological defects in trichothiodystrophy reveal a coactivator function of TFIIH

  Emmanuel Compe, Monica Malerba, Luc Soler, Jacques Marescaux, Emiliana Borrelli & Jean-Marc Egly
  Nature Neuroscience 10 1414 - 1422
  (21 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1990

  Abstract

• Antagonistic roles of Wnt5 and the Drl receptor in patterning the Drosophila antennal lobe

  Ying Yao, Yuping Wu, Chong Yin, Rie Ozawa, Toshiro Aigaki, Rene R Wouda, Jasprina N Noordermeer, Lee G Fradkin & Huey Hing
  Nature Neuroscience 10 1423 - 1432
  (14 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1993

  Abstract

• Neurobiology of Escalated Aggression and Violence

  K. A. Miczek, R. M. M. de Almeida, E. A. Kravitz, E. F. Rissman, S. F. de Boer & A. Raine
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (31 October 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3500-07.2007

  Abstract

• Transcriptional Regulation of Cortical Interneuron Development

  S. J. B. Butt, I. Cobos, J. Golden, N. Kessaris, V. Pachnis & S. Anderson
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (31 October 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3525-07.2007

  Abstract

• Noncoding RNAs in the Brain

  J. S. Satterlee, S. Barbee, P. Jin, A. Krichevsky, S. Salama, G. Schratt & D.-Y. Wu
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (31 October 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3624-07.2007

  Abstract

• Analysis of the Trajectory of Drosophila melanogaster in a Circular Open Field Arena

  Dan Valente, Ilan Golani, Partha P. Mitra & Enrico Scalas
  PLoS ONE 2
  (24 October 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001083

  Abstract

• The FGF14^F145S Mutation Disrupts the Interaction of FGF14 with Voltage-Gated Na⁺ Channels and Impairs Neuronal Excitability

  F. Laezza, B. R. Gerber, J.-Y. Lou, M. A. Kozel, H. Hartman, A. Marie Craig, D. M. Ornitz & J. M. Nerbonne
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (31 October 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2282-07.2007

  Abstract

• Loss of Vac14, a regulator of the signaling lipid phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate, results in neurodegeneration in mice

  Y. Zhang, S. N. Zolov, C. Y. Chow, S. G. Slutsky, S. C. Richardson, R. C. Piper, B. Yang, J. J. Nau, R. J. Westrick, S. J. Morrison, M. H. Meisler & L. S. Weisman
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (30 October 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0702275104

  Abstract

• Transcriptional repression coordinates the temporal switch from motor to serotonergic neurogenesis

  John Jacob, Anna L Ferri, Christopher Milton, Fabrice Prin, Patrick Pla, Wei Lin, Anthony Gavalas, Siew-Lan Ang & James Briscoe
  Nature Neuroscience 10 1433 - 1439
  (7 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1985

  Abstract

• Transgenic strategies for combinatorial expression of fluorescent proteins in the nervous system

  Jean Livet, Tamily A. Weissman, Hyuno Kang, Ryan W. Draft, Ju Lu, Robyn A. Bennis, Joshua R. Sanes & Jeff W. Lichtman
  Nature 450 56 - 62
  doi:10.1038/nature06293

  Abstract

• Inactivation of the Interoceptive Insula Disrupts Drug Craving and Malaise Induced by Lithium

  M. Contreras, F. Ceric & F. Torrealba
  Science 318
  (26 October 2007); doi:10.1126/science.1145590

  Abstract

• Classification and prediction of clinical Alzheimer's diagnosis based on plasma signaling proteins

  Sandip Ray, Markus Britschgi, Charles Herbert, Yoshiko Takeda-uchimura, Adam Boxer, Kaj Blennow, Leah F Friedman, Douglas R Galasko, Marek Jutel, Anna Karydas, Jeffrey A Kaye, Jerzy Leszek, Bruce L Miller, Lennart Minthon, Joseph F Quinn, Gil D Rabinovici, William H Robinson, Marwan N Sabbagh, Yuen T So, D Larry Sparks, Massimo Tabaton, Jared Tinklenberg, Jerome A Yesavage, Robert Tibshirani & Tony Wyss-coray
  Nature Medicine 13 1359 - 1362
  (14 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1653

  Abstract

• Expression Profiling of Huntington's Disease Models Suggests That Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Depletion Plays a Major Role in Striatal Degeneration

  A. D. Strand, Z. C. Baquet, A. K. Aragaki, P. Holmans, L. Yang, C. Cleren, M. F. Beal, L. Jones, C. Kooperberg, J. M. Olson & K. R. Jones
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (24 October 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2461-07.2007

  Abstract

• Sex chromosome complement regulates habit formation

  Jennifer J Quinn, Paul K Hitchcott, Elizabeth A Umeda, Arthur P Arnold & Jane R Taylor
  Nature Neuroscience 10 1398 - 1400
  (21 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1994

  Abstract

• Genetic control of instrumental conditioning by striatopallidal neuron–specific S1P receptor Gpr6

  Mary Kay Lobo, Yijun Cui, Sean B Ostlund, Bernard W Balleine & X William yang
  Nature Neuroscience 10 1395 - 1397
  (14 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1987

  Abstract

• LKB1 Regulates Neuronal Migration and Neuronal Differentiation in the Developing Neocortex through Centrosomal Positioning

  N. Asada, K. Sanada & Y. Fukada
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (24 October 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1938-07.2007

  Abstract

• Patterning the Dorsal Telencephalon: A Role for Sonic Hedgehog?

  B. G. Rash & E. A. Grove
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (24 October 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3204-07.2007

  Abstract

• Inhibition of 5-HT neuron activity and induction of depressive-like behavior by high-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus

  Y. Temel, L. J. Boothman, A. Blokland, P. J. Magill, H. W. M. Steinbusch, V. Visser-vandewalle & T. Sharp
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (23 October 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0704144104

  Abstract

• Regulation of NaV1.2 Channels by Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, TrkB, and Associated Fyn Kinase

  M. Ahn, D. Beacham, R. E. Westenbroek, T. Scheuer & W. A. Catterall
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (24 October 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5005-06.2007

  Abstract

• Role of Extracellular Sialic Acid in Regulation of Neuronal and Network Excitability in the Rat Hippocampus

  D. Isaev, E. Isaeva, T. Shatskih, Q. Zhao, N. C. Smits, N. W. Shworak, R. Khazipov & G. L. Holmes
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (24 October 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2033-07.2007

  Abstract

• Molecular Adaptations Underlying Susceptibility and Resistance to Social Defeat in Brain Reward Regions

  V Krishnan, M Han, D Graham, O Berton, W Renthal, S Russo, Q Laplant, A Graham, M Lutter & D Lagace
  Cell 131
  (19 October 2007); doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.09.018

  Abstract

• Regulatory Pathway Analysis by High-Throughput In Situ Hybridization

  Axel Visel, James Carson, Judit Oldekamp, Marei Warnecke, Vladimira Jakubcakova, Xunlei Zhou, Chad A. Shaw, Gonzalo Alvarez-bolado & Gregor Eichele
  PLoS Genetics 3
  (1 January 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030178

  Abstract

• Multiple Gq-Coupled Receptors Converge on a Common Protein Synthesis-Dependent Long-Term Depression That Is Affected in Fragile X Syndrome Mental Retardation

  L. J. Volk, B. E. Pfeiffer, J. R. Gibson & K. M. Huber
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (24 October 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2266-07.2007

  Abstract