April 2008

• Olfactory processing: Lighting up the path to romance

  Standfirst

  Differences in an olfactory circuit mediate sex-specific responses to a pheromone important in sexual behavior.

  Leonie Welberg
  Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9 248-249
  doi:10.1038/nrn2359

• Transport: Keeping motors running smoothly

  Standfirst

  The microtubule-associated protein tau modulates axonal transport.

  Craig Nicholson
  Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9 249
  doi:10.1038/nrn2360

• Development: Upsetting neurogenesis

  Standfirst

  The chloride gradient is important in neurogenesis in the developing brain.

  Veronique Kiermer
  Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9 250-251
  doi:10.1038/nrn2358

• Learning and memory: Cease or persist?

  Standfirst

  Brain-derived neurotrophic factor induces long-term memory persistence.

  Craig Nicholson
  Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9 248-249
  doi:10.1038/nrn2354

• ChIP-chip put to the test

  Standfirst

  A multi-laboratory comparative analysis of chromatin immunoprecipitation on array (ChIP-chip) provides an objective opportunity to compare tiling array platforms, amplification procedures and analytical algorithms.

  Veronique Kiermer
  Nature Methods 5 288
  doi:10.1038/nmeth0408-288

• Human disease: Rare disease mapped from just three cases

  Standfirst

  Researchers identify a gene involved in a rare form of epilepsy.

  Louisa Flintoft
  Nature Reviews Genetics 9 252
  doi:10.1038/nrg2351

• Learning and memory: Restoring balance in diabetes

  Standfirst

  The stress hormone cortisol may mediate cognitive impairment caused by diabetes.

  Katherine Whalley
  Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9 252 - 253
  doi:10.1038/nrn2355

• Psychiatric disorders: Double GPCR trouble

  Standfirst

  Serotonin and metabotropic glutamate receptors form a complex that may be involved in schizophrenia.

  Charlotte Harrison
  Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9 252 - 253
  doi:10.1038/nrn2362