Table of Contents

Articles

• Brief Communications

  • α-Synuclein Overexpression Protects against Paraquat-Induced Neurodegeneration

    Amy B. Manning-Boğ, Alison L. McCormack, Maya G. Purisai, Laurel M. Bolin and Donato A. Di Monte

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3095-3099; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03095.2003
  • Imaging Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Surround Inhibition in the Barrels Somatosensory Cortex

    Dori Derdikman, Rina Hildesheim, Ehud Ahissar, Amos Arieli and Amiram Grinvald

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3100-3105; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03100.2003
  • Involvement of the Lateral Hypothalamic Peptide Orexin in Morphine Dependence and Withdrawal

    Dan Georgescu, Venetia Zachariou, Michel Barrot, Michihiro Mieda, Jon T. Willie, Amelia J. Eisch, Masashi Yanagisawa, Eric J. Nestler and Ralph J. DiLeone

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3106-3111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03106.2003
  • Inactivation of Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein Enhances Optic Nerve Regeneration

    Eric V. Wong, Samuel David, Michele H. Jacob and Daniel G. Jay

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3112-3117; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03112.2003
  • Small GTPase Cdc42 Is Required for Multiple Aspects of Dendritic Morphogenesis

    Ethan K. Scott, John E. Reuter and Liqun Luo

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3118-3123; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03118.2003
  • Light-Dependent Translocation of Arrestin in the Absence of Rhodopsin Phosphorylation and Transducin Signaling

    Ana Mendez, Janis Lem, Melvin Simon and Jeannie Chen

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3124-3129; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03124.2003
  • Presynaptic Modulation of the Retinogeniculate Synapse

    Chinfei Chen and Wade G. Regehr

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3130-3135; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03130.2003

• Cellular/Molecular

  • Presynaptic Facilitation of Glutamatergic Synapses to Dopaminergic Neurons of the Rat Substantia Nigra by Endogenous Stimulation of Vanilloid Receptors

    Silvia Marinelli, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Nicola Berretta, Isabel Matias, Mauro Maccarrone, Giorgio Bernardi and Nicola B. Mercuri

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3136-3144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03136.2003
  • Circadian Phase-Dependent Modulation of cGMP-Gated Channels of Cone Photoreceptors by Dopamine and D2 Agonist

    Gladys Y.-P. Ko, Michael L. Ko and Stuart E. Dryer

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3145-3153; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03145.2003
  • Variable Properties in a Single Class of Excitatory Spinal Synapse

    David Parker

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3154-3163; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03154.2003
  • Ligand-Dependent Recruitment of the ErbB4 Signaling Complex into Neuronal Lipid Rafts

    Li Ma, Yang Z. Huang, Graham M. Pitcher, Juli G. Valtschanoff, Ying H. Ma, Lin Y. Feng, Bai Lu, Wen C. Xiong, Michael W. Salter, Richard J. Weinberg and Lin Mei

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3164-3175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03164.2003
  • Differential Desensitization and Distribution of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes in Midbrain Dopamine Areas

    Julian R. A. Wooltorton, Volodymyr I. Pidoplichko, Ron S. Broide and John A. Dani

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3176-3185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03176.2003
  • Independent Sources of Quantal Variability at Single Glutamatergic Synapses

    Kevin M. Franks, Charles F. Stevens and Terrence J. Sejnowski

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3186-3195; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03186.2003
  • NAD(P)H Fluorescence Imaging of Postsynaptic Neuronal Activation in Murine Hippocampal Slices

    C. William Shuttleworth, Angela M. Brennan and John A. Connor

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3196-3208; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03196.2003
  • Ligand-Induced Internalization of the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor: A Slow Route to the Signaling Endosome

    Francisca C. Bronfman, Marianna Tcherpakov, Thomas M. Jovin and Mike Fainzilber

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3209-3220; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03209.2003
  • Focal Lysolecithin-Induced Demyelination of Peripheral Afferents Results in Neuropathic Pain Behavior That Is Attenuated by Cannabinoids

    Victoria C. J. Wallace, David F. Cottrell, Peter J. Brophy and Susan M. Fleetwood-Walker

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3221-3233; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03221.2003
  • Cell Type-Specific Roles for Tissue Plasminogen Activator Released by Neurons or Microglia after Excitotoxic Injury

    Chia-Jen Siao, Susana R. Fernandez and Stella E. Tsirka

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3234-3242; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03234.2003
  • Normalization of Ca²⁺ Signals by Small Oblique Dendrites of CA1 Pyramidal Neurons

    Andreas Frick, Jeffrey Magee, Helmut J. Koester, Michele Migliore and Daniel Johnston

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3243-3250; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03243.2003
  • Activity-Dependent Trafficking and Dynamic Localization of Zipcode Binding Protein 1 and β-Actin mRNA in Dendrites and Spines of Hippocampal Neurons

    Dhanrajan M. Tiruchinapalli, Yuri Oleynikov, Sofija Kelič, Shailesh M. Shenoy, Adam Hartley, Patric K. Stanton, Robert H. Singer and Gary J. Bassell

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3251-3261; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03251.2003
  • Lipid Rafts in the Maintenance of Synapses, Dendritic Spines, and Surface AMPA Receptor Stability

    Heike Hering, Chih-Chun Lin and Morgan Sheng

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3262-3271; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03262.2003
  • Nicastrin Is Required for Assembly of Presenilin/γ-Secretase Complexes to Mediate Notch Signaling and for Processing and Trafficking of β-Amyloid Precursor Protein in Mammals

    Tong Li, Guojun Ma, Huaibin Cai, Donald L. Price and Philip C. Wong

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3272-3277; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03272.2003

• Development/Plasticity/Repair

  • Autocrine/Paracrine Activation of the GABA_A Receptor Inhibits the Proliferation of Neurogenic Polysialylated Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule-Positive (PSA-NCAM⁺) Precursor Cells from Postnatal Striatum

    Laurent Nguyen, Brigitte Malgrange, Ingrid Breuskin, Lucien Bettendorff, Gustave Moonen, Shibeshih Belachew and Jean-Michel Rigo

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3278-3294; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03278.2003
  • Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies of Older Adults: A Shrinking Brain

    Susan M. Resnick, Dzung L. Pham, Michael A. Kraut, Alan B. Zonderman and Christos Davatzikos

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3295-3301; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03295.2003
  • Intravitreal Gene Therapy Reduces Lysosomal Storage in Specific Areas of the CNS in Mucopolysaccharidosis VII Mice

    Anne K. Hennig, Beth Levy, Judith Mosinger Ogilvie, Carole A. Vogler, Nancy Galvin, Steven Bassnett and Mark S. Sands

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3302-3307; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03302.2003
  • Selective Vulnerability of Subplate Neurons after Early Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia

    Patrick S. McQuillen, R. Ann Sheldon, Carla J. Shatz and Donna M. Ferriero

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3308-3315; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03308.2003
  • Parkin Binds to α/β Tubulin and Increases their Ubiquitination and Degradation

    Yong Ren, Jinghui Zhao and Jian Feng

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3316-3324; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03316.2003
  • Role of DE-Cadherin in Neuroblast Proliferation, Neural Morphogenesis, and Axon Tract Formation in DrosophilaLarval Brain Development

    Karin Dumstrei, Fay Wang and Volker Hartenstein

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3325-3335; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03325.2003
  • Metallothionein-IIA Promotes Initial Neurite Elongation and Postinjury Reactive Neurite Growth and Facilitates Healing after Focal Cortical Brain Injury

    Roger S. Chung, James C. Vickers, Meng Inn Chuah and Adrian K. West

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3336-3342; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03336.2003
  • Characterization of the WAVE1 Knock-Out Mouse: Implications for CNS Development

    John P. Dahl, Jeanne Wang-Dunlop, Cathleen Gonzales, Mary E. P. Goad, Robert J. Mark and Seung P. Kwak

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3343-3352; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03343.2003
  • Leukocyte Antigen-Related Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor: A Small Ectodomain Isoform Functions as a Homophilic Ligand and Promotes Neurite Outgrowth

    Tao Yang, Ramon Bernabeu, Youmei Xie, Julie S. Zhang, Stephen M. Massa, Hans C. Rempel and Frank M. Longo

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3353-3363; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03353.2003
  • Functional NMDA Receptor Subtype 2B Is Expressed in Astrocytes after Ischemia In Vivo and Anoxia In Vitro

    Claudia Krebs, Herman B. Fernandes, Claire Sheldon, Lynn A. Raymond and Kenneth G. Baimbridge

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3364-3372; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03364.2003
  • Serotonin Induces Tonic Firing in Layer V Pyramidal Neurons of Rat Prefrontal Cortex during Postnatal Development

    Zhong-wei Zhang

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3373-3384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03373.2003
  • Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors Control Competence to Interpret Leukemia Inhibitory Factor as an Astrocyte Inducer in Developing Cortex

    Jane Viti, Angela Feathers, Jennifer Phillips and Laura Lillien

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3385-3393; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03385.2003
  • Coordinate Regulation of Glutathione Biosynthesis and Release by Nrf2-Expressing Glia Potently Protects Neurons from Oxidative Stress

    Andy Y. Shih, Delinda A. Johnson, Gloria Wong, Andrew D. Kraft, Lei Jiang, Heidi Erb, Jeffrey A. Johnson and Timothy H. Murphy

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3394-3406; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03394.2003

• Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive

  • Internal State of Monkey Primary Visual Cortex (V1) Predicts Figure–Ground Perception

    Hans Supèr, Chris van der Togt, Henk Spekreijse and Victor A. F. Lamme

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3407-3414; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03407.2003
  • Inhibition of Conditioned Stimulus Pathway Phosphoprotein 24 Expression Blocks the Development of Intermediate-Term Memory in Hermissenda

    Terry Crow, John B. Redell, Lian-Ming Tian, Juan Xue-Bian and Pramod K. Dash

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3415-3422; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03415.2003
  • Hierarchical Processing in Spoken Language Comprehension

    Matthew H. Davis and Ingrid S. Johnsrude

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3423-3431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03423.2003
  • Reappraisal of the Motor Role of Basal Ganglia: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Image Study

    Takayuki Taniwaki, Akira Okayama, Takashi Yoshiura, Yasuhiko Nakamura, Yoshinobu Goto, Jun-ichi Kira and Shozo Tobimatsu

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3432-3438; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03432.2003
  • Tactile Acuity is Enhanced in Blindness

    Daniel Goldreich and Ingrid M. Kanics

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3439-3445; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03439.2003
  • Interactions with PDZ Proteins Are Required for L-Type Calcium Channels to Activate cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein-Dependent Gene Expression

    Jason P. Weick, Rachel D. Groth, Ann L. Isaksen and Paul G. Mermelstein

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3446-3456; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03446.2003
  • Coordination of Cellular Pattern-Generating Circuits that Control Limb Movements: The Sources of Stable Differences in Intersegmental Phases

    Stephanie R. Jones, Brian Mulloney, Tasso J. Kaper and Nancy Kopell

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3457-3468; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03457.2003
  • Calbindin in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells Is a Critical Determinant of the Precision of Motor Coordination

    Jaroslaw J. Barski, Jana Hartmann, Christine R. Rose, Freek Hoebeek, Karin Mörl, Michael Noll-Hussong, Chris I. De Zeeuw, Arthur Konnerth and Michael Meyer

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3469-3477; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03469.2003
  • Rapid Spatial Reorientation and Head Direction Cells

    Michaël B. Zugaro, Angelo Arleo, Alain Berthoz and Sidney I. Wiener

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3478-3482; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03478.2003
  • A Critical Role for Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine in Partner-Preference Formation in Male Prairie Voles

    Brandon J. Aragona, Yan Liu, J. Thomas Curtis, Friedrich K. Stephan and Zuoxin Wang

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3483-3490; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03483.2003
  • Phasic Activation of Locus Ceruleus Neurons by the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala

    Sebastien Bouret, Adam Duvel, Selim Onat and Susan J. Sara

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3491-3497; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03491.2003
  • GABA Transmission in the Nucleus Accumbens Is Altered after Withdrawal from Repeated Cocaine

    Zheng-Xiong Xi, Sammanda Ramamoorthy, Hui Shen, Russell Lake, Devadoss J. Samuvel and Peter W. Kalivas

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3498-3505; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03498.2003
  • Evidence of a Spatial Encoding Deficit in Rats with Lesions of the Mammillary Bodies or Mammillothalamic Tract

    Seralynne D. Vann and John P. Aggleton

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3506-3514; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03506.2003
  • Contribution of Middle Temporal Area to Coarse Depth Discrimination: Comparison of Neuronal and Psychophysical Sensitivity

    Takanori Uka and Gregory C. DeAngelis

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3515-3530; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03515.2003
  • Prefrontal Glutamate Release into the Core of the Nucleus Accumbens Mediates Cocaine-Induced Reinstatement of Drug-Seeking Behavior

    Krista McFarland, Christopher C. Lapish and Peter W. Kalivas

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3531-3537; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03531.2003
  • Stabilization of Bursting in Respiratory Pacemaker Neurons

    Andrew K. Tryba, Fernando Peña and Jan-Marino Ramirez

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3538-3546; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03538.2003
  • Cognitive Strategy-Specific Increases in Phosphorylated cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein and c-Fos in the Hippocampus and Dorsal Striatum

    Paul J. Colombo, Jennifer J. Brightwell and Renee A. Countryman

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3547-3554; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03547.2003
  • Circadian and Homeostatic Regulation of Hypocretin in a Primate Model: Implications for the Consolidation of Wakefulness

    Jamie M. Zeitzer, Christine L. Buckmaster, Karen J. Parker, Craig M. Hauck, David M. Lyons and Emmanuel Mignot

    Journal of Neuroscience 15 April 2003, 23 (8) 3555-3560; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-08-03555.2003