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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.
May 2008
Identification of Positionally Distinct Astrocyte Subtypes whose Identities Are Specified by a Homeodomain Code
C Hochstim, B Deneen, A Lukaszewicz, Q Zhou & D Anderson
Cell 133
(2 May 2008); doi:10.1016/j.cell.2008.02.046Small interfering RNA–mediated xCT silencing in gliomas inhibits neurodegeneration and alleviates brain edema
Nicolai E Savaskan, Alexandra Heckel, Eric Hahnen, Tobias Engelhorn, Arnd Doerfler, Oliver Ganslandt, Christopher Nimsky, Michael Buchfelder & Ilker Y Eyüpoglu
Nature Medicine
(11 May 2008); doi:10.1038/nm1772Sex-Specific Control and Tuning of the Pattern Generator for Courtship Song in Drosophila
J Clyne & G Miesenböck
Cell 133
(18 April 2008); doi:10.1016/j.cell.2008.01.050Drosophila odorant receptors are both ligand-gated and cyclic-nucleotide-activated cation channels
Dieter Wicher, Ronny Schäfer, René Bauernfeind, Marcus C. Stensmyr, Regine Heller, Stefan H. Heinemann & Bill S. Hansson
Nature 452 1007 - 1011
(13 April 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06861Genetic variation in human NPY expression affects stress response and emotion
Zhifeng Zhou, Guanshan Zhu, Ahmad R. Hariri, Mary-Anne Enoch, David Scott, Rajita Sinha, Matti Virkkunen, Deborah C. Mash, Robert H. Lipsky, Xian-Zhang Hu, Colin A. Hodgkinson, Ke Xu, Beata Buzas, Qiaoping Yuan, Pei-Hong Shen, Robert E. Ferrell, Stephen B. Manuck, Sarah M. Brown, Richard L. Hauger, Christian S. Stohler, Jon-Kar Zubieta & David Goldman
Nature 452 997 - 1001
(2 April 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06858Lateral presynaptic inhibition mediates gain control in an olfactory circuit
Shawn R. Olsen & Rachel I. Wilson
Nature 452 956 - 960
(16 March 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06864Surface Mobility of Postsynaptic AMPARs Tunes Synaptic Transmission
M. Heine, L. Groc, R. Frischknecht, J.-C. Béïque, B. Lounis, G. Rumbaugh, R. L. Huganir, L. Cognet & D. Choquet
Science 320
(11 April 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1152089Segregation of Axial Motor and Sensory Pathways via Heterotypic Trans-Axonal Signaling
B. W. Gallarda, D. Bonanomi, D. Müller, A. Brown, W. A. Alaynick, S. E. Andrews, G. Lemke, S. L. Pfaff & T. Marquardt
Science 320
(11 April 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1153758Temperature Sensing by an Olfactory Neuron in a Circuit Controlling Behavior of C. elegans
A. Kuhara, M. Okumura, T. Kimata, Y. Tanizawa, R. Takano, K. D. Kimura, H. Inada, K. Matsumoto & I. Mori
Science
(10 April 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1148922The Antidepressant Fluoxetine Restores Plasticity in the Adult Visual Cortex
J. F. M. Vetencourt, A. Sale, A. Viegi, L. Baroncelli, R. De Pasquale, O. F. O'Leary, E. Castren & L. Maffei
Science 320
(18 April 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1150516A Model for Neuronal Competition During Development
C. D. Deppmann, S. Mihalas, N. Sharma, B. E. Lonze, E. Niebur & D. D. Ginty
Science 320
(18 April 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1152677NAD synthase NMNAT acts as a chaperone to protect against neurodegeneration
R. Grace Zhai, Fan Zhang, P. Robin Hiesinger, Yu Cao, Claire M. Haueter & Hugo J. Bellen
Nature 452 887 - 891
(16 March 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06721Neuropilin 1 and 2 control cranial gangliogenesis and axon guidance through neural crest cells
Q. Schwarz, J. M. Vieira, B. Howard, B. J. Eickholt & C. Ruhrberg
Development 135
(26 March 2008); doi:10.1242/dev.015412Synaptic NMDA receptor activity boosts intrinsic antioxidant defenses
Sofia Papadia, Francesc X Soriano, Frédéric Léveillé, Marc-Andre Martel, Kelly A Dakin, Henrik H Hansen, Angela Kaindl, Marco Sifringer, Jill Fowler, Vanya Stefovska, Grahame Mckenzie, Marie Craigon, Roderick Corriveau, Peter Ghazal, Karen Horsburgh, Bruce A Yankner, David J A Wyllie, Chrysanthy Ikonomidou & Giles E Hardingham
Nature Neuroscience 11 476 - 487
(23 March 2008); doi:10.1038/nn2071TrkB kinase is required for recovery, but not loss, of cortical responses following monocular deprivation
Megumi Kaneko, Jessica L Hanover, Pamela M England & Michael P Stryker
Nature Neuroscience 11 497 - 504
(2 March 2008); doi:10.1038/nn2068Setting Clock Speed in Mammals: The CK1ε tau Mutation in Mice Accelerates Circadian Pacemakers by Selectively Destabilizing PERIOD Proteins
Q Meng, L Logunova, E Maywood, M Gallego, J Lebiecki, T Brown, M Sládek, A Semikhodskii, N Glossop & H Piggins
Neuron 58
(10 April 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.019Transgenic Mice Lacking NMDAR-Dependent LTD Exhibit Deficits in Behavioral Flexibility
R Nicholls, J Alarcon, G Malleret, R Carroll, M Grody, S Vronskaya & E Kandel
Neuron 58
(10 April 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.039Regulation of Motor Neuron Specification by Phosphorylation of Neurogenin 2
Y Ma, M Song, J Park, H Henryho, L Hu, M Kurtev, J Zieg, Q Ma, S Pfaff & M Greenberg
Neuron 58
(10 April 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.037Conditional Loss of Dicer Disrupts Cellular and Tissue Morphogenesis in the Cortex and Hippocampus
T. H. Davis, T. L. Cuellar, S. M. Koch, A. J. Barker, B. D. Harfe, M. T. Mcmanus & E. M. Ullian
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(23 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4815-07.2008Semaphorin 3F Confines Ventral Tangential Migration of Lateral Olfactory Tract Neurons onto the Telencephalon Surface
K. Ito, T. Kawasaki, S. Takashima, I. Matsuda, A. Aiba & T. Hirata
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(23 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0372-08.2008Tonic Activation of CXC Chemokine Receptor 4 in Immature Granule Cells Supports Neurogenesis in the Adult Dentate Gyrus
A. Kolodziej, S. Schulz, A. Guyon, D.-F. Wu, M. Pfeiffer, V. Odemis, V. Höllt & R. Stumm
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(23 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4721-07.2008Sex-Specific Differences in Expression of Histone Demethylases Utx and Uty in Mouse Brain and Neurons
J. Xu, X. Deng, R. Watkins & C. M. Disteche
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(23 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5382-07.2008Neurturin-Mediated Ret Activation Is Required for Retinal Function
M. A. Brantley, S. Jain, E. E. Barr, E. M. Johnson & J. Milbrandt
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(16 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0249-08.2008Dynamics of the Microglial/Amyloid Interaction Indicate a Role in Plaque Maintenance
T. Bolmont, F. Haiss, D. Eicke, R. Radde, C. A. Mathis, W. E. Klunk, S. Kohsaka, M. Jucker & M. E. Calhoun
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(16 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4814-07.2008Silencing the Kir4.1 Potassium Channel Subunit in Satellite Glial Cells of the Rat Trigeminal Ganglion Results in Pain-Like Behavior in the Absence of Nerve Injury
J.-P. Vit, P. T. Ohara, A. Bhargava, K. Kelley & L. Jasmin
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(16 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5053-07.2008Mitochondrial Dysfunction in SOD1G93A-Bearing Astrocytes Promotes Motor Neuron Degeneration: Prevention by Mitochondrial-Targeted Antioxidants
P. Cassina, A. Cassina, M. Pehar, R. Castellanos, M. Gandelman, A. Dé Léon, K. M. Robinson, R. P. Mason, J. S. Beckman, L. Barbeito & R. Radi
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(16 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5308-07.2008α-Synuclein Alters Notch-1 Expression and Neurogenesis in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells and in the Hippocampus of Transgenic Mice
L. Crews, H. Mizuno, P. Desplats, E. Rockenstein, A. Adame, C. Patrick, B. Winner, J. Winkler & E. Masliah
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(16 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0066-08.2008A Novel Embryonic Nestin-Expressing Radial Glia-Like Progenitor Gives Rise to Zonally Restricted Olfactory and Vomeronasal Neurons
B. Murdoch & A. J. Roskams
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(16 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5566-07.2008Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Is a Key Mediator of Central Sensitization in Painful Inflammatory Conditions
S. Pezet, F. Marchand, R. D'Mello, J. Grist, A. K. Clark, M. Malcangio, A. H. Dickenson, R. J. Williams & S. B. McMahon
Journal of Neuroscience 28
(16 April 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5392-07.2008Rare Structural Variants Disrupt Multiple Genes in Neurodevelopmental Pathways in Schizophrenia
T. Walsh, J. M. McClellan, S. E. McCarthy, A. M. Addington, S. B. Pierce, G. M. Cooper, A. S. Nord, M. Kusenda, D. Malhotra, A. Bhandari, S. M. Stray, C. F. Rippey, P. Roccanova, V. Makarov, B. Lakshmi, R. L. Findling, L. Sikich, T. Stromberg, B. Merriman, N. Gogtay, P. Butler, K. Eckstrand, L. Noory, P. Gochman, R. Long, Z. Chen, S. Davis, C. Baker, E. E. Eichler, P. S. Meltzer, S. F. Nelson, A. B. Singleton, M. K. Lee, J. L. Rapoport, M.-C. King & J. Sebat
Science
(27 March 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1155174