Table of Contents

Articles

• Cellular/Molecular

  • Requirement of Ras for the Activation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase by Calcium Influx, cAMP, and Neurotrophin in Hippocampal Neurons

    Naoyuki Iida, Kazuhiko Namikawa, Hiroshi Kiyama, Hikaru Ueno, Shun Nakamura and Seisuke Hattori

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6459-6466; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06459.2001
  • ATP Is Required at an Early Step in Compensatory Endocytosis in Synaptic Terminals

    Ruth Heidelberger

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6467-6474; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06467.2001
  • Neuroprotection by Δ⁹-Tetrahydrocannabinol, the Main Active Compound in Marijuana, against Ouabain-Induced In Vivo Excitotoxicity

    M. van der Stelt, W. B. Veldhuis, P. R. Bär, G. A. Veldink, J. F. G. Vliegenthart and K. Nicolay

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6475-6479; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06475.2001
  • Inflammatory Neurodegeneration Mediated by Nitric Oxide from Activated Glia-Inhibiting Neuronal Respiration, Causing Glutamate Release and Excitotoxicity

    Anna Bal-Price and Guy C. Brown

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6480-6491; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06480.2001
  • Dopamine-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in the Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons

    Takeo Suzuki, Masami Miura, Kin-ya Nishimura and Toshihiko Aosaki

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6492-6501; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06492.2001
  • Serotonin Receptors Modulate GABA_A Receptor Channels through Activation of Anchored Protein Kinase C in Prefrontal Cortical Neurons

    Jian Feng, Xiang Cai, Jinghui Zhao and Zhen Yan

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6502-6511; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06502.2001
  • Cell Swelling and a Nonselective Cation Channel Regulated by Internal Ca²⁺ and ATP in Native Reactive Astrocytes from Adult Rat Brain

    Mingkui Chen and J. Marc Simard

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6512-6521; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06512.2001
  • ATP P2X Receptor-Mediated Enhancement of Glutamate Release and Evoked EPSCs in Dorsal Horn Neurons of the Rat Spinal Cord

    Terumasa Nakatsuka and Jianguo G. Gu

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6522-6531; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06522.2001
  • Estrogen Regulates Functional Inhibition of Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Cells in the Adult Female Rat

    Charles N. Rudick and Catherine S. Woolley

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6532-6543; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06532.2001
  • Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2A and 2D Undergo Phosphorylation and Caspase-Mediated Degradation during Apoptosis of Rat Cerebellar Granule Neurons

    Mingtao Li, Daniel A. Linseman, Melissa P. Allen, Mary Kay Meintzer, Xiaomin Wang, Tracey Laessig, Margaret E. Wierman and Kim A. Heidenreich

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6544-6552; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06544.2001
  • Modulation of Excitability by α-Dendrotoxin-Sensitive Potassium Channels in Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons

    John M. Bekkers and Andrew J. Delaney

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6553-6560; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06553.2001
  • The C Terminus of the Human Nicotinic α4β2 Receptor Forms a Binding Site Required for Potentiation by an Estrogenic Steroid

    Ken Paradiso, Jessie Zhang and Joe Henry Steinbach

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6561-6568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06561.2001
  • Recruitment of the Mitochondrial-Dependent Apoptotic Pathway in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Christelle Guégan, Miquel Vila, Gorazd Rosoklija, Arthur P. Hays and Serge Przedborski

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6569-6576; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06569.2001
  • Axonal Tau mRNA Localization Coincides with Tau Protein in Living Neuronal Cells and Depends on Axonal Targeting Signal

    Stella Aronov, Gonzalo Aranda, Leah Behar and Irith Ginzburg

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6577-6587; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06577.2001
  • Chronic Blockade of Glutamate Receptors Enhances Presynaptic Release and Downregulates the Interaction between Synaptophysin-Synaptobrevin–Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 2

    Alberto Bacci, Silvia Coco, Elena Pravettoni, Ursula Schenk, Simona Armano, Carolina Frassoni, Claudia Verderio, Pietro De Camilli and Michela Matteoli

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6588-6596; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06588.2001
  • c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase (JNK)-Interacting Protein-1b/Islet-Brain-1 Scaffolds Alzheimer's Amyloid Precursor Protein with JNK

    Shuji Matsuda, Takashi Yasukawa, Yasuko Homma, Yuko Ito, Takako Niikura, Takako Hiraki, Shuichi Hirai, Shigeo Ohno, Yoshiko Kita, Masaoki Kawasumi, Keisuke Kouyama, Tokuo Yamamoto, John M. Kyriakis and Ikuo Nishimoto

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6597-6607; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06597.2001
  • The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore and Nitric Oxide Synthase Mediate Early Mitochondrial Depolarization in Astrocytes during Oxygen–Glucose Deprivation

    Susan A. Reichert, Jeong Sook Kim-Han and Laura L. Dugan

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6608-6616; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06608.2001
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Deletion Reduces Nuclear Factor-κB Activation, Cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein 2 Expression, and Functional Recovery after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

    Gyeong-Moon Kim, Jan Xu, Jinming Xu, Sheng-Kwei Song, Ping Yan, Grace Ku, Xiao Ming Xu and Chung Y. Hsu

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6617-6625; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06617.2001
  • Hippocampal Heterotopia Lack Functional Kv4.2 Potassium Channels in the Methylazoxymethanol Model of Cortical Malformations and Epilepsy

    Peter A. Castro, Edward C. Cooper, Daniel H. Lowenstein and Scott C. Baraban

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6626-6634; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06626.2001
  • Calmodulin Kinase Pathway Mediates the K⁺-Induced Increase in Gap Junctional Communication between Mouse Spinal Cord Astrocytes

    Mara H. De Pina-Benabou, Miduturu Srinivas, David C. Spray and Eliana Scemes

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6635-6643; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06635.2001
  • Modeling Circadian Oscillations with Interlocking Positive and Negative Feedback Loops

    Paul Smolen, Douglas A. Baxter and John H. Byrne

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6644-6656; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06644.2001
  • Alcohol Hypersensitivity, Increased Locomotion, and Spontaneous Myoclonus in Mice Lacking the Potassium Channels Kv3.1 and Kv3.3

    Felipe Espinosa, Anne McMahon, Emily Chan, Scott Wang, Chi Shun Ho, Nathaniel Heintz and Rolf H. Joho

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6657-6665; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06657.2001
  • Three-Dimensional Comparison of Ultrastructural Characteristics at Depressing and Facilitating Synapses onto Cerebellar Purkinje Cells

    Matthew A. Xu-Friedman, Kristen M. Harris and Wade G. Regehr

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6666-6672; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06666.2001
  • Multiple Amidated Neuropeptides Are Required for Normal Circadian Locomotor Rhythms in Drosophila

    Paul H. Taghert, Randall S. Hewes, Jae H. Park, Martha A. O'Brien, Mei Han and Molly E. Peck

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6673-6686; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06673.2001
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated-Dependent Apoptosis after Genotoxic Stress in the Developing Nervous System Is Determined by Cellular Differentiation Status

    Youngsoo Lee, Miriam J. Chong and Peter J. McKinnon

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6687-6693; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06687.2001
  • Spike Frequency Decoding and Autonomous Activation of Ca²⁺–Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons

    Feleke Eshete and R. Douglas Fields

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6694-6705; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06694.2001

• Development/Plasticity/Repair

  • Infusion of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor into the Lateral Ventricle of the Adult Rat Leads to New Neurons in the Parenchyma of the Striatum, Septum, Thalamus, and Hypothalamus

    Viorica Pencea, Kimberly D. Bingaman, Stanley J. Wiegand and Marla B. Luskin

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6706-6717; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06706.2001
  • Adenoviral Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Induces Both Neostriatal and Olfactory Neuronal Recruitment from Endogenous Progenitor Cells in the Adult Forebrain

    Abdellatif Benraiss, Eva Chmielnicki, Kim Lerner, Dongyon Roh and Steven A. Goldman

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6718-6731; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06718.2001
  • α4 Integrin Is Expressed during Peripheral Nerve Regeneration and Enhances Neurite Outgrowth

    Mariette G. Vogelezang, ZhiQiang Liu, João B. Relvas, Gennadij Raivich, Steven S. Scherer and Charles ffrench-Constant

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6732-6744; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06732.2001
  • A Mutation of Early Photoreceptor Development, mikre oko, Reveals Cell–Cell Interactions Involved in the Survival and Differentiation of Zebrafish Photoreceptors

    Geoffrey Doerre and Jarema Malicki

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6745-6757; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06745.2001
  • p35 and p39 Are Essential for Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5 Function during Neurodevelopment

    Jane Ko, Sandrine Humbert, Roderick T. Bronson, Satoru Takahashi, Ashok B. Kulkarni, En Li and Li-Huei Tsai

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6758-6771; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06758.2001
  • Telencephalic Neural Progenitors Appear To Be Restricted to Regional and Glial Fates before the Onset of Neurogenesis

    Maria McCarthy, Daniel H. Turnbull, Christopher A. Walsh and Gord Fishell

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6772-6781; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06772.2001
  • Rab3A Is Required for Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor-Induced Synaptic Plasticity: Transcriptional Analysis at the Population and Single-Cell Levels

    Smita Thakker-Varia, Janet Alder, Robert A. Crozier, Mark R. Plummer and Ira B. Black

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6782-6790; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06782.2001
  • Developmental Inhibitory Gate Controls the Relay of Activity to the Superficial Layers of the Visual Cortex

    Carlos Rozas, Hosea Frank, Arnold J. Heynen, Bernardo Morales, Mark F. Bear and Alfredo Kirkwood

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6791-6801; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06791.2001
  • Agrin Differentially Regulates the Rates of Axonal and Dendritic Elongation in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons

    Kristina B. Mantych and Adriana Ferreira

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6802-6809; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06802.2001
  • Conserved Function of Caenorhabditis elegansUNC-30 and Mouse Pitx2 in Controlling GABAergic Neuron Differentiation

    Joby J. Westmoreland, Jason McEwen, Billie A. Moore, Yishi Jin and Brian G. Condie

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6810-6819; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06810.2001

• Behavioral/Systems

  • The Cortical Representation of the Hand in Macaque and Human Area S-I: High Resolution Optical Imaging

    Doron Shoham and Amiram Grinvald

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6820-6835; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06820.2001
  • An Avian Basal Ganglia Pathway Essential for Vocal Learning Forms a Closed Topographic Loop

    Minmin Luo, Long Ding and David J. Perkel

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6836-6845; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06836.2001
  • Pharmacological Modulation of Behavioral and Neuronal Correlates of Repetition Priming

    Christiane M. Thiel, Richard N. A. Henson, John S. Morris, Karl J. Friston and Raymond J. Dolan

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6846-6852; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06846.2001
  • Relationship between the Appearance of Symptoms and the Level of Nigrostriatal Degeneration in a Progressive 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine-Lesioned Macaque Model of Parkinson's Disease

    Erwan Bezard, Sandra Dovero, Caroline Prunier, Paula Ravenscroft, Sylvie Chalon, Denis Guilloteau, Alan R. Crossman, Bernard Bioulac, Jonathan M. Brotchie and Christian E. Gross

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6853-6861; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06853.2001
  • Barrel Pattern Formation Requires Serotonin Uptake by Thalamocortical Afferents, and Not Vesicular Monoamine Release

    Antonio M. Persico, Elisa Mengual, Rainald Moessner, Scott F. Hall, Randal S. Revay, Ichiro Sora, Jon Arellano, Javier DeFelipe, José Manuel Giménez-Amaya, Monica Conciatori, Ramona Marino, Alfonso Baldi, Simona Cabib, Tiziana Pascucci, George R. Uhl, Dennis L. Murphy, K. Peter Lesch and Flavio Keller

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6862-6873; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06862.2001
  • Dendritic Arborizations of the Rat Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata Neurons: Spatial Organization and Relation to the Lamellar Compartmentation of Striato-Nigral Projections

    P. Mailly, S. Charpier, S. Mahon, A. Menetrey, A. M. Thierry, J. Glowinski and J. M. Deniau

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6874-6888; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06874.2001
  • Intra-Amygdala Blockade of the NR2B Subunit of the NMDA Receptor Disrupts the Acquisition But Not the Expression of Fear Conditioning

    Sarina M. Rodrigues, Glenn E. Schafe and Joseph E. LeDoux

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6889-6896; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06889.2001
  • A Role for Dopamine D1 Receptors of the Nucleus Accumbens Shell in Conditioned Taste Aversion Learning

    Sandro Fenu, Valentina Bassareo and Gaetano Di Chiara

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6897-6904; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06897.2001
  • Neural Coding Mechanisms Underlying Perceived Roughness of Finely Textured Surfaces

    Takashi Yoshioka, Barbara Gibb, Andrew K. Dorsch, Steven S. Hsiao and Kenneth O. Johnson

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6905-6916; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06905.2001
  • Eye–Hand Coordination in Object Manipulation

    Roland S. Johansson, Göran Westling, Anders Bäckström and J. Randall Flanagan

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6917-6932; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06917.2001
  • Nociceptor Sensitization by Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases

    K. O. Aley, Annick Martin, Thomas McMahon, Janine Mok, Jon D. Levine and Robert O. Messing

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6933-6939; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06933.2001
  • Nociceptin Reduces Epileptiform Events in CA3 Hippocampus via Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Mechanisms

    Melanie K. Tallent, Samuel G. Madamba and George R. Siggins

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6940-6948; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06940.2001
  • Acetylcholine Mediates the Estrogen-Induced Increase in NMDA Receptor Binding in CA1 of the Hippocampus and the Associated Improvement in Working Memory

    Jill M. Daniel and Gary P. Dohanich

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6949-6956; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06949.2001
  • Transfer of Visual Motion Information via Graded Synapses Operates Linearly in the Natural Activity Range

    Rafael Kurtz, Anne-Kathrin Warzecha and Martin Egelhaaf

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6957-6966; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06957.2001
  • Responses of Magnocellular Neurons to Osmotic Stimulation Involves Coactivation of Excitatory and Inhibitory Input: An Experimental and Theoretical Analysis

    Gareth Leng, Colin H. Brown, Philip M. Bull, David Brown, Sinead Scullion, James Currie, Ruth E. Blackburn-Munro, Jianfeng Feng, Tatsushi Onaka, Joseph G. Verbalis, John A. Russell and Mike Ludwig

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6967-6977; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06967.2001
  • Information Conveyed by Onset Transients in Responses of Striate Cortical Neurons

    James R. Müller, Andrew B. Metha, John Krauskopf and Peter Lennie

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 September 2001, 21 (17) 6978-6990; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06978.2001