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This Week in The Journal
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: i [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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Ángel Arévalo-Martín, José Miguel Vela, Eduardo Molina-Holgado, José Borrell, and Carmen Guaza

Therapeutic Action of Cannabinoids in a Murine Model of Multiple Sclerosis
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2511-2516 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Schäfers, Camilla I. Svensson, Claudia Sommer, and Linda S. Sorkin

Tumor Necrosis Factor- Induces Mechanical Allodynia after Spinal Nerve Ligation by Activation of p38 MAPK in Primary Sensory Neurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2517-2521 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dennis M. Levi and Stanley A. Klein

Noise Provides Some New Signals About the Spatial Vision of Amblyopes
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2522-2526 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitsuharu Endo, Kazumasa Ohashi, Yukio Sasaki, Yoshio Goshima, Ryusuke Niwa, Tadashi Uemura, and Kensaku Mizuno

Control of Growth Cone Motility and Morphology by LIM Kinase and Slingshot via Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of Cofilin
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2527-2537 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Movies]  

David Zenisek, Viviana Davila, Lei Wan, and Wolfhard Almers

Imaging Calcium Entry Sites and Ribbon Structures in Two Presynaptic Cells
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2538-2548 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Movies]  

Csaba Szinyei, Oliver Stork, and Hans-Christian Pape

Contribution of NR2B Subunits to Synaptic Transmission in Amygdaloid Interneurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2549-2556 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yan Yang, Elliott J. Mufson, and Karl Herrup

Neuronal Cell Death Is Preceded by Cell Cycle Events at All Stages of Alzheimer's Disease
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2557-2563 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah C. Mash, Qinjie Ouyang, John Pablo, Margaret Basile, Sari Izenwasser, Abraham Lieberman, and Richard J. Perrin

Cocaine Abusers Have an Overexpression of -Synuclein in Dopamine Neurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2564-2571 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wen G. Chen, Anne E. West, Xu Tao, Gabriel Corfas, Marilyn N. Szentirmay, Michèle Sawadogo, Charles Vinson, and Michael E. Greenberg

Upstream Stimulatory Factors Are Mediators of Ca²⁺-Responsive Transcription in Neurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2572-2581 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos Fonck, Raad Nashmi, Purnima Deshpande, M. Imad Damaj, Michael J. Marks, Anett Riedel, Johannes Schwarz, Allan C. Collins, Cesar Labarca, and Henry A. Lester

Increased Sensitivity to Agonist-Induced Seizures, Straub Tail, and Hippocampal Theta Rhythm in Knock-In Mice Carrying Hypersensitive 4 Nicotinic Receptors
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2582-2590 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christelle Gally and Jean-Louis Bessereau

GABA Is Dispensable for the Formation of Junctional GABA Receptor Clusters in Caenorhabditis elegans
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2591-2599 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary D. Womack and Kamran Khodakhah

Somatic and Dendritic Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels Regulate the Output of Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2600-2607 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathryn F. Medler, Robert F. Margolskee, and Sue C. Kinnamon

Electrophysiological Characterization of Voltage-Gated Currents in Defined Taste Cell Types of Mice
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2608-2617 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linda S. Overstreet and Gary L. Westbrook

Synapse Density Regulates Independence at Unitary Inhibitory Synapses
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2618-2626 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shyam D. Rao, Hong Z. Yin, and John H. Weiss

Disruption of Glial Glutamate Transport by Reactive Oxygen Species Produced in Motor Neurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2627-2633 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edwin J. Weeber, Yong-Hui Jiang, Ype Elgersma, Andrew W. Varga, Yarimar Carrasquillo, Sarah E. Brown, Jill M. Christian, Banefsheh Mirnikjoo, Alcino Silva, Arthur L. Beaudet, and J. David Sweatt

Derangements of Hippocampal Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II in a Mouse Model for Angelman Mental Retardation Syndrome
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2634-2644 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kareem A. Zaghloul, Kwabena Boahen, and Jonathan B. Demb

Different Circuits for ON and OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells Cause Different Contrast Sensitivities
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2645-2654 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatiana Stepanova, Jenny Slemmer, Casper C. Hoogenraad, Gideon Lansbergen, Bjorn Dortland, Chris I. De Zeeuw, Frank Grosveld, Gert van Cappellen, Anna Akhmanova, and Niels Galjart

Visualization of Microtubule Growth in Cultured Neurons via the Use of EB3-GFP (End-Binding Protein 3-Green Fluorescent Protein)
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2655-2664 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Movies]  

Maria E. Bamberger, Meera E. Harris, Douglas R. McDonald, Jens Husemann, and Gary E. Landreth

A Cell Surface Receptor Complex for Fibrillar -Amyloid Mediates Microglial Activation
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2665-2674 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lore M. Gruenbaum, Diana M. Gilligan, Marina R. Picciotto, Stéphane Marinesco, and Thomas J. Carew

Identification and Characterization of Aplysia Adducin, an Aplysia Cytoskeletal Protein Homologous to Mammalian Adducins: Increased Phosphorylation at a Protein Kinase C Consensus Site during Long-Term Synaptic Facilitation
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2675-2685 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yan Dong and Francis J. White

Dopamine D1-Class Receptors Selectively Modulate a Slowly Inactivating Potassium Current in Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex Pyramidal Neurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2686-2695 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Rene Garcia and Paul W. Sternberg

Caenorhabditis elegans UNC-103 ERG-Like Potassium Channel Regulates Contractile Behaviors of Sex Muscles in Males before and during Mating
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2696-2705 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Artur Llobet, Anne Cooke, and Leon Lagnado

Exocytosis at the Ribbon Synapse of Retinal Bipolar Cells Studied in Patches of Presynaptic Membrane
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2706-2714 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

François Rugiero, Mohini Mistry, Dominique Sage, Joel A. Black, Stephen G. Waxman, Marcel Crest, Nadine Clerc, Patrick Delmas, and Maurice Gola

Selective Expression of a Persistent Tetrodotoxin-Resistant Na⁺ Current and Na_V1.9 Subunit in Myenteric Sensory Neurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2715-2725 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christiaan P. J. de Kock, Keimpe D. B. Wierda, Laurens W. J. Bosman, Rogier Min, Jan-Jurjen Koksma, Huibert D. Mansvelder, Matthijs Verhage, and Arjen B. Brussaard

Somatodendritic Secretion in Oxytocin Neurons Is Upregulated during the Female Reproductive Cycle
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2726-2734 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian M. Polster, Gorka Basañez, Michael Young, Motoshi Suzuki, and Gary Fiskum

Inhibition of Bax-Induced Cytochrome c Release from Neural Cell and Brain Mitochondria by Dibucaine and Propranolol
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2735-2743 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marat V. Avshalumov, Billy T. Chen, Sarah P. Marshall, Dianna M. Peña, and Margaret E. Rice

Glutamate-Dependent Inhibition of Dopamine Release in Striatum Is Mediated by a New Diffusible Messenger, H₂O₂
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2744-2750 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qian-Quan Sun, David A. Prince, and John R. Huguenard

Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide and Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Activate Hyperpolarization-Activated Cationic Current and Depolarize Thalamocortical Neurons In Vitro
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2751-2758 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Umit Sayin, Susan Osting, Joshua Hagen, Paul Rutecki, and Thomas Sutula

Spontaneous Seizures and Loss of Axo-Axonic and Axo-Somatic Inhibition Induced by Repeated Brief Seizures in Kindled Rats
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2759-2768 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Holger Patzke, Upendra Maddineni, Ramses Ayala, Maria Morabito, Janet Volker, Pieter Dikkes, Michael K. Ahlijanian, and Li-Huei Tsai

Partial Rescue of the p35/ Brain Phenotype by Low Expression of a Neuronal-Specific Enolase p25 Transgene
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2769-2778 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meredith D. Temple, Paul F. Worley, and Oswald Steward

Visualizing Changes in Circuit Activity Resulting from Denervation and Reinnervation Using Immediate Early Gene Expression
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2779-2788 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Pascale Côté, Ariane Ménard, and Jean-Pierre Gossard

Spinal Cats on the Treadmill: Changes in Load Pathways
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2789-2796 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julio J. Ramirez, Jennifer L. Caldwell, Melanie Majure, David R. Wessner, Ronald L. Klein, Edwin M. Meyer, and Michael A. King

Adeno-Associated Virus Vector Expressing Nerve Growth Factor Enhances Cholinergic Axonal Sprouting after Cortical Injury in Rats
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2797-2803 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masahiko Tanaka, Nobuaki Maeda, Masaharu Noda, and Tohru Marunouchi

A Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan PTP/RPTP Regulates the Morphogenesis of Purkinje Cell Dendrites in the Developing Cerebellum
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2804-2814 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher C. Quinn, Esteban Chen, Tashi G. Kinjo, Gail Kelly, Alexander W. Bell, Robert C. Elliott, Peter S. McPherson, and Susan Hockfield

TUC-4b, a Novel TUC Family Variant, Regulates Neurite Outgrowth and Associates with Vesicles in the Growth Cone
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2815-2823 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tetsuya Imura, Harley I. Kornblum, and Michael V. Sofroniew

The Predominant Neural Stem Cell Isolated from Postnatal and Adult Forebrain But Not Early Embryonic Forebrain Expresses GFAP
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2824-2832 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohtashem Samsam, Weiqian Mi, Carsten Wessig, Jürgen Zielasek, Klaus V. Toyka, Michael P. Coleman, and Rudolf Martini

The Wld^s Mutation Delays Robust Loss of Motor and Sensory Axons in a Genetic Model for Myelin-Related Axonopathy
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2833-2839 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nobuyo Ohtani, Tomohide Goto, Christian Waeber, and Pradeep G. Bhide

Dopamine Modulates Cell Cycle in the Lateral Ganglionic Eminence
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2840-2850 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jay Demas, Stephen J. Eglen, and Rachel O. L. Wong

Developmental Loss of Synchronous Spontaneous Activity in the Mouse Retina Is Independent of Visual Experience
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2851-2860 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Movies]  

Yuji Naya, Masatoshi Yoshida, and Yasushi Miyashita

Forward Processing of Long-Term Associative Memory in Monkey Inferotemporal Cortex
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2861-2871 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Osamu Yasuhara, Ikuo Tooyama, Yoshinari Aimi, Jean-Pierre Bellier, Tadashi Hisano, Akinori Matsuo, Masami Park, and Hiroshi Kimura

Demonstration of Cholinergic Ganglion Cells in Rat Retina: Expression of an Alternative Splice Variant of Choline Acetyltransferase
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2872-2881 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. J. Will, E. B. Franzblau, and A. E. Kelley

Nucleus Accumbens µ-Opioids Regulate Intake of a High-Fat Diet via Activation of a Distributed Brain Network
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2882-2888 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benjamin N. Greenwood, Teresa E. Foley, Heidi E. W. Day, Jay Campisi, Sayamwong H. Hammack, Serge Campeau, Steven F. Maier, and Monika Fleshner

Freewheel Running Prevents Learned Helplessness/Behavioral Depression: Role of Dorsal Raphe Serotonergic Neurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2889-2898 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Backil Sung, Grewo Lim, and Jianren Mao

Altered Expression and Uptake Activity of Spinal Glutamate Transporters after Nerve Injury Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Neuropathic Pain in Rats
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2899-2910 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hui-Lin Pan, Ghous M. Khan, Kevin D. Alloway, and Shao-Rui Chen

Resiniferatoxin Induces Paradoxical Changes in Thermal and Mechanical Sensitivities in Rats: Mechanism of Action
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2911-2919 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Colin G. Evans, Jian Jing, Steven C. Rosen, and Elizabeth C. Cropper

Regulation of Spike Initiation and Propagation in an Aplysia Sensory Neuron: Gating-In via Central Depolarization
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2920-2931 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Inoue, and Yutaka Kirino

Contribution of Excitatory Chloride Conductance in the Determination of the Direction of Traveling Waves in an Olfactory Center
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2932-2938 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Yamamoto, Toshiro Kishi, Charlotte E. Lee, Brian J. Choi, Hui Fang, Anthony N. Hollenberg, Daniel J. Drucker, and Joel K. Elmquist

Glucagon-Like Peptide-1-Responsive Catecholamine Neurons in the Area Postrema Link Peripheral Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 with Central Autonomic Control Sites
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2939-2946 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heather J. Chisum, François Mooser, and David Fitzpatrick

Emergent Properties of Layer 2/3 Neurons Reflect the Collinear Arrangement of Horizontal Connections in Tree Shrew Visual Cortex
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2947-2960 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dirk Schubert, Rolf Kötter, Karl Zilles, Heiko J. Luhmann, and Jochen F. Staiger

Cell Type-Specific Circuits of Cortical Layer IV Spiny Neurons
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2961-2970 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dora E. Angelaki and J. David Dickman

Premotor Neurons Encode Torsional Eye Velocity during Smooth-Pursuit Eye Movements
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2971-2979 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gordon T. Coleman, Hong-Qi Zhang, and Mark J. Rowe

Transmission Security for Single Kinesthetic Afferent Fibers of Joint Origin and Their Target Cuneate Neurons in the Cat
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2980-2992 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David D. Fuller, Stephen M. Johnson, E. Burdette Olson, Jr, and Gordon S. Mitchell

Synaptic Pathways to Phrenic Motoneurons Are Enhanced by Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 2993-3000 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qing Chang and Paul E. Gold

Switching Memory Systems during Learning: Changes in Patterns of Brain Acetylcholine Release in the Hippocampus and Striatum in Rats
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 3001-3005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladimir Litvak, Haim Sompolinsky, Idan Segev, and Moshe Abeles

On the Transmission of Rate Code in Long Feedforward Networks with Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 3006-3015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Greet Kayaert, Irving Biederman, and Rufin Vogels

Shape Tuning in Macaque Inferior Temporal Cortex
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 3016-3027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Schäfers, Doo H. Lee, Dominik Brors, Tony L. Yaksh, and Linda S. Sorkin

Increased Sensitivity of Injured and Adjacent Uninjured Rat Primary Sensory Neurons to Exogenous Tumor Necrosis Factor- after Spinal Nerve Ligation
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 3028-3038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jian Jing and Rhanor Gillette

Directional Avoidance Turns Encoded by Single Interneurons and Sustained by Multifunctional Serotonergic Cells
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 3039-3051 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul A. Faure, Thane Fremouw, John H. Casseday, and Ellen Covey

Temporal Masking Reveals Properties of Sound-Evoked Inhibition in Duration-Tuned Neurons of the Inferior Colliculus
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 3052-3065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. J. Baddeley, H. A. Ingram, and R. C. Miall

System Identification Applied to a Visuomotor Task: Near-Optimal Human Performance in a Noisy Changing Task
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 3066-3075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladimir I. Chefer, Irina Zakharova, and Toni S. Shippenberg

Enhanced Responsiveness to Novelty and Cocaine Is Associated with Decreased Basal Dopamine Uptake and Release in the Nucleus Accumbens: Quantitative Microdialysis in Rats under Transient Conditions
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 3076-3084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew N. Coogan and Hugh D. Piggins

Circadian and Photic Regulation of Phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and Elk-1 in the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei of the Syrian Hamster
J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 3085-3093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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