Mouse

• Blocking TGF-β-Smad2/3 innate immune signaling mitigates Alzheimer-like pathology

  T. Town, Y.Laouar, C. Pittenger, T. Mori, C. A. Szekely, J. Tan, R. S. Duman & R. A. Flavell1
  Nature Medicine 14, 681-687
  (30 May 2008); doi:10.1038/nm1781

  Abstract

• 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.2008.02.046

  Abstract

• α-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.0066-08.2008

  Abstract

• Conditional 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.4815-07.2008

  Abstract

• Setting 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.2008.01.019

  Abstract

• Transgenic 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.2008.01.039

  Abstract

• The 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.1000050

  Abstract

• Ivy 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 Marton, J Csicsvari, A Thomson, P Somogyi & T Klausberger
  Neuron 57
  (27 March 2008); doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.034

  Abstract

• Food 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.2008.01.032

  Abstract

• Genetic 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.1190

  Abstract

• Timing Neurogenesis and Differentiation: Insights from Quantitative Clonal Analyses of Cerebellar Granule Cells

  J. S. Espinosa & L. Luo
  Journal of Neuroscience 28
  (5 March 2008); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5157-07.2008

  Abstract

• Smaller Dendritic Spines, Weaker Synaptic Transmission, but Enhanced Spatial Learning in Mice Lacking Shank1

  A. Y. Hung, K. Futai, C. Sala, J. G. Valtschanoff, J. Ryu, M. A. Woodworth, F. L. Kidd, C. C. Sung, T. Miyakawa, M. F. Bear, R. J. Weinberg & M. Sheng
  Journal of Neuroscience 28
  (13 February 2008); doi:10.1523/jneurosci.3032-07.2008

  Abstract

• Alleviation of A-induced cognitive impairment by ultrasound-mediated gene transfer of HGF in a mouse model

  D Takeuchi, N Sato, M Shimamura, H Kurinami, S Takeda, M Shinohara, S Suzuki, M Kojima, T Ogihara & R Morishita
  Gene Therapy
  (21 February 2008); doi:10.1038/sj.gt.3303094

  Abstract

• Spine-Type-Specific Recruitment of Newly Synthesized AMPA Receptors with Learning

  N. Matsuo, L. Reijmers & M. Mayford
  Science 319
  (22 February 2008); doi:10.1126/science.1149967

  Abstract

• Rapid appearance and local toxicity of amyloid- plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

  Melanie Meyer-Luehmann, Tara L. Spires-Jones, Claudia Prada, Monica Garcia-Alloza, Alix de Calignon, Anete Rozkalne, Jessica Koenigsknecht-Talboo, David M. Holtzman, Brian J. Bacskai & Bradley T. Hyman
  Nature 451 720 - 724
  doi:10.1038/nature06616

  Abstract

• Sparse optical microstimulation in barrel cortex drives learned behaviour in freely moving mice

  Daniel Huber, Leopoldo Petreanu, Nima Ghitani, Sachin Ranade, Tomá Hromádka, Zach Mainen & Karel Svoboda
  Nature 451 61 - 64
  doi:10.1038/nature06445

  Abstract