Table of Contents

Articles

• Brief Communications

  • Therapeutic Action of Cannabinoids in a Murine Model of Multiple Sclerosis

    Ángel Arévalo-Martı́n, José Miguel Vela, Eduardo Molina-Holgado, José Borrell and Carmen Guaza

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2511-2516; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02511.2003
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Induces Mechanical Allodynia after Spinal Nerve Ligation by Activation of p38 MAPK in Primary Sensory Neurons

    Maria Schäfers, Camilla I. Svensson, Claudia Sommer and Linda S. Sorkin

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2517-2521; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02517.2003
  • Noise Provides Some New Signals About the Spatial Vision of Amblyopes

    Dennis M. Levi and Stanley A. Klein

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2522-2526; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02522.2003

• Cellular/Molecular

  • Control of Growth Cone Motility and Morphology by LIM Kinase and Slingshot via Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of Cofilin

    Mitsuharu Endo, Kazumasa Ohashi, Yukio Sasaki, Yoshio Goshima, Ryusuke Niwa, Tadashi Uemura and Kensaku Mizuno

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2527-2537; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02527.2003
  • Imaging Calcium Entry Sites and Ribbon Structures in Two Presynaptic Cells

    David Zenisek, Viviana Davila, Lei Wan and Wolfhard Almers

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2538-2548; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02538.2003
  • Contribution of NR2B Subunits to Synaptic Transmission in Amygdaloid Interneurons

    Csaba Szinyei, Oliver Stork and Hans-Christian Pape

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2549-2556; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02549.2003
  • Neuronal Cell Death Is Preceded by Cell Cycle Events at All Stages of Alzheimer's Disease

    Yan Yang, Elliott J. Mufson and Karl Herrup

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2557-2563; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02557.2003
  • Cocaine Abusers Have an Overexpression of α-Synuclein in Dopamine Neurons

    Deborah C. Mash, Qinjie Ouyang, John Pablo, Margaret Basile, Sari Izenwasser, Abraham Lieberman and Richard J. Perrin

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2564-2571; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02564.2003
  • Upstream Stimulatory Factors Are Mediators of Ca²⁺-Responsive Transcription in Neurons

    Wen G. Chen, Anne E. West, Xu Tao, Gabriel Corfas, Marilyn N. Szentirmay, Michèle Sawadogo, Charles Vinson and Michael E. Greenberg

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2572-2581; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02572.2003
  • Increased Sensitivity to Agonist-Induced Seizures, Straub Tail, and Hippocampal Theta Rhythm in Knock-In Mice Carrying Hypersensitive α4 Nicotinic Receptors

    Carlos Fonck, Raad Nashmi, Purnima Deshpande, M. Imad Damaj, Michael J. Marks, Anett Riedel, Johannes Schwarz, Allan C. Collins, Cesar Labarca and Henry A. Lester

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2582-2590; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02582.2003
  • GABA Is Dispensable for the Formation of Junctional GABA Receptor Clusters in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Christelle Gally and Jean-Louis Bessereau

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2591-2599; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02591.2003
  • Somatic and Dendritic Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels Regulate the Output of Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons

    Mary D. Womack and Kamran Khodakhah

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2600-2607; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02600.2003
  • Electrophysiological Characterization of Voltage-Gated Currents in Defined Taste Cell Types of Mice

    Kathryn F. Medler, Robert F. Margolskee and Sue C. Kinnamon

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2608-2617; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02608.2003
  • Synapse Density Regulates Independence at Unitary Inhibitory Synapses

    Linda S. Overstreet and Gary L. Westbrook

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2618-2626; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02618.2003
  • Disruption of Glial Glutamate Transport by Reactive Oxygen Species Produced in Motor Neurons

    Shyam D. Rao, Hong Z. Yin and John H. Weiss

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2627-2633; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02627.2003
  • Derangements of Hippocampal Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II in a Mouse Model for Angelman Mental Retardation Syndrome

    Edwin J. Weeber, Yong-Hui Jiang, Ype Elgersma, Andrew W. Varga, Yarimar Carrasquillo, Sarah E. Brown, Jill M. Christian, Banefsheh Mirnikjoo, Alcino Silva, Arthur L. Beaudet and J. David Sweatt

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2634-2644; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02634.2003
  • Different Circuits for ON and OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells Cause Different Contrast Sensitivities

    Kareem A. Zaghloul, Kwabena Boahen and Jonathan B. Demb

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2645-2654; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02645.2003
  • Visualization of Microtubule Growth in Cultured Neurons via the Use of EB3-GFP (End-Binding Protein 3-Green Fluorescent Protein)

    Tatiana Stepanova, Jenny Slemmer, Casper C. Hoogenraad, Gideon Lansbergen, Bjorn Dortland, Chris I. De Zeeuw, Frank Grosveld, Gert van Cappellen, Anna Akhmanova and Niels Galjart

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2655-2664; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02655.2003
  • A Cell Surface Receptor Complex for Fibrillar β-Amyloid Mediates Microglial Activation

    Maria E. Bamberger, Meera E. Harris, Douglas R. McDonald, Jens Husemann and Gary E. Landreth

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2665-2674; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02665.2003
  • Identification and Characterization of AplysiaAdducin, an Aplysia Cytoskeletal Protein Homologous to Mammalian Adducins: Increased Phosphorylation at a Protein Kinase C Consensus Site during Long-Term Synaptic Facilitation

    Lore M. Gruenbaum, Diana M. Gilligan, Marina R. Picciotto, Stéphane Marinesco and Thomas J. Carew

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2675-2685; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02675.2003
  • Dopamine D1-Class Receptors Selectively Modulate a Slowly Inactivating Potassium Current in Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex Pyramidal Neurons

    Yan Dong and Francis J. White

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2686-2695; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02686.2003
  • Caenorhabditis elegans UNC-103 ERG-Like Potassium Channel Regulates Contractile Behaviors of Sex Muscles in Males before and during Mating

    L. Rene Garcia and Paul W. Sternberg

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2696-2705; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02696.2003
  • Exocytosis at the Ribbon Synapse of Retinal Bipolar Cells Studied in Patches of Presynaptic Membrane

    Artur Llobet, Anne Cooke and Leon Lagnado

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2706-2714; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02706.2003
  • Selective Expression of a Persistent Tetrodotoxin-Resistant Na⁺ Current and Na_V1.9 Subunit in Myenteric Sensory Neurons

    François Rugiero, Mohini Mistry, Dominique Sage, Joel A. Black, Stephen G. Waxman, Marcel Crest, Nadine Clerc, Patrick Delmas and Maurice Gola

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2715-2725; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02715.2003
  • Somatodendritic Secretion in Oxytocin Neurons Is Upregulated during the Female Reproductive Cycle

    Christiaan P. J. de Kock, Keimpe D. B. Wierda, Laurens W. J. Bosman, Rogier Min, Jan-Jurjen Koksma, Huibert D. Mansvelder, Matthijs Verhage and Arjen B. Brussaard

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2726-2734; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02726.2003
  • Inhibition of Bax-Induced Cytochrome c Release from Neural Cell and Brain Mitochondria by Dibucaine and Propranolol

    Brian M. Polster, Gorka Basañez, Michael Young, Motoshi Suzuki and Gary Fiskum

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2735-2743; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02735.2003
  • Glutamate-Dependent Inhibition of Dopamine Release in Striatum Is Mediated by a New Diffusible Messenger, H₂O₂

    Marat V. Avshalumov, Billy T. Chen, Sarah P. Marshall, Dianna M. Peña and Margaret E. Rice

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2744-2750; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02744.2003
  • Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide and Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Activate Hyperpolarization-Activated Cationic Current and Depolarize Thalamocortical Neurons In Vitro

    Qian-Quan Sun, David A. Prince and John R. Huguenard

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2751-2758; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02751.2003

• Development/Plasticity/Repair

  • Spontaneous Seizures and Loss of Axo-Axonic and Axo-Somatic Inhibition Induced by Repeated Brief Seizures in Kindled Rats

    Umit Sayin, Susan Osting, Joshua Hagen, Paul Rutecki and Thomas Sutula

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2759-2768; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02759.2003
  • Partial Rescue of the p35−/− Brain Phenotype by Low Expression of a Neuronal-Specific Enolase p25 Transgene

    Holger Patzke, Upendra Maddineni, Ramses Ayala, Maria Morabito, Janet Volker, Pieter Dikkes, Michael K. Ahlijanian and Li-Huei Tsai

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2769-2778; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02769.2003
  • Visualizing Changes in Circuit Activity Resulting from Denervation and Reinnervation Using Immediate Early Gene Expression

    Meredith D. Temple, Paul F. Worley and Oswald Steward

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2779-2788; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02779.2003
  • Spinal Cats on the Treadmill: Changes in Load Pathways

    Marie-Pascale Côté, Ariane Ménard and Jean-Pierre Gossard

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2789-2796; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02789.2003
  • Adeno-Associated Virus Vector Expressing Nerve Growth Factor Enhances Cholinergic Axonal Sprouting after Cortical Injury in Rats

    Julio J. Ramirez, Jennifer L. Caldwell, Melanie Majure, David R. Wessner, Ronald L. Klein, Edwin M. Meyer and Michael A. King

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2797-2803; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02797.2003
  • A Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan PTPζ/RPTPβ Regulates the Morphogenesis of Purkinje Cell Dendrites in the Developing Cerebellum

    Masahiko Tanaka, Nobuaki Maeda, Masaharu Noda and Tohru Marunouchi

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2804-2814; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02804.2003
  • TUC-4b, a Novel TUC Family Variant, Regulates Neurite Outgrowth and Associates with Vesicles in the Growth Cone

    Christopher C. Quinn, Esteban Chen, Tashi G. Kinjo, Gail Kelly, Alexander W. Bell, Robert C. Elliott, Peter S. McPherson and Susan Hockfield

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2815-2823; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02815.2003
  • The Predominant Neural Stem Cell Isolated from Postnatal and Adult Forebrain But Not Early Embryonic Forebrain Expresses GFAP

    Tetsuya Imura, Harley I. Kornblum and Michael V. Sofroniew

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2824-2832; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02824.2003
  • The Wld^s Mutation Delays Robust Loss of Motor and Sensory Axons in a Genetic Model for Myelin-Related Axonopathy

    Mohtashem Samsam, Weiqian Mi, Carsten Wessig, Jürgen Zielasek, Klaus V. Toyka, Michael P. Coleman and Rudolf Martini

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2833-2839; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02833.2003
  • Dopamine Modulates Cell Cycle in the Lateral Ganglionic Eminence

    Nobuyo Ohtani, Tomohide Goto, Christian Waeber and Pradeep G. Bhide

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2840-2850; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02840.2003
  • Developmental Loss of Synchronous Spontaneous Activity in the Mouse Retina Is Independent of Visual Experience

    Jay Demas, Stephen J. Eglen and Rachel O. L. Wong

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2851-2860; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02851.2003

• Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive

  • Forward Processing of Long-Term Associative Memory in Monkey Inferotemporal Cortex

    Yuji Naya, Masatoshi Yoshida and Yasushi Miyashita

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2861-2871; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02861.2003
  • Demonstration of Cholinergic Ganglion Cells in Rat Retina: Expression of an Alternative Splice Variant of Choline Acetyltransferase

    Osamu Yasuhara, Ikuo Tooyama, Yoshinari Aimi, Jean-Pierre Bellier, Tadashi Hisano, Akinori Matsuo, Masami Park and Hiroshi Kimura

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2872-2881; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02872.2003
  • Nucleus Accumbens μ-Opioids Regulate Intake of a High-Fat Diet via Activation of a Distributed Brain Network

    M. J. Will, E. B. Franzblau and A. E. Kelley

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2882-2888; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02882.2003
  • Freewheel Running Prevents Learned Helplessness/Behavioral Depression: Role of Dorsal Raphe Serotonergic Neurons

    Benjamin N. Greenwood, Teresa E. Foley, Heidi E. W. Day, Jay Campisi, Sayamwong H. Hammack, Serge Campeau, Steven F. Maier and Monika Fleshner

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2889-2898; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02889.2003
  • Altered Expression and Uptake Activity of Spinal Glutamate Transporters after Nerve Injury Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Neuropathic Pain in Rats

    Backil Sung, Grewo Lim and Jianren Mao

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2899-2910; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02899.2003
  • Resiniferatoxin Induces Paradoxical Changes in Thermal and Mechanical Sensitivities in Rats: Mechanism of Action

    Hui-Lin Pan, Ghous M. Khan, Kevin D. Alloway and Shao-Rui Chen

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2911-2919; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02911.2003
  • Regulation of Spike Initiation and Propagation in anAplysia Sensory Neuron: Gating-In via Central Depolarization

    Colin G. Evans, Jian Jing, Steven C. Rosen and Elizabeth C. Cropper

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2920-2931; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02920.2003
  • Contribution of Excitatory Chloride Conductance in the Determination of the Direction of Traveling Waves in an Olfactory Center

    Satoshi Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Inoue and Yutaka Kirino

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2932-2938; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02932.2003
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide-1-Responsive Catecholamine Neurons in the Area Postrema Link Peripheral Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 with Central Autonomic Control Sites

    Hiroshi Yamamoto, Toshiro Kishi, Charlotte E. Lee, Brian J. Choi, Hui Fang, Anthony N. Hollenberg, Daniel J. Drucker and Joel K. Elmquist

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2939-2946; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02939.2003
  • Emergent Properties of Layer 2/3 Neurons Reflect the Collinear Arrangement of Horizontal Connections in Tree Shrew Visual Cortex

    Heather J. Chisum, François Mooser and David Fitzpatrick

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2947-2960; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02947.2003
  • Cell Type-Specific Circuits of Cortical Layer IV Spiny Neurons

    Dirk Schubert, Rolf Kötter, Karl Zilles, Heiko J. Luhmann and Jochen F. Staiger

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2961-2970; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02961.2003
  • Premotor Neurons Encode Torsional Eye Velocity during Smooth-Pursuit Eye Movements

    Dora E. Angelaki and J. David Dickman

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2971-2979; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02971.2003
  • Transmission Security for Single Kinesthetic Afferent Fibers of Joint Origin and Their Target Cuneate Neurons in the Cat

    Gordon T. Coleman, Hong-Qi Zhang and Mark J. Rowe

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2980-2992; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02980.2003
  • Synaptic Pathways to Phrenic Motoneurons Are Enhanced by Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

    David D. Fuller, Stephen M. Johnson, E. Burdette Olson Jr and Gordon S. Mitchell

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 2993-3000; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02993.2003
  • Switching Memory Systems during Learning: Changes in Patterns of Brain Acetylcholine Release in the Hippocampus and Striatum in Rats

    Qing Chang and Paul E. Gold

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 3001-3005; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-03001.2003
  • On the Transmission of Rate Code in Long Feedforward Networks with Excitatory–Inhibitory Balance

    Vladimir Litvak, Haim Sompolinsky, Idan Segev and Moshe Abeles

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 3006-3015; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-03006.2003
  • Shape Tuning in Macaque Inferior Temporal Cortex

    Greet Kayaert, Irving Biederman and Rufin Vogels

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 3016-3027; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-03016.2003
  • Increased Sensitivity of Injured and Adjacent Uninjured Rat Primary Sensory Neurons to Exogenous Tumor Necrosis Factor-α after Spinal Nerve Ligation

    Maria Schäfers, Doo H. Lee, Dominik Brors, Tony L. Yaksh and Linda S. Sorkin

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 3028-3038; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-03028.2003
  • Directional Avoidance Turns Encoded by Single Interneurons and Sustained by Multifunctional Serotonergic Cells

    Jian Jing and Rhanor Gillette

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 3039-3051; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-03039.2003
  • Temporal Masking Reveals Properties of Sound-Evoked Inhibition in Duration-Tuned Neurons of the Inferior Colliculus

    Paul A. Faure, Thane Fremouw, John H. Casseday and Ellen Covey

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 3052-3065; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-03052.2003
  • System Identification Applied to a Visuomotor Task: Near-Optimal Human Performance in a Noisy Changing Task

    R. J. Baddeley, H. A. Ingram and R. C. Miall

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 3066-3075; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-03066.2003
  • Enhanced Responsiveness to Novelty and Cocaine Is Associated with Decreased Basal Dopamine Uptake and Release in the Nucleus Accumbens: Quantitative Microdialysis in Rats under Transient Conditions

    Vladimir I. Chefer, Irina Zakharova and Toni S. Shippenberg

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 3076-3084; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-03076.2003
  • Circadian and Photic Regulation of Phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and Elk-1 in the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei of the Syrian Hamster

    Andrew N. Coogan and Hugh D. Piggins

    Journal of Neuroscience 1 April 2003, 23 (7) 3085-3093; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-03085.2003