Table of Contents

Articles

• Brief Communications

  • Functional Correlations between Neighboring Neurons in the Primate Globus Pallidus Are Weak or Nonexistent

    Izhar Bar-Gad, Gali Heimer, Ya'acov Ritov and Hagai Bergman

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4012-4016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04012.2003
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Is Activated after a Spinal Nerve Ligation in Spinal Cord Microglia and Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons and Contributes to the Generation of Neuropathic Pain

    Shan-Xue Jin, Zhi-Ye Zhuang, Clifford J. Woolf and Ru-Rong Ji

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4017-4022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04017.2003
  • Apoptotic Death of β Cells after Optic Nerve Transection in Adult Cats

    Takuji Kurimoto, Tomomitsu Miyoshi, Akira Suzuki, Toru Yakura, Masami Watanabe, Osamu Mimura and Yutaka Fukuda

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4023-4028; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04023.2003
  • Convergent Mechanisms Mediate Preparatory States and Repetition Priming in the Feeding Network of Aplysia

    Alex Proekt and Klaudiusz R. Weiss

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4029-4033; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04029.2003

• Cellular/Molecular

  • Exploitation of Astrocytes by Glioma Cells to Facilitate Invasiveness: A Mechanism Involving Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 and the Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator–Plasmin Cascade

    Duc M. Le, Arnaud Besson, Darrin K. Fogg, Kyu-Sil Choi, David M. Waisman, Cynthia G. Goodyer, Barry Rewcastle and V. Wee Yong

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4034-4043; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04034.2003
  • The α-Latrotoxin Mutant LTX^N4C Enhances Spontaneous and Evoked Transmitter Release in CA3 Pyramidal Neurons

    Marco Capogna, Kirill E. Volynski, Nigel J. Emptage and Yuri A. Ushkaryov

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4044-4053; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04044.2003
  • Lighting up the Senses: FM1-43 Loading of Sensory Cells through Nonselective Ion Channels

    Jason R. Meyers, Richard B. MacDonald, Anne Duggan, David Lenzi, David G. Standaert, Jeffrey T. Corwin and David P. Corey

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4054-4065; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04054.2003
  • Evidence for Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Tyrosine Kinase, and G-Protein Regulation of the Parallel Fiber Metabotropic Slow EPSC of Rat Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons

    Marco Canepari and David Ogden

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4066-4071; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04066.2003
  • Focal Adhesion Kinase Is Required, But Not Sufficient, for the Induction of Long-Term Potentiation in Dentate Gyrus Neurons In Vivo

    Ying C. Yang, Yun L. Ma, Shau K. Chen, Cheng W. Wang and Eminy H. Y. Lee

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4072-4080; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04072.2003
  • Inhibition of Calpains Prevents Neuronal and Behavioral Deficits in an MPTP Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease

    Stephen J. Crocker, Patrice D. Smith, Vernice Jackson-Lewis, Wiplore R. Lamba, Shawn P. Hayley, Erich Grimm, Steve M. Callaghan, Ruth S. Slack, Edon Melloni, Serge Przedborski, George S. Robertson, Hymie Anisman, Zul Merali and David S. Park

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4081-4091; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04081.2003
  • Endocytosis and Vesicle Recycling at a Ribbon Synapse

    Christophe Paillart, Jian Li, Gary Matthews and Peter Sterling

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4092-4099; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04092.2003
  • NMDA Receptor Overactivation Inhibits Phospholipid Synthesis by Decreasing Choline–Ethanolamine Phosphotransferase Activity

    Teresa Gasull, Elisabet Sarri, Nuria DeGregorio-Rocasolano and Ramon Trullas

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4100-4107; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04100.2003
  • In Vivo Whole-Cell Recording of Odor-Evoked Synaptic Transmission in the Rat Olfactory Bulb

    Jianhua Cang and Jeffry S. Isaacson

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4108-4116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04108.2003
  • Differential Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Protein Kinase in Primary Afferent Neurons Regulates Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression after Peripheral Inflammation and Nerve Injury

    Koichi Obata, Hiroki Yamanaka, Yi Dai, Toshiya Tachibana, Tetsuo Fukuoka, Atsushi Tokunaga, Hideki Yoshikawa and Koichi Noguchi

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4117-4126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04117.2003
  • Neuroprotection by the Endogenous Cannabinoid Anandamide and Arvanil against In Vivo Excitotoxicity in the Rat: Role of Vanilloid Receptors and Lipoxygenases

    W. B. Veldhuis, M. van der Stelt, M. W. Wadman, G. van Zadelhoff, M. Maccarrone, F. Fezza, G. A. Veldink, J. F. G. Vliegenthart, P. R. Bär, K. Nicolay and V. Di Marzo

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4127-4133; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04127.2003

• Development/Plasticity/Repair

  • Expression and Function of Chloride Transporters during Development of Inhibitory Neurotransmission in the Auditory Brainstem

    Veeramuthu Balakrishnan, Michael Becker, Stefan Löhrke, Hans Gerd Nothwang, Erdem Güresir and Eckhard Friauf

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4134-4145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04134.2003
  • Synapse Number and Synaptic Efficacy Are Regulated by Presynaptic cAMP and Protein Kinase A

    David W. Munno, David J. Prince and Naweed I. Syed

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4146-4155; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04146.2003
  • Frequency Modulation of Synchronized Ca²⁺ Spikes in Cultured Hippocampal Networks through G-Protein-Coupled Receptors

    Zhijun Liu, Lin Geng, Ruxin Li, Xiangping He, James Q. Zheng and Zuoping Xie

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4156-4163; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04156.2003
  • Increased Expression of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Preserves Retinal Function and Slows Cell Death from Rhodopsin Mutation or Oxidative Damage

    Godwin Okoye, Joelle Zimmer, Jennifer Sung, Peter Gehlbach, Tye Deering, Hiroyuki Nambu, Sean Hackett, Michele Melia, Noriko Esumi, Donald J. Zack and Peter A. Campochiaro

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4164-4172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04164.2003
  • Enhancement of Associative Long-Term Potentiation by Activation of β-Adrenergic Receptors at CA1 Synapses in Rat Hippocampal Slices

    Yi-Wen Lin, Ming-Yuan Min, Tsai-Hsien Chiu and Hsiu-Wen Yang

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4173-4181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04173.2003
  • Serotonin 1A Receptor Agonists Reverse Respiratory Abnormalities in Spinal Cord-Injured Rats

    Yang Dong Teng, Marian Bingaman, Angelo M. Taveira-DaSilva, Peter P. Pace, Richard A. Gillis and Jean R. Wrathall

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4182-4189; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04182.2003
  • Transmembrane Sema4E Guides Branchiomotor Axons to Their Targets in Zebrafish

    Tong Xiao, Wataru Shoji, Weibin Zhou, Fengyun Su and John Y. Kuwada

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4190-4198; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04190.2003
  • Location and Size of Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Cell Populations Are Controlled by the Position of the Midbrain–Hindbrain Organizer

    Claude Brodski, Daniela M. Vogt Weisenhorn, Massimo Signore, Inge Sillaber, Matthias Oesterheld, Vania Broccoli, Dario Acampora, Antonio Simeone and Wolfgang Wurst

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4199-4207; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04199.2003
  • The Growth Arrest-Specific Gene Product Gas6 Promotes the Survival of Human Oligodendrocytes via a Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-Dependent Pathway

    Sai Latha Shankar, Kathleen O'Guin, Michael Cammer, F. Arthur McMorris, Trevor N. Stitt, Ross S. Basch, Brian Varnum and Bridget Shafit-Zagardo

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4208-4218; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04208.2003
  • Delayed Systemic Nogo-66 Receptor Antagonist Promotes Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury

    Shuxin Li and Stephen M. Strittmatter

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4219-4227; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04219.2003
  • Vasopressin-Induced Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Calcium Signaling in Embryonic Cortical Astrocytes: Dynamics of Calcium and Calcium-Dependent Kinase Translocation

    Lixia Zhao and Roberta Diaz Brinton

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4228-4239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04228.2003
  • Multiple Cell Populations in the Early Postnatal Subventricular Zone Take Distinct Migratory Pathways: A Dynamic Study of Glial and Neuronal Progenitor Migration

    Satoshi O. Suzuki and James E. Goldman

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4240-4250; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04240.2003

• Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive

  • A Functional Gamma-Band Defined by Stimulus-Dependent Synchronization in Area 18 of Awake Behaving Cats

    Markus Siegel and Peter König

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4251-4260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04251.2003
  • Osmotic Regulation of Estrogen Receptor-β in Rat Vasopressin and Oxytocin Neurons

    Suwit J. Somponpun and Celia D. Sladek

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4261-4269; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04261.2003
  • Vasopressin Differentially Modulates Non-NMDA Receptors in Vasopressin and Oxytocin Neurons in the Supraoptic Nucleus

    Michiru Hirasawa, Didier Mouginot, Michael G. Kozoriz, Samuel B. Kombian and Quentin J. Pittman

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4270-4277; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04270.2003
  • A₁ Receptor and Adenosinergic Homeostatic Regulation of Sleep-Wakefulness: Effects of Antisense to the A₁ Receptor in the Cholinergic Basal Forebrain

    Mahesh M. Thakkar, Stuart Winston and Robert W. McCarley

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4278-4287; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04278.2003
  • Rapid Motor Learning in the Translational Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex

    Wu Zhou, Patrick Weldon, Bingfeng Tang and W. M. King

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4288-4298; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04288.2003
  • Nitric Oxide-Mediated Cortical Activation: A Diffuse Wake-Up System

    Jorge Mariño and Javier Cudeiro

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4299-4307; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04299.2003
  • Error Monitoring Using External Feedback: Specific Roles of the Habenular Complex, the Reward System, and the Cingulate Motor Area Revealed by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Markus Ullsperger and D. Yves von Cramon

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4308-4314; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04308.2003
  • Conscious Expectation and Unconscious Conditioning in Analgesic, Motor, and Hormonal Placebo/Nocebo Responses

    Fabrizio Benedetti, Antonella Pollo, Leonardo Lopiano, Michele Lanotte, Sergio Vighetti and Innocenzo Rainero

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4315-4323; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04315.2003
  • Morphine Acutely Regulates Opioid Receptor Trafficking Selectively in Dendrites of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons

    Helena Haberstock-Debic, Marc Wein, Michel Barrot, Eric E. O. Colago, Zia Rahman, Rachael L. Neve, Virginia M. Pickel, Eric J. Nestler, Mark von Zastrow and Adena L. Svingos

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4324-4332; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04324.2003
  • Neuronal Activity in the Rostral Superior Colliculus Related to the Initiation of Pursuit and Saccadic Eye Movements

    Richard J. Krauzlis

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4333-4344; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04333.2003
  • Selective Hippocampal Lesions Do Not Increase Adrenocortical Activity

    Frode A. Tuvnes, Hill-Aina Steffenach, Robert Murison, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4345-4354; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04345.2003
  • Histological and Electrical Properties of Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons Innervating the Lower Urinary Tract

    Naoki Yoshimura, Satoshi Seki, Kristin A. Erickson, Vickie L. Erickson, Michael B. Chancellor and William C. de Groat

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4355-4361; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04355.2003
  • Recovery of Amiloride-Sensitive Neural Coding during Regeneration of the Gustatory Nerve: Behavioral–Neural Correlation of Salt Taste Discrimination

    Keiko Yasumatsu, Hideo Katsukawa, Kazushige Sasamoto and Yuzo Ninomiya

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4362-4368; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04362.2003
  • Step Response Analysis of Thermotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Hatim A. Zariwala, Adam C. Miller, Serge Faumont and Shawn R. Lockery

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4369-4377; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04369.2003
  • Variable Dopamine Release Probability and Short-Term Plasticity between Functional Domains of the Primate Striatum

    Stephanie J. Cragg

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4378-4385; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04378.2003
  • Social Influences on the Arginine Vasotocin System Are Independent of Gonads in a Sex-Changing Fish

    Katharine Semsar and John Godwin

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 May 2003, 23 (10) 4386-4393; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04386.2003