Table of Contents

Articles

• Brief Communications

  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor val⁶⁶met Polymorphism Affects Human Memory-Related Hippocampal Activity and Predicts Memory Performance

    Ahmad R. Hariri, Terry E. Goldberg, Venkata S. Mattay, Bhaskar S. Kolachana, Joseph H. Callicott, Michael F. Egan and Daniel R. Weinberger

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6690-6694; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06690.2003
  • App Gene Dosage Modulates Endosomal Abnormalities of Alzheimer's Disease in a Segmental Trisomy 16 Mouse Model of Down Syndrome

    Anne M. Cataldo, Suzana Petanceska, Corrinne M. Peterhoff, Nicole B. Terio, Charles J. Epstein, Angela Villar, Elaine J. Carlson, Matthias Staufenbiel and Ralph A. Nixon

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6788-6792; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06788.2003
  • N-Type Calcium Channel α_1B Subunit (Ca_V2.2) Knock-Out Mice Display Hyperactivity and Vigilance State Differences

    Carsten T. Beuckmann, Christopher M. Sinton, Norimasa Miyamoto, Mitsuhiro Ino and Masashi Yanagisawa

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6793-6797; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06793.2003

• Cellular/Molecular

  • Impaired NMDA Receptor-Mediated Postsynaptic Function and Blunted NMDA Receptor-Dependent Persistent Pain in Mice Lacking Postsynaptic Density-93 Protein

    Yuan-Xiang Tao, Gavin Rumbaugh, Guo-Du Wang, Ronald S. Petralia, Chengshui Zhao, Frederick W. Kauer, Feng Tao, Min Zhuo, Robert J. Wenthold, Srinivasa N. Raja, Richard L. Huganir, David S. Bredt and Roger A. Johns

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6703-6712; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06703.2003
  • Differential Properties of Astrocyte Calcium Waves Mediated by P2Y1 and P2Y2 Receptors

    Conor J. Gallagher and Michael W. Salter

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6728-6739; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06728.2003
  • β-Amyloid Regulation of Presynaptic Nicotinic Receptors in Rat Hippocampus and Neocortex

    John J. Dougherty, Jianlin Wu and Robert A. Nichols

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6740-6747; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06740.2003
  • Reversible Suppression of Glutamatergic Neurotransmission of Cerebellar Granule Cells In Vivo by Genetically Manipulated Expression of Tetanus Neurotoxin Light Chain

    Mutsuya Yamamoto, Norio Wada, Yasuji Kitabatake, Dai Watanabe, Masayuki Anzai, Minesuke Yokoyama, Yutaka Teranishi and Shigetada Nakanishi

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6759-6767; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06759.2003
  • Gap Junctional Coupling Underlies the Short-Latency Spike Synchrony of Retinal α Ganglion Cells

    Edward H. Hu and Stewart A. Bloomfield

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6768-6777; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06768.2003
  • The Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Protein Tat and Its Discrete Fragments Evoke Selective Release of Acetylcholine from Human and Rat Cerebrocortical Terminals through Species-Specific Mechanisms

    Marco Feligioni, Luca Raiteri, Roberto Pattarini, Massimo Grilli, Santina Bruzzone, Paolo Cavazzani, Maurizio Raiteri and Anna Pittaluga

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6810-6818; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06810.2003
  • Evidence for Chelatable Zinc in the Extracellular Space of the Hippocampus, But Little Evidence for Synaptic Release of Zn

    Alan R. Kay

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6847-6855; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06847.2003
  • Development and Subunit Composition of Synaptic NMDA Receptors in the Amygdala: NR2B Synapses in the Adult Central Amygdala

    Mikel Lopez de Armentia and Pankaj Sah

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6876-6883; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06876.2003
  • Presynaptic Calcium Stores Modulate Afferent Release in Vestibular Hair Cells

    Andrea Lelli, Paola Perin, Marta Martini, Catalin D. Ciubotaru, Ivo Prigioni, Paolo Valli, Maria L. Rossi and Fabio Mammano

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6894-6903; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06894.2003
  • DNA Synthesis and Neuronal Apoptosis Caused by Familial Alzheimer Disease Mutants of the Amyloid Precursor Protein Are Mediated by the p21 Activated Kinase PAK3

    Donna L. McPhie, Robert Coopersmith, Andrew Hines-Peralta, Yuzhi Chen, Kathryn J. Ivins, Susan P. Manly, Michael R. Kozlowski, Kim A. Neve and Rachael L. Neve

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6914-6927; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06914.2003
  • Lack of Huntingtin-Associated Protein-1 Causes Neuronal Death Resembling Hypothalamic Degeneration in Huntington's Disease

    Shi-Hua Li, Zhao-Xue Yu, Cui-Lin Li, Huu-Phuc Nguyen, Yong-Xing Zhou, Chuxia Deng and Xiao-Jiang Li

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6956-6964; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06956.2003

• Development/Plasticity/Repair

  • Semaphorin 3F Is Critical for Development of Limbic System Circuitry and Is Required in Neurons for Selective CNS Axon Guidance Events

    Amar Sahay, Mark E. Molliver, David D. Ginty and Alex L. Kolodkin

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6671-6680; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06671.2003
  • Rapid Critical Period Induction by Tonic Inhibition in Visual Cortex

    Youichi Iwai, Michela Fagiolini, Kunihiko Obata and Takao K. Hensch

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6695-6702; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06695.2003
  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Is Required for the Maintenance of Cortical Dendrites

    Jessica A. Gorski, Steven R. Zeiler, Susan Tamowski and Kevin R. Jones

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6856-6865; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06856.2003

• Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive

  • Temporal Resolution of Ensemble Visual Motion Signals in Primate Retina

    E. J. Chichilnisky and R. S. Kalmar

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6681-6689; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06681.2003
  • A Two-Stage Unsupervised Learning Algorithm Reproduces Multisensory Enhancement in a Neural Network Model of the Corticotectal System

    Thomas J. Anastasio and Paul E. Patton

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6713-6727; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06713.2003
  • Making Memories without Trying: Medial Temporal Lobe Activity Associated with Incidental Memory Formation during Recognition

    Craig E. L. Stark and Yoko Okado

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6748-6753; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06748.2003
  • Post-Training Intra-Basolateral Amygdala Infusions of Norepinephrine Enhance Consolidation of Memory for Contextual Fear Conditioning

    Ryan T. LaLumiere, Thea-Vanessa Buen and James L. McGaugh

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6754-6758; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06754.2003
  • The Relay of High-Frequency Sensory Signals in the Whisker-to-Barreloid Pathway

    Martin Deschênes, Elena Timofeeva and Philippe Lavallée

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6778-6787; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06778.2003
  • Coherent Oscillations in Neuronal Activity of the Supplementary Motor Area during a Visuomotor Task

    Daeyeol Lee

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6798-6809; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06798.2003
  • Brain Activity Evoked by the Perception of Human Walking: Controlling for Meaningful Coherent Motion

    Kevin A. Pelphrey, Teresa V. Mitchell, Martin J. McKeown, Jeremy Goldstein, Truett Allison and Gregory McCarthy

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6819-6825; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06819.2003
  • Enhanced Expression of a Specific Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channel (HCN) in Surviving Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells of Human and Experimental Epileptic Hippocampus

    Roland A. Bender, Sheila V. Soleymani, Amy L. Brewster, Snow T. Nguyen, Heinz Beck, Gary W. Mathern and Tallie Z. Baram

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6826-6836; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06826.2003
  • Neurokinin-1 Projection Cells in the Rat Dorsal Horn Receive Synaptic Contacts from Axons That Possess α_2C-Adrenergic Receptors

    M. Josune Olave and David J. Maxwell

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6837-6846; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06837.2003
  • Axonal Dopamine Receptors Activate Peripheral Spike Initiation in a Stomatogastric Motor Neuron

    Dirk Bucher, Vatsala Thirumalai and Eve Marder

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6866-6875; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06866.2003
  • Response Suppression in V1 Agrees with Psychophysics of Surround Masking

    Barbara Zenger-Landolt and David J. Heeger

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6884-6893; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06884.2003
  • AII Amacrine Cells Express L-Type Calcium Channels at Their Output Synapses

    Christopher J. Habermann, Brendan J. O'Brien, Heinz Wässle and Dario A. Protti

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6904-6913; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06904.2003
  • Long Memory in Song Learning by Zebra Finches

    Yasuko Funabiki and Masakazu Konishi

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6928-6935; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06928.2003
  • Response to Contrast of Electrophysiologically Defined Cell Classes in Primary Visual Cortex

    Diego Contreras and Larry Palmer

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6936-6945; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06936.2003
  • Olfactory Bulb Mitral-Tufted Cell Plasticity: Odorant-Specific Tuning Reflects Previous Odorant Exposure

    Max L. Fletcher and Donald A. Wilson

    Journal of Neuroscience 30 July 2003, 23 (17) 6946-6955; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06946.2003