Table of Contents

Articles

• Brief Communications

  • Persistent Changes in Spontaneous Firing of Purkinje Neurons Triggered by the Nitric Oxide Signaling Cascade

    Spencer L. Smith and Thomas S. Otis

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 367-372; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00367.2003
  • Synaptic Activity of the AFD Neuron inCaenorhabditis elegans Correlates with Thermotactic Memory

    Aravinthan D. T. Samuel, Ruwan A. Silva and Venkatesh N. Murthy

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 373-376; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00373.2003

• Cellular/Molecular

  • Receptor Occupancy Limits Synaptic Depression at Climbing Fiber Synapses

    John Harrison and Craig E. Jahr

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 377-383; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00377.2003
  • εPKC Is Required for the Induction of Tolerance by Ischemic and NMDA-Mediated Preconditioning in the Organotypic Hippocampal Slice

    Ami P. Raval, Kunjan R. Dave, Daria Mochly-Rosen, Thomas J. Sick and Miguel A. Pérez-Pinzón

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 384-391; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00384.2003
  • A Role for the Juxtamembrane Domain of β-Dystroglycan in Agrin-Induced Acetylcholine Receptor Clustering

    Joanna Kahl and James T. Campanelli

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 392-402; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00392.2003
  • Modulation of Type 1 Inositol (1,4,5)-Trisphosphate Receptor Function by Protein Kinase A and Protein Phosphatase 1α

    Tie-Shan Tang, Huiping Tu, Zhengnan Wang and Ilya Bezprozvanny

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 403-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00403.2003
  • The Second Galanin Receptor GalR2 Plays a Key Role in Neurite Outgrowth from Adult Sensory Neurons

    Sally-Ann Mahoney, Richard Hosking, Sarah Farrant, Fiona E. Holmes, Arie S. Jacoby, John Shine, Tiina P. Iismaa, Malcolm K. Scott, Ralf Schmidt and David Wynick

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 416-421; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00416.2003
  • Loss of Kainate Receptor-Mediated Heterosynaptic Facilitation of Mossy-Fiber Synapses in KA2^−/− Mice

    Anis Contractor, Andreas W. Sailer, Melanie Darstein, Cornelia Maron, Jian Xu, Geoffrey T. Swanson and Stephen F. Heinemann

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 422-429; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00422.2003
  • Connexin Mediates Gap Junction-Independent Resistance to Cellular Injury

    Jane H.-C. Lin, Jay Yang, Shujun Liu, Takahiro Takano, Xiaohai Wang, Qun Gao, Klaus Willecke and Maiken Nedergaard

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 430-441; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00430.2003
  • Bidirectional Modulation of GABA Release by Presynaptic Glutamate Receptor 5 Kainate Receptors in the Basolateral Amygdala

    Maria F. M. Braga, Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska, Jianwu Xie and He Li

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 442-452; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00442.2003
  • BETA2/NeuroD1 Null Mice: A New Model for Transcription Factor-Dependent Photoreceptor Degeneration

    Mark E. Pennesi, Jang-Hyeon Cho, Zhuo Yang, Schonmei H. Wu, Jian Zhang, Samuel M. Wu and Ming-Jer Tsai

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 453-461; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00453.2003
  • In Vivo and In Vitro Neurotoxicity of the Human Prion Protein (PrP) Fragment P118–135 Independently of PrP Expression

    Joëlle Chabry, Christiane Ratsimanohatra, Isabelle Sponne, Pierre-Paul Elena, Jean-Pierre Vincent and Thierry Pillot

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 462-469; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00462.2003
  • Light Stimulates a Transducin-Independent Increase of Cytoplasmic Ca²⁺ and Suppression of Current in Cones from the Zebrafish Mutant nof

    Susan E. Brockerhoff, Fred Rieke, Hugh R. Matthews, Michael R. Taylor, Breandan Kennedy, Irina Ankoudinova, Gregory A. Niemi, Chandra L. Tucker, Ming Xiao, Marianne C. Cilluffo, Gordon L. Fain and James B. Hurley

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 470-480; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00470.2003
  • Interleukin-6 Protects Anterior Horn Neurons from Lethal Virus-Induced Injury

    Kevin D. Pavelko, Charles L. Howe, Kristen M. Drescher, Jeff D. Gamez, Aaron J. Johnson, Tao Wei, Richard M. Ransohoff and Moses Rodriguez

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 481-492; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00481.2003
  • Aberrant Activation of Focal Adhesion Proteins Mediates Fibrillar Amyloid β-Induced Neuronal Dystrophy

    Elizabeth A. Grace and Jorge Busciglio

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 493-502; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00493.2003

• Development/Plasticity/Repair

  • Critical Roles of Thioredoxin in Nerve Growth Factor-Mediated Signal Transduction and Neurite Outgrowth in PC12 Cells

    Jie Bai, Hajime Nakamura, Yong-Won Kwon, Itaro Hattori, Yoshimi Yamaguchi, Yong-Chul Kim, Norihiko Kondo, Shin-ichi Oka, Shugo Ueda, Hiroshi Masutani and Junji Yodoi

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 503-509; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00503.2003
  • Correlation between Brain Reorganization, Ischemic Damage, and Neurologic Status after Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rats: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Rick M. Dijkhuizen, Aneesh B. Singhal, Joseph B. Mandeville, Ona Wu, Elkan F. Halpern, Seth P. Finklestein, Bruce R. Rosen and Eng H. Lo

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 510-517; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00510.2003
  • Vesicular Neurotransmitter Transporter Expression in Developing Postnatal Rodent Retina: GABA and Glycine Precede Glutamate

    Juliette Johnson, Ning Tian, Matthew S. Caywood, Richard J. Reimer, Robert H. Edwards and David R. Copenhagen

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 518-529; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00518.2003
  • The L1 Cell Adhesion Molecule Is Essential for Topographic Mapping of Retinal Axons

    Galina P. Demyanenko and Patricia F. Maness

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 530-538; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00530.2003
  • Aberrant Patterning of Neuromuscular Synapses in Choline Acetyltransferase-Deficient Mice

    Eugene P. Brandon, Weichun Lin, Kevin A. D'Amour, Donald P. Pizzo, Bertha Dominguez, Yoshie Sugiura, Silke Thode, Chien-Ping Ko, Leon J. Thal, Fred H. Gage and Kuo-Fen Lee

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 539-549; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00539.2003
  • Neutral Amino Acid Transporter ASCT1 Is Preferentially Expressed in l-Ser-Synthetic/Storing Glial Cells in the Mouse Brain with Transient Expression in Developing Capillaries

    Kazuhisa Sakai, Hidemi Shimizu, Tatsuro Koike, Shigeki Furuya and Masahiko Watanabe

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 550-560; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00550.2003
  • Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Alters Axon Schwann Cell Units and Promotes Myelination in Unmyelinated Nerve Fibers

    Ahmet Höke, Tony Ho, Thomas O. Crawford, Carl LeBel, Dana Hilt and John W. Griffin

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 561-567; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00561.2003
  • DLX5 Regulates Development of Peripheral and Central Components of the Olfactory System

    Jason E. Long, Sonia Garel, Michael J. Depew, Stuart Tobet and John L. R. Rubenstein

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 568-578; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00568.2003
  • A Novel Skilled-Reaching Impairment in Paw Supination on the “Good” Side of the Hemi-Parkinson Rat Improved with Rehabilitation

    Patricia Vergara-Aragon, Claudia L. R. Gonzalez and Ian Q. Whishaw

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 579-586; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00579.2003
  • Characterization of the Circuits That Generate Spontaneous Episodes of Activity in the Early Embryonic Mouse Spinal Cord

    M. Gartz Hanson and Lynn T. Landmesser

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 587-600; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00587.2003
  • Widespread Projections from Myelinated Nociceptors throughout the Substantia Gelatinosa Provide Novel Insights into Neonatal Hypersensitivity

    C. Jeffery Woodbury and H. Richard Koerber

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 601-610; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00601.2003

• Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive

  • Muscarinic Blockade Slows and Degrades the Location-Specific Firing of Hippocampal Pyramidal Cells

    E. S. Brazhnik, R. U. Muller and S. E. Fox

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 611-621; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00611.2003
  • Genetic Disruption of Cortical Interneuron Development Causes Region- and GABA Cell Type-Specific Deficits, Epilepsy, and Behavioral Dysfunction

    Elizabeth M. Powell, Daniel B. Campbell, Gregg D. Stanwood, Caleb Davis, Jeffrey L. Noebels and Pat Levitt

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 622-631; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00622.2003
  • The Influence of Behavioral Context on the Representation of a Perceptual Decision in Developing Oculomotor Commands

    Joshua I. Gold and Michael N. Shadlen

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 632-651; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00632.2003
  • Intrinsic Role of Polysialylated Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule in Photic Phase Resetting of the Mammalian Circadian Clock

    Rebecca A. Prosser, Urs Rutishauser, Grace Ungers, Lenka Fedorkova and J. David Glass

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 652-658; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00652.2003
  • Associative Memory Formation Increases the Observation of Dendritic Spines in the Hippocampus

    Benedetta Leuner, Jacqueline Falduto and Tracey J. Shors

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 659-665; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00659.2003
  • The Effect of Lesions of the Basolateral Amygdala on Instrumental Conditioning

    Bernard W. Balleine, A. Simon Killcross and Anthony Dickinson

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 666-675; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00666.2003
  • Perceptual Attentional Set-Shifting Is Impaired in Rats with Neurotoxic Lesions of Posterior Parietal Cortex

    Matthew T. Fox, Morgan D. Barense and Mark G. Baxter

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 676-681; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00676.2003
  • Coactivation of Motoneurons Regulated by a Network Combining Electrical and Chemical Synapses

    Lorena Rela and Lidia Szczupak

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 682-692; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00682.2003
  • Effects of Sex and Estrogen on Behavioral Sensitization to Cocaine in Rats

    Ming Hu and Jill B. Becker

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 693-699; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00693.2003
  • Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptors Couple to Multiple G-Proteins to Activate Diverse Intracellular Signaling Pathways in Mouse Hippocampus: Role in Neuronal Excitability and Associative Learning

    Thomas Blank, Ingrid Nijholt, Dimitris K. Grammatopoulos, Harpal S. Randeva, Edward W. Hillhouse and Joachim Spiess

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 700-707; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00700.2003
  • Absence of Thermal Hyperalgesia in Serotonin Transporter-Deficient Mice

    Carola Vogel, Rainald Mössner, Manfred Gerlach, Thoralf Heinemann, Dennis L. Murphy, Peter Riederer, Klaus-Peter Lesch and Claudia Sommer

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 708-715; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00708.2003
  • Interaural Time Difference Discrimination Thresholds for Single Neurons in the Inferior Colliculus of Guinea Pigs

    Trevor M. Shackleton, Bernt C. Skottun, Robert H. Arnott and Alan R. Palmer

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 January 2003, 23 (2) 716-724; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-02-00716.2003