Table of Contents

Articles

• Brief Communications

  • Identification of a Pax6-Dependent Epidermal Growth Factor Family Signaling Source at the Lateral Edge of the Embryonic Cerebral Cortex

    Stavroula Assimacopoulos, Elizabeth A. Grove and Clifton W. Ragsdale

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6399-6403; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06399.2003
  • Endogenous Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Mediates Anti-Inflammatory and Neuroprotective Actions of Cannabinoids in Neurons and Glia

    Francisco Molina-Holgado, Emmanuel Pinteaux, Jonathan D. Moore, Eduardo Molina-Holgado, Carmen Guaza, Rosemary M. Gibson and Nancy J. Rothwell

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6470-6474; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06470.2003
  • Functional Specialization within Medial Frontal Cortex of the Anterior Cingulate for Evaluating Effort-Related Decisions

    Mark E. Walton, David M. Bannerman, Karin Alterescu and Matthew F. S. Rushworth

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6475-6479; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06475.2003

• Cellular/Molecular

  • Functions of Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF)-2 and FGF-5 in Astroglial Differentiation and Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability: Evidence from Mouse Mutants

    Bernhard Reuss, Rosanna Dono and Klaus Unsicker

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6404-6412; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06404.2003
  • Gap Junctions Mediate Bystander Cell Death in Developing Retina

    Karen Cusato, Alejandra Bosco, Renato Rozental, Cinthya A. Guimarães, Benjamin E. Reese, Rafael Linden and David C. Spray

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6413-6422; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06413.2003
  • Individual Cerebellar Purkinje Cells Express Different cGMP Phosphodiesterases (PDEs): In Vivo Phosphorylation of cGMP-Specific PDE (PDE5) as an Indicator of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) Activation

    Masami Shimizu-Albergine, Sergei D. Rybalkin, Irina G. Rybalkina, Robert Feil, Wiebke Wolfsgruber, Franz Hofmann and Joseph A. Beavo

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6452-6459; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06452.2003
  • Contribution of TWIK-Related Acid-Sensitive K⁺ Channel 1 (TASK1) and TASK3 Channels to the Control of Activity Modes in Thalamocortical Neurons

    Sven G. Meuth, Thomas Budde, Tatyana Kanyshkova, Tilman Broicher, Thomas Munsch and Hans-Christian Pape

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6460-6469; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06460.2003
  • Locus-Specific Rescue of GluRϵ1 NMDA Receptors in Mutant Mice Identifies the Brain Regions Important for Morphine Tolerance and Dependence

    Makoto Inoue, Masayoshi Mishina and Hiroshi Ueda

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6529-6536; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06529.2003
  • Critical Residues of the Caenorhabditis elegans unc-2 Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel That Affect Behavioral and Physiological Properties

    Eleanor A. Mathews, Esperanza García, Celia M. Santi, Gregory P. Mullen, Colin Thacker, Donald G. Moerman and Terrance P. Snutch

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6537-6545; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06537.2003
  • Experience-Dependent Strengthening of Drosophila Neuromuscular Junctions

    Stephan J. Sigrist, Dierk F. Reiff, Philippe R. Thiel, Joern R. Steinert and Christoph M. Schuster

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6546-6556; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06546.2003
  • Two Forms of Synaptic Plasticity with Distinct Dependence on Age, Experience, and NMDA Receptor Subtype in Rat Visual Cortex

    Yumiko Yoshimura, Tomohisa Ohmura and Yukio Komatsu

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6557-6566; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06557.2003
  • Multiple Trafficking Signals Regulate Kainate Receptor KA2 Subunit Surface Expression

    Zhao Ren, Nathan J. Riley, Elizabeth P. Garcia, James M. Sanders, Geoffrey T. Swanson and John Marshall

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6608-6616; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06608.2003
  • Active Transport of the Survival Motor Neuron Protein and the Role of Exon-7 in Cytoplasmic Localization

    Honglai L. Zhang, Feng Pan, Daewha Hong, Shailesh M. Shenoy, Robert H. Singer and Gary J. Bassell

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6627-6637; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06627.2003
  • Distribution and Properties of Functional Postsynaptic Kainate Receptors on Neocortical Layer V Pyramidal Neurons

    Matthias Eder, Klaus Becker, Gerhard Rammes, Anja Schierloh, Shahnaz Christina Azad, Walter Zieglgänsberger and Hans-Ulrich Dodt

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6660-6670; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06660.2003

• Development/Plasticity/Repair

  • N- and C-Terminal Domains of β-Catenin, Respectively, Are Required to Initiate and Shape Axon Arbors of Retinal Ganglion Cells In Vivo

    Tamira M. Elul, Nikole E. Kimes, Minoree Kohwi and Louis F. Reichardt

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6567-6575; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06567.2003
  • Drebrin-Dependent Actin Clustering in Dendritic Filopodia Governs Synaptic Targeting of Postsynaptic Density-95 and Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis

    Hideto Takahashi, Yuko Sekino, Satoshi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Mizui, Shoji Kishi and Tomoaki Shirao

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6586-6595; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06586.2003
  • Functional Connectivity between the Superficial and Deeper Layers of the Superior Colliculus: An Anatomical Substrate for Sensorimotor Integration

    Timothy P. Doubell, Irini Skaliora, Jérôme Baron and Andrew J. King

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6596-6607; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06596.2003
  • Identification of Upregulated SCG10 mRNA Expression Associated with Late-Phase Long-Term Potentiation in the Rat Hippocampal Schaffer-CA1 Pathway In Vivo

    Haixiang Peng, Brian E. Derrick and Joe L. Martinez Jr

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6617-6626; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06617.2003
  • A New Role for the Cell Adhesion Molecule L1 in Neural Precursor Cell Proliferation, Differentiation, and Transmitter-Specific Subtype Generation

    Marcel Dihné, Christian Bernreuther, Mirjam Sibbe, Werner Paulus and Melitta Schachner

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6638-6650; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06638.2003
  • Neuronal Migration from the Forebrain to the Olfactory Bulb Requires a New Attractant Persistent in the Olfactory Bulb

    Guofa Liu and Yi Rao

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6651-6659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06651.2003

• Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive

  • Individual Differences in the Expression of a “General” Learning Ability in Mice

    Louis D. Matzel, Yu Ray Han, Henya Grossman, Meghana S. Karnik, Dave Patel, Nicholas Scott, Steven M. Specht and Chetan C. Gandhi

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6423-6433; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06423.2003
  • Topographic Plasticity in Primary Visual Cortex Is Mediated by Local Corticocortical Connections

    Mike B. Calford, Layne L. Wright, Andrew B. Metha and Vivian Taglianetti

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6434-6442; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06434.2003
  • Experience-Dependent Regulation of the Immediate-Early Gene Arc Differs across Brain Regions

    Michele P. Kelly and Sam A. Deadwyler

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6443-6451; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06443.2003
  • Controlled Movement Processing: Superior Colliculus Activity Associated with Countermanded Saccades

    Martin Paré and Doug P. Hanes

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6480-6489; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06480.2003
  • Long-Term Effects of Permanent Vestibular Lesions on Hippocampal Spatial Firing

    Noah A. Russell, Arata Horii, Paul F. Smith, Cynthia L. Darlington and David K. Bilkey

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6490-6498; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06490.2003
  • Vibrissa Resonance as a Transduction Mechanism for Tactile Encoding

    Maria A. Neimark, Mark L. Andermann, John J. Hopfield and Christopher I. Moore

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6499-6509; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06499.2003
  • Mechanical Characteristics of Rat Vibrissae: Resonant Frequencies and Damping in Isolated Whiskers and in the Awake Behaving Animal

    Mitra J. Hartmann, Nicholas J. Johnson, R. Blythe Towal and Christopher Assad

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6510-6519; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06510.2003
  • Functional Connectivity of the Medial Temporal Lobe Relates to Learning and Awareness

    Anthony Randal McIntosh, M. Natasha Rajah and Nancy J. Lobaugh

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6520-6528; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06520.2003
  • Abnormal Dysbindin Expression in Cerebellar Mossy Fiber Synapses in the mdx Mouse Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

    Roy V. Sillitoe, Matthew A. Benson, Derek J. Blake and Richard Hawkes

    Journal of Neuroscience 23 July 2003, 23 (16) 6576-6585; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-16-06576.2003