This Week in the Journal

This Week in The Journal
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Rie Saba, Norio Nakatsuji, and Tetsuichiro Saito

Mammalian BarH1 Confers Commissural Neuron Identity on Dorsal Cells in the Spinal Cord
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 1987-1991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]  

Robert A. Marr, Edward Rockenstein, Atish Mukherjee, Mark S. Kindy, Louis B. Hersh, Fred H. Gage, Inder M. Verma, and Eliezer Masliah

Neprilysin Gene Transfer Reduces Human Amyloid Pathology in Transgenic Mice
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 1992-1996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elías Manjarrez, Gerardo Rojas-Piloni, Ignacio Méndez, and Amira Flores

Stochastic Resonance within the Somatosensory System: Effects of Noise on Evoked Field Potentials Elicited by Tactile Stimuli
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 1997-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dorly Verdier, James P. Lund, and Arlette Kolta

GABAergic Control of Action Potential Propagation along Axonal Branches of Mammalian Sensory Neurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2002-2007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mayada Akil, Bhaskar S. Kolachana, Debora A. Rothmond, Thomas M. Hyde, Daniel R. Weinberger, and Joel E. Kleinman

Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Genotype and Dopamine Regulation in the Human Brain
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2008-2013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monica A. Perez, Edelle C. Field-Fote, and Mary Kay Floeter

Patterned Sensory Stimulation Induces Plasticity in Reciprocal Ia Inhibition in Humans
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2014-2018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joël Chavas and Alain Marty

Coexistence of Excitatory and Inhibitory GABA Synapses in the Cerebellar Interneuron Network
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2019-2031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffry S. Isaacson and Harald Vitten

GABA_B Receptors Inhibit Dendrodendritic Transmission in the Rat Olfactory Bulb
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2032-2039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory C. Mathews and Jeffrey S. Diamond

Neuronal Glutamate Uptake Contributes to GABA Synthesis and Inhibitory Synaptic Strength
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2040-2048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kuo-peing Liu, Andrew F. Russo, Shu-chi Hsiung, Mella Adlersberg, Thomas F. Franke, Michael D. Gershon, and Hadassah Tamir

Calcium Receptor-Induced Serotonin Secretion by Parafollicular Cells: Role of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-Dependent Signal Transduction Pathways
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2049-2057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheng-Chang Lien and Peter Jonas

Kv3 Potassium Conductance is Necessary and Kinetically Optimized for High-Frequency Action Potential Generation in Hippocampal Interneurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2058-2068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hang Yao, David F. Donnelly, Chao Ma, and Robert H. LaMotte

Upregulation of the Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Current after Chronic Compression of the Dorsal Root Ganglion
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2069-2074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kyung-Ah Kim and Mark von Zastrow

Neurotrophin-Regulated Sorting of Opioid Receptors in the Biosynthetic Pathway of Neurosecretory Cells
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2075-2085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William E. Klunk, Yanming Wang, Guo-feng Huang, Manik L. Debnath, Daniel P. Holt, Li Shao, Ronald L. Hamilton, Milos D. Ikonomovic, Steven T. DeKosky, and Chester A. Mathis

The Binding of 2-(4'-Methylaminophenyl)Benzothiazole to Postmortem Brain Homogenates Is Dominated by the Amyloid Component
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2086-2092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carolina Mendoza, Patricio Olguín, Gabriela Lafferte, Ulrich Thomas, Susanne Ebitsch, Eckart D. Gundelfinger, Manuel Kukuljan, and Jimena Sierralta

Novel Isoforms of Dlg Are Fundamental for Neuronal Development in Drosophila
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2093-2101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah J. Bailey, Mark A. Stocksley, Alexandra Buckel, Carol Young, and Clarke R. Slater

Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels and AnkyrinG Occupy a Different Postsynaptic Domain from Acetylcholine Receptors from an Early Stage of Neuromuscular Junction Maturation in Rats
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2102-2111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Agata Calderone, Teresa Jover, Kyung-min Noh, Hidenobu Tanaka, Hidenori Yokota, Ying Lin, Sonja Y. Grooms, Roodland Regis, Michael V. L. Bennett, and R. Suzanne Zukin

Ischemic Insults Derepress the Gene Silencer REST in Neurons Destined to Die
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2112-2121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tija C. Jacob and Joshua M . Kaplan

The EGL-21 Carboxypeptidase E Facilitates Acetylcholine Release at Caenorhabditis elegans Neuromuscular Junctions
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2122-2130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minh Dang Nguyen, Mathieu Boudreau, Jasna Kriz, Sébastien Couillard-Després, David R. Kaplan, and Jean-Pierre Julien

Cell Cycle Regulators in the Neuronal Death Pathway of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Caused by Mutant Superoxide Dismutase 1
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2131-2140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dominik Oliver, Marlies Knipper, Christian Derst, and Bernd Fakler

Resting Potential and Submembrane Calcium Concentration of Inner Hair Cells in the Isolated Mouse Cochlea Are Set by KCNQ-Type Potassium Channels
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2141-2149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deanna L. Taylor, Lara T. Diemel, and Jennifer M. Pocock

Activation of Microglial Group III Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Protects Neurons against Microglial Neurotoxicity
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2150-2160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marina S. Feschenko, Claudia Donnet, Randall K. Wetzel, Natalya K. Asinovski, Larry R. Jones, and Kathleen J. Sweadner

Phospholemman, a Single-Span Membrane Protein, Is an Accessory Protein of Na,K-ATPase in Cerebellum and Choroid Plexus
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2161-2169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatsuhiko Ebihara, Izumi Kawabata, Shinichi Usui, Kenji Sobue, and Shigeo Okabe

Synchronized Formation and Remodeling of Postsynaptic Densities: Long-Term Visualization of Hippocampal Neurons Expressing Postsynaptic Density Proteins Tagged with Green Fluorescent Protein
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2170-2181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew A. Xu-Friedman and Wade G. Regehr

Ultrastructural Contributions to Desensitization at Cerebellar Mossy Fiber to Granule Cell Synapses
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2182-2192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhao-Xue Yu, Shi-Hua Li, Joy Evans, Ajay Pillarisetti, He Li, and Xiao-Jiang Li

Mutant Huntingtin Causes Context-Dependent Neurodegeneration in Mice with Huntington's Disease
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2193-2202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroaki Adachi, Masahisa Katsuno, Makoto Minamiyama, Chen Sang, Gerassimos Pagoulatos, Charalampos Angelidis, Moriaki Kusakabe, Atsushi Yoshiki, Yasushi Kobayashi, Manabu Doyu, and Gen Sobue

Heat Shock Protein 70 Chaperone Overexpression Ameliorates Phenotypes of the Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy Transgenic Mouse Model by Reducing Nuclear-Localized Mutant Androgen Receptor Protein
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2203-2211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Megan E. McLellan, Stephen T. Kajdasz, Bradley T. Hyman, and Brian J. Bacskai

In Vivo Imaging of Reactive Oxygen Species Specifically Associated with Thioflavine S-Positive Amyloid Plaques by Multiphoton Microscopy
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2212-2217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert C. Elliott, Michael F. Miles, and Daniel H. Lowenstein

Overlapping Microarray Profiles of Dentate Gyrus Gene Expression during Development- and Epilepsy-Associated Neurogenesis and Axon Outgrowth
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2218-2227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Ravary, Aude Muzerelle, Denis Hervé, Vincent Pascoli, Kim Nguyen Ba-Charvet, Jean-Antoine Girault, Egbert Welker, and Patricia Gaspar

Adenylate Cyclase 1 as a Key Actor in the Refinement of Retinal Projection Maps
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2228-2238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelvin C. Luk, Timothy E. Kennedy, and Abbas F. Sadikot

Glutamate Promotes Proliferation of Striatal Neuronal Progenitors by an NMDA Receptor-Mediated Mechanism
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2239-2250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine E. Collins, David C. Lyon, and Jon H. Kaas

Responses of Neurons in the Middle Temporal Visual Area After Long-Standing Lesions of the Primary Visual Cortex in Adult New World Monkeys
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2251-2264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martha J. Miller, Musa A. Haxhiu, Paraskevi Georgiadis, Tatyana I. Gudz, Cindy D. Kangas, and Wendy B. Macklin

Proteolipid Protein Gene Mutation Induces Altered Ventilatory Response to Hypoxia in the Myelin-Deficient Rat
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2265-2273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmine Guirland, Kenneth B. Buck, Jean A. Gibney, Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, and James Q. Zheng

Direct cAMP Signaling through G-Protein-Coupled Receptors Mediates Growth Cone Attraction Induced by Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2274-2283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuqin Yin, Qi Cui, Yiming Li, Nina Irwin, Dietmar Fischer, Alan R. Harvey, and Larry I. Benowitz

Macrophage-Derived Factors Stimulate Optic Nerve Regeneration
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2284-2293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kira Poskanzer, Leigh A. Needleman, Ozlem Bozdagi, and George W. Huntley

N-Cadherin Regulates Ingrowth and Laminar Targeting of Thalamocortical Axons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2294-2305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatiana Boiko, Audra Van Wart, John H. Caldwell, S. Rock Levinson, James S. Trimmer, and Gary Matthews

Functional Specialization of the Axon Initial Segment by Isoform-Specific Sodium Channel Targeting
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2306-2313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tudor C. Badea, Yanshu Wang, and Jeremy Nathans

A Noninvasive Genetic/Pharmacologic Strategy for Visualizing Cell Morphology and Clonal Relationships in the Mouse
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2314-2322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

York Rudhard, Matthias Kneussel, Mohammed A. Nassar, Georg F. Rast, Alexander J. Annala, Philip E. Chen, Cezar M. Tigaret, Isabel Dean, Juergen Roes, Alasdair J. Gibb, Stephen P. Hunt, and Ralf Schoepfer

Absence of Whisker-Related Pattern Formation in Mice with NMDA Receptors Lacking Coincidence Detection Properties and Calcium Signaling
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2323-2332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keith T. Akama and Bruce S. McEwen

Estrogen Stimulates Postsynaptic Density-95 Rapid Protein Synthesis via the Akt/Protein Kinase B Pathway
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2333-2339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladimir Znamensky, Keith T. Akama, Bruce S. McEwen, and Teresa A. Milner

Estrogen Levels Regulate the Subcellular Distribution of Phosphorylated Akt in Hippocampal CA1 Dendrites
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2340-2347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph T. Neary, Yuan Kang, Karen A. Willoughby, and Earl F. Ellis

Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase by Stretch-Induced Injury in Astrocytes Involves Extracellular ATP and P2 Purinergic Receptors
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2348-2356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan L. Zup, Heather Carrier, Elizabeth M. Waters, Abigail Tabor, Lynn Bengston, Greta J. Rosen, Richard B. Simerly, and Nancy G. Forger

Overexpression of Bcl-2 Reduces Sex Differences in Neuron Number in the Brain and Spinal Cord
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2357-2362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roberta Cesa, Laura Morando, and Piergiorgio Strata

Glutamate Receptor 2 Subunit in Activity-Dependent Heterologous Synaptic Competition
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2363-2370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pascal Derkinderen, Emmanuel Valjent, Madeleine Toutant, Jean-Christophe Corvol, Hervé Enslen, Catherine Ledent, James Trzaskos, Jocelyne Caboche, and Jean-Antoine Girault

Regulation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase by Cannabinoids in Hippocampus
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2371-2382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas E. Jerde, John F. Soechting, and Martha Flanders

Coarticulation in Fluent Fingerspelling
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2383-2393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew C. Wiener and Barry J. Richmond

Decoding Spike Trains Instant by Instant Using Order Statistics and the Mixture-of-Poissons Model
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2394-2406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth A. Kensinger, Richard J. Clarke, and Suzanne Corkin

What Neural Correlates Underlie Successful Encoding and Retrieval? A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study Using a Divided Attention Paradigm
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2407-2415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason M. Samonds, John D. Allison, Heather A. Brown, and A. B. Bonds

Cooperation between Area 17 Neuron Pairs Enhances Fine Discrimination of Orientation
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2416-2425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniela Steinberger, David S. Reynolds, Pushpindar Ferris, Rachael Lincoln, Susmita Datta, Joanna Stanley, Andrea Paterson, Gerard R. Dawson, and Jonathan Flint

Genetic Mapping of Variation in Spatial Learning in the Mouse
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2426-2433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Marie Cabelguen, Céline Bourcier-Lucas, and Réjean Dubuc

Bimodal Locomotion Elicited by Electrical Stimulation of the Midbrain in the Salamander Notophthalmus viridescens
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2434-2439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masayuki Kobayashi and Paul S. Buckmaster

Reduced Inhibition of Dentate Granule Cells in a Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2440-2452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ildiko Racz, Andras Bilkei-Gorzo, Zsuzsanna E. Toth, Kerstin Michel, Miklós Palkovits, and Andreas Zimmer

A Critical Role for the Cannabinoid CB₁ Receptors in Alcohol Dependence and Stress-Stimulated Ethanol Drinking
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2453-2458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. van Lier, A. M. L. Coenen, and W. H. I. M. Drinkenburg

Behavioral Transitions Modulate Hippocampal Electroencephalogram Correlates of Open Field Behavior in the Rat: Support for a Sensorimotor Function of Hippocampal Rhythmical Synchronous Activity
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2459-2465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Rudolph and Alain Destexhe

A Fast-Conducting, Stochastic Integrative Mode for Neocortical Neurons In Vivo
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2466-2476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryan K. Bachtell, Adam Z. Weitemier, Agustin Galvan-Rosas, Natalia O. Tsivkovskaia, Fred O. Risinger, Tamara J. Phillips, Nicholas J. Grahame, and Andrey E. Ryabinin

The Edinger-Westphal-Lateral Septum Urocortin Pathway and Its Relationship to Alcohol Consumption
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2477-2487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christina R. Colby, Kim Whisler, Cathy Steffen, Eric J. Nestler, and David W. Self

Striatal Cell Type-Specific Overexpression of FosB Enhances Incentive for Cocaine
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2488-2493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francis J. Golder, David D. Fuller, Paul W. Davenport, Richard D. Johnson, Paul J. Reier, and Donald C. Bolser

Respiratory Motor Recovery after Unilateral Spinal Cord Injury: Eliminating Crossed Phrenic Activity Decreases Tidal Volume and Increases Contralateral Respiratory Motor Output
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2494-2501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel S. Barth

Submillisecond Synchronization of Fast Electrical Oscillations in Neocortex
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2502-2510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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