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The Research Library categorizes and alerts you to recent neuroscience- and genomics-related research in journals from the Nature family and from other publishers. Primary research and review articles are included, as are News and Views.
April 2008
Spiking and nonspiking classes of oligodendrocyte precursor glia in CNS white matter
Ragnhildur Káradóttir, Nicola B Hamilton, Yamina Bakiri & David Attwell
Nature Neuroscience 11 450 - 456
(2 March 2008); doi:10.1038/nn2060The Statistical Neuroanatomy of Frontal Networks in the Macaque
Bruno B. Averbeck, Moonsang Seo & Karl J. Friston
PLoS Computational Biology 4
(4 April 2008); doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000050Opposing effects of polyglutamine expansion on native protein complexes contribute to SCA1
Janghoo Lim, Juan Crespo-Barreto, Paymaan Jafar-Nejad, Aaron B. Bowman, Ronald Richman, David E. Hill, Harry T. Orr & Huda Y. Zoghbi
Nature 452 713 - 718
(12 March 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06731Rapid Encoding and Perception of Novel Odors in the Rat
Daniel W. Wesson, Ryan M. Carey, Justus V. Verhagen, Matt Wachowiak & Howard B. Eichenbaum
PLoS Biology 6
(8 April 2008); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060082Episodic-Like Memory in Rats: Is It Based on When or How Long Ago?
W. A. Roberts, M. C. Feeney, K. MacPherson, M. Petter, N. McMillan & E. Musolino
Science 320
(4 April 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1152709BIG-2 Mediates Olfactory Axon Convergence to Target Glomeruli
T Kanekogoto, S Yoshihara, H Miyazaki & Y Yoshihara
Neuron 57
(27 March 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.023Role of IGF Signaling in Olfactory Sensory Map Formation and Axon Guidance
J Scolnick, K Cui, C Duggan, S Xuan, X Yuan, A Efstratiadis & J Ngai
Neuron 57
(27 March 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.027Endocannabinoids Mediate Neuron-Astrocyte Communication
M Navarrete & A Araque
Neuron 57
(27 March 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.029mGluR1/5-Dependent Long-Term Depression Requires the Regulated Ectodomain Cleavage of Neuronal Pentraxin NPR by TACE
R Cho, J Park, S Wolff, D Xu, C Hopf, J Kim, R Reddy, R Petralia, M Perin & D Linden
Neuron 57
(27 March 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.010Compartment-specific transcription factors orchestrate angiogenesis gradients in the embryonic brain
Anju Vasudevan, Jason E Long, James E Crandall, John L R Rubenstein & Pradeep G Bhide
Nature Neuroscience 11 429 - 439
(16 March 2008); doi:10.1038/nn2074Fast Three-Dimensional Fluorescence Imaging of Activity in Neural Populations by Objective-Coupled Planar Illumination Microscopy
T Holekamp et al.
Neuron 57
(13 March 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.011A recurrent 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome associated with mental retardation and seizures
Andrew J Sharp, Heather C Mefford, Kelly Li, Carl Baker, Cindy Skinner, Roger E Stevenson, Richard J Schroer, Francesca Novara, Manuela De gregori, Roberto Ciccone, Adam Broomer, Iris Casuga, Yu Wang, Chunlin Xiao, Catalin Barbacioru, Giorgio Gimelli, Bernardo Dalla Bernardina, Claudia Torniero, Roberto Giorda, Regina Regan, Victoria Murday, Sahar Mansour, Marco Fichera, Lucia Castiglia, Pinella Failla, Mario Ventura, Zhaoshi Jiang, Gregory M Cooper, Samantha J L Knight, Corrado Romano, Orsetta Zuffardi, Caifu Chen, Charles E Schwartz & Evan E Eichler
Nature Genetics 40 322 - 328
(17 February 2008); doi:10.1038/ng.93Insect Odorant Receptors Are Molecular Targets of the Insect Repellent DEET
M. Ditzen, M. Pellegrino & L. B. Vosshall
Science 319
(28 March 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1153121Aversive Learning Enhances Perceptual and Cortical Discrimination of Indiscriminable Odor Cues
W. Li, J. D. Howard, T. B. Parrish & J. A. Gottfried
Science 319
(28 March 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1152837Rule Learning by Rats
R. A. Murphy, E. Mondragón & V. A. Murphy
Science 319
(28 March 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1151564Ivy Cells: A Population of Nitric-Oxide-Producing, Slow-Spiking GABAergic Neurons and Their Involvement in Hippocampal Network Activity
P Fuentealba, R Begum, M Capogna, S Jinno, L Márton, J Csicsvari, A Thomson, P Somogyi & T Klausberger
Neuron 57
(27 March 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.034Acute corticosterone treatment is sufficient to induce anxiety and amygdaloid dendritic hypertrophy
R. Mitra & R. M. Sapolsky
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105
(8 April 2008); doi:10.1073/pnas.0705615105Serotonin is necessary for place memory in Drosophila
D. Sitaraman, M. Zars, H. LaFerriere, Y.-C. Chen, A. Sable-Smith, T. Kitamoto, G. E. Rottinghaus & T. Zars
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105
(8 April 2008); doi:10.1073/pnas.0710168105Alteration of BACE1-dependent NRG1/ErbB4 signaling and schizophrenia-like phenotypes in BACE1-null mice
A. V. Savonenko, T. Melnikova, F. M. Laird, K.-A. Stewart, D. L. Price & P. C. Wong
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105
(8 April 2008); doi:10.1073/pnas.0710373105CASY-1, an ortholog of calsyntenins/alcadeins, is essential for learning in Caenorhabditis elegans
D. D. Ikeda, Y. Duan, M. Matsuki, H. Kunitomo, H. Hutter, E. M. Hedgecock & Y. Iino
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105
(1 April 2008); doi:10.1073/pnas.0711894105Impaired Adult Neurogenesis Associated with Short-Term Memory Defects in NF-κB p50-Deficient Mice
S. Denis-Donini, A. Dellarole, P. Crociara, M. T. Francese, V. Bortolotto, G. Quadrato, P. L. Canonico, M. Orsetti, P. Ghi, M. Memo, S. A. Bonini, G. Ferrari-Toninelli & M. Grilli
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(9 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0148-08.2008Differential Mechanisms of CRF1 and CRF2 Receptor Functions in the Amygdala in Pain-Related Synaptic Facilitation and Behavior
Y. Fu & V. Neugebauer
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(9 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0227-08.2008Absence and Rescue of Morphine Withdrawal in GIRK/Kir3 Knock-out Mice
H. G. Cruz, F. Berton, M. Sollini, C. Blanchet, M. Pravetoni, K. Wickman & C. Luscher
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(9 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0267-08.2008Absence of Functional Peroxisomes from Mouse CNS Causes Dysmyelination and Axon Degeneration
L. Hulshagen, O. Krysko, A. Bottelbergs, S. Huyghe, R. Klein, P. P. Van Veldhoven, P. P. De Deyn, R. D'Hooge, D. Hartmann & M. Baes
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(9 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4968-07.2008Alterations in Ca2+-Buffering in Prion-Null Mice: Association with Reduced Afterhyperpolarizations in CA1 Hippocampal Neurons
A. D. Powell, E. C. Toescu, J. Collinge & J. G. R. Jefferys
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(9 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0675-08.2008Somatostatin Receptor Subtype 4 Couples to the M-Current to Regulate Seizures
C. Qiu, T. Zeyda, B. Johnson, U. Hochgeschwender, L. de Lecea & M. K. Tallent
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(2 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4679-07.2008Glycinergic and GABAA-Mediated Inhibition of Somatic Motoneurons Does Not Mediate Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Motor Atonia
P. L. Brooks & J. H. Peever
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(2 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5023-07.2008Food Reward in the Absence of Taste Receptor Signaling
I de Araujo, A Oliveiramaia, T Sotnikova, R Gainetdinov, M Caron, M Nicolelis & S Simon
Neuron 57
(27 March 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.032Video-Rate Far-Field Optical Nanoscopy Dissects Synaptic Vesicle Movement
V. Westphal, S. O. Rizzoli, M. A. Lauterbach, D. Kamin, R. Jahn & S. W. Hell
Science 320
(11 April 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1154228Brain Chromatin Remodeling: A Novel Mechanism of Alcoholism
S. C. Pandey, R. Ugale, H. Zhang, L. Tang & A. Prakash
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(2 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5731-07.2008Downregulation of the CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor and Related Molecular Elements of the Endocannabinoid System in Epileptic Human Hippocampus
A. Ludányi, L. Erőss, S. Czirják, J. Vajda, P. Halász, M. Watanabe, M. Palkovits, Z. Maglóczky, T. F. Freund & I. Katona
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(19 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4465-07.2008TRPV1 Channels Mediate Long-Term Depression at Synapses on Hippocampal Interneurons
H Gibson et al.
Neuron 57
(13 March 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.12.027Alzheimer's disease is associated with reduced expression of energy metabolism genes in posterior cingulate neurons
W. S. Liang, E. M. Reiman, J. Valla, T. Dunckley, T. G. Beach, A. Grover, T. L. Niedzielko, L. E. Schneider, D. Mastroeni, R. Caselli, W. Kukull, J. C. Morris, C. M. Hulette, D. Schmechel, J. Rogers & D. A. Stephan
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105
(18 March 2008); doi:10.1073/pnas.0709259105Synaptic Theory of Working Memory
G. Mongillo, O. Barak & M. Tsodyks
Science 319
(14 March 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1150769Orexin Signaling Mediates the Antidepressant-Like Effect of Calorie Restriction
M. Lutter, V. Krishnan, S. J. Russo, S. Jung, C. A. McClung & E. J. Nestler
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(19 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5584-07.2008Hypocretin-1 Potentiates NMDA Receptor-Mediated Somatodendritic Secretion from Locus Ceruleus Neurons
X.-W. Chen, Y. Mu, H.-P. Huang, N. Guo, B. Zhang, S.-Y. Fan, J.-X. Xiong, S.-R. Wang, W. Xiong, W. Huang, T. Liu, L.-H. Zheng, C. X. Zhang, L.-H. Li, Z.-P. Yu, Z.-A. Hu & Z. Zhou
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(19 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4426-07.2008Postmortem Brain Tissue of Depressed Suicides Reveals Increased Gsα Localization in Lipid Raft Domains Where It Is Less Likely to Activate Adenylyl Cyclase
R. J. Donati, Y. Dwivedi, R. C. Roberts, R. R. Conley, G. N. Pandey & M. M. Rasenick
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(19 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5713-07.2008Genetic control of neuronal activity in mice conditionally expressing TRPV1
Benjamin R Arenkiel, Marguerita E Klein, Ian G Davison, Lawrence C Katz & Michael D Ehlers
Nature Methods
(9 March 2008); doi:10.1038/nmeth.1190Photochemical control of endogenous ion channels and cellular excitability
Doris L Fortin, Matthew R Banghart, Timothy W Dunn, Katharine Borges, Daniel A Wagenaar, Quentin Gaudry, Movses H Karakossian, Thomas S Otis, William B Kristan, Dirk Trauner & Richard H Kramer
Nature Methods
(2 March 2008); doi:10.1038/nmeth.1187Light deprivation damages monoamine neurons and produces a depressive behavioral phenotype in rats
M. M. C. Gonzalez & G. Aston-Jones
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105
(25 March 2008); doi:10.1073/pnas.0703615105Compartmentalized dendritic plasticity and input feature storage in neurons
Attila Losonczy, Judit K. Makara & Jeffrey C. Magee
Nature 452 436 - 441
doi:10.1038/nature06725Circadian Remodeling of Neuronal Circuits Involved in Rhythmic Behavior
María Paz Fernández, Jimena Berni & María Fernanda Ceriani
PLoS Biology 6
(25 March 2008); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060069Social Context–Induced Song Variation Affects Female Behavior and Gene Expression
Sarah C. Woolley & Allison J. Doupe
PLoS Biology 6
(18 March 2008); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060062Postmitotic Specification of Drosophila Insulinergic Neurons from Pioneer Neurons
Irene Miguel-Aliaga, Stefan Thor & Alex P. Gould
PLoS Biology 6
(11 March 2008); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060058A Putative Cation Channel, NCA-1, and a Novel Protein, UNC-80, Transmit Neuronal Activity in C. elegans
Edward Yeh, Sharon Ng, Mi Zhang, Magali Bouhours, Ying Wang, Min Wang, Wesley Hung, Kyota Aoyagi, Katya Melnik-martinez, Michelle Li, Fang Liu, William R. Schafer & Mei Zhen
PLoS Biology 6
(11 March 2008); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060055Transcriptional Regulation of β-Secretase by p25/cdk5 Leads to Enhanced Amyloidogenic Processing
Y Wen et al.
Neuron 57
(13 March 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.02.024Rapid Activity-Dependent Modifications in Synaptic Structure and Function Require Bidirectional Wnt Signaling
B Ataman et al.
Neuron 57
(13 March 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.026C. elegans Model Identifies Genetic Modifiers of α-Synuclein Inclusion Formation During Aging
Tjakko J. Van Ham, Karen L. Thijssen, Rainer Breitling, Robert M. W. Hofstra, Ronald H. A. Plasterk, Ellen A. A. Nollen & Stuart K. Kim
PLoS Genetics 4
(21 March 2008); doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000027SIRT1 Inhibition Alleviates Gene Silencing in Fragile X Mental Retardation Syndrome
Rea Biacsi, Daman Kumari, Karen Usdin & Harry Orr
PLoS Genetics 4
(14 March 2008); doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000017Drosophila fragile X mental retardation protein developmentally regulates activity-dependent axon pruning
C. R. Tessier & K. Broadie
Development 135
(15 April 2008); doi:10.1242/dev.015867NKX2.1 specifies cortical interneuron fate by activating Lhx6
T. Du, Q. Xu, P. J. Ocbina & S. A. Anderson
Development 135
(15 April 2008); doi:10.1242/dev.015123The Crucial Role of Chromogranins in Storage and Exocytosis Revealed Using Chromaffin Cells from Chromogranin A Null Mouse
M. S. Montesinos, J. D. Machado, M. Camacho, J. Diaz, Y. G. Morales, D. Alvarez de la Rosa, E. Carmona, A. Castañeyra, O. H. Viveros, D. T. O'connor, S. K. Mahata & R. Borges
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(26 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5292-07.2008A Critical Role of the Adenosine A2A Receptor in Extrastriatal Neurons in Modulating Psychomotor Activity as Revealed by Opposite Phenotypes of Striatum and Forebrain A2A Receptor Knock-Outs
H.-Y. Shen, J. E. Coelho, N. Ohtsuka, P. M. Canas, Y.-J. Day, Q.-Y. Huang, N. Rebola, L. Yu, D. Boison, R. A. Cunha, J. Linden, J. Z. Tsien & J.-F. Chen
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(19 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5255-07.2008Rapid Consolidation to a radish and Protein Synthesis-Dependent Long-Term Memory after Single-Session Appetitive Olfactory Conditioning in Drosophila
M. J. Krashes & S. Waddell
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(19 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5333-07.2008Enhanced Tau Phosphorylation in the Hippocampus of Mice Treated with 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy")
C. L. Busceti, F. Biagioni, B. Riozzi, G. Battaglia, M. Storto, C. Cinque, G. Molinaro, R. Gradini, A. Caricasole, A. M. Canudas, V. Bruno, F. Nicoletti & F. Fornai
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(19 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0159-08.2008A Comprehensive Negative Regulatory Program Controlled by Brn3b to Ensure Ganglion Cell Specification from Multipotential Retinal Precursors
F. Qiu, H. Jiang & M. Xiang
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(26 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0043-08.2008Loss of Astrocytic Domain Organization in the Epileptic Brain
N. A. Oberheim, G.-F. Tian, X. Han, W. Peng, T. Takano, B. Ransom & M. Nedergaard
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(26 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4980-07.2008Expanded-Polyglutamine Huntingtin Protein Suppresses the Secretion and Production of a Chemokine (CCL5/RANTES) by Astrocytes
S.-Y. Chou, J.-Y. Weng, H.-L. Lai, F. Liao, S. H. Sun, P.-H. Tu, D. W. Dickson & Y. Chern
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(26 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0116-08.2008A Molecular Platform in Neurons Regulates Inflammation after Spinal Cord Injury
J. P. De Rivero Vaccari, G. Lotocki, A. E. Marcillo, W. D. Dietrich & R. W. Keane
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(26 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0157-08.2008Redefining the serotonergic system by genetic lineage
Patricia Jensen, Anna F Farago, Rajeshwar B Awatramani, Michael M Scott, Evan S Deneris & Susan M Dymecki
Nature Neuroscience 11 417 - 419
(16 March 2008); doi:10.1038/nn2050ALS-causing SOD1 mutants generate vascular changes prior to motor neuron degeneration
Zhihui Zhong, Rashid Deane, Zarina Ali, Margaret Parisi, Yuriy Shapovalov, M Kerry O'banion, Konstantin Stojanovic, Abhay Sagare, Severine Boillee, Don W Cleveland & Berislav V Zlokovic
Nature Neuroscience 11 420 - 422
(16 March 2008); doi:10.1038/nn2073Neurokinin 1 Receptor Antagonism as a Possible Therapy for Alcoholism
D. T. George, J. Gilman, J. Hersh, A. Thorsell, D. Herion, C. Geyer, X. Peng, W. Kielbasa, R. Rawlings, J. E. Brandt, D. R. Gehlert, J. T. Tauscher, S. P. Hunt, D. Hommer & M. Heilig
Science 319
(14 March 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1153813