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• Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Dependent Inhibition as a Broad Basis for Opponent Coding in Mammalian Olfactory Receptor Neurons

  Authors:Kirill Ukhanov, Elizabeth A. Corey, and Barry W. AcheFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 9, 20137,250 words Article 1620LPhosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling has been implicated in mediating inhibitory odorant input to mammalian olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). To better understand the breadth of such inhibition in odor coding, we...

• Development of Specific Connectivity Between Premotor Neurons and Motoneurons in the Brain Stem and Spinal Cord

  Author:JOEL C. GLOVERFrom:Physiological Reviews (Vol. 80, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 200026,936 words Article Glover, Joel C. Development of Specific Connectivity Between Premotor Neurons and Motoneurons in the Brain Stem and Spinal Cord. Physiol. Rev. 80: 615--647, 2000.--Astounding progress has been made during the past...

• Bestrophin-Encoded Ca.sup.2+-Activated Cl.sup.- Channels Underlie a Current with Properties Similar to the Native Current in the Moth Spodoptera littoralis Olfactory Receptor Neurons

  Authors:Adrien Francois, Marta Grauso, Elodie Demondion, Francoise Bozzolan, Stephane Debernard, and Philippe LucasFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 26, 20128,440 words Article 1490LResponses of insect olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) involve an entry of Ca.sup.2+ through olfactory heterodimeric receptor complexes. In moths, the termination of ORN responses was found to strongly depend on the...

• Neuronal population coding of movement direction

  Authors:Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, Andrew B. Schwartz, and Ronald E. KettnerFrom:Science (Vol. 233) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 26, 19861,868 words Article Neuronal Population Coding of Movement Direction FOR MANY FUNCTIONS CONTROLLED by the brain or variables represented in the brain, the relevant unit is the neuronal population rathr than the individual neuron....

• Potential Role of Transient Receptor Potential Channel M5 in Sensing Putative Pheromones in Mouse Olfactory Sensory Neurons

  Authors:Arisa Oshimoto, Yoshihiro Wakabayashi, Anna Garske, Roberto Lopez, Shane Rolen, Michael Flowers, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 16, 20139,150 words Article 1490LBased on pharmacological studies of chemosensory transduction in transient receptor potential channel M5 (TRPM5) knockout mice it was hypothesized that this channel is involved in transduction for a subset of putative...

• Measurement of structural integrity of the spinal cord in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging.

  Authors:Maximilian Patzig, Katja Bochmann, Jürgen Lutz, Robert Stahl, Clemens Küpper, Thomas Liebig, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 29, 20193,689 words Report 1410LBackground The value of conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is low. Functional and quantitative MRI could be more accurate. We aimed to examine the value of diffusion...

• Ca.sup.2+ Extrusion by NCX Is Compromised in Olfactory Sensory Neurons of OMP.sup.-/- Mice

  Authors:Hyun J. Kwon, Jae Hyung Koo, Frank Zufall, Trese Leinders-Zufall, and Frank L. MargolisFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 4, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20099,935 words Article 1490LBackground The role of olfactory marker protein (OMP), a hallmark of mature olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs), has been poorly understood since its discovery. The electrophysiological and behavioral phenotypes of OMP...

• Amino Acid- vs. Peptide-Odorants: Responses of Individual Olfactory Receptor Neurons in an Aquatic Species

  Authors:Thomas Hassenklover, Lars P. Pallesen, Detlev Schild, and Ivan ManziniFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 27, 20126,477 words Article 1360LAmino acids are widely used waterborne olfactory stimuli proposed to serve as cues in the search for food. In natural waters the main source of amino acids is the decomposition of proteins. But this process also...

• Ca.sup.2+-Activated Cl.sup.- Channels of the ClCa Family Express in the Cilia of a Subset of Rat Olfactory Sensory Neurons

  Authors:Carolina Gonzalez-Silva, Jorge Vera, Maria Rosa Bono, Christian Gonzalez-Billault, Brooke Baxter, Anne Hansen, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 9, 20136,972 words Article 1450LThe Ca.sup.2+ -activated Cl.sup.- channel is considered a key constituent of odor transduction. Odorant binding to a specific receptor in the cilia of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) triggers a cAMP cascade that...

• Which form of collagen is suitable for nerve cell culture?

  Authors:Mohsen Najafi, Saber Zahri, Fatemeh Vahedi, Leila Toosi, and Nazila AriaeeFrom:Neural Regeneration Research (Vol. 8, Issue 23) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 15, 20132,827 words Report 1530LByline: Mohsen. Najafi, Saber. Zahri, Fatemeh. Vahedi, Leila. Toosi, Nazila. Ariaee Research Highlights (1) Endogenous and exogenous nerve cells have a limited capacity of differentiation and growth, so some methods...

• Overexpression of microRNA-124 promotes the neuronal differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells

  Authors:Defeng Zou, Yi Chen, Yaxin Han, Chen Lv, and Guanjun TuFrom:Neural Regeneration Research (Vol. 9, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  June 15, 20144,174 words Report 1270LByline: Defeng. Zou, Yi. Chen, Yaxin. Han, Chen. Lv, Guanjun. Tu microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important regulatory role in the self-renewal and differentiation of stem cells. In this study, we examined the effects of...

• Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase activation enhances embryonic neural stem cell apoptosis in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  Authors:Yanling Sui, Zichun Zhao, Rong Liu, Bin Cai, and Dongsheng FanFrom:Neural Regeneration Research (Vol. 9, Issue 19) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 1, 20145,326 words Report 1400LByline: Yanling. Sui, Zichun. Zhao, Rong. Liu, Bin. Cai, Dongsheng. Fan Alterations in embryonic neural stem cells play crucial roles in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We hypothesized that...

• Scrap of brain seen in full detail: mouse map is step towards reconstructing human brain

  Author:Alison AbbottFrom:Nature (Vol. 524, Issue 7563) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 6, 2015776 words Report 1440LSix years might seem like a long time to spend piecing together the structure of a speck of tissue vastly smaller than a bead of sweat. But that is how long it took a team led by cell biologist Jeff Lichtman at Harvard...

• Video-rate STED nanoscopy of living neurons

  From:Plastics Engineering (Vol. 66, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July-August 201042 words Brief article 1910LStefan Hell and his colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and the European Neuroscience Institute prove the outstanding performance of video-rate STED microscopy, demonstrating fourfold...

• Information transfer in the microcirculation/Transfert d'information dans la microcirculation

  Authors:Branko Braam and William A. CupplesFrom:Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (Vol. 87, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20092,104 words Report 1570LThe four papers presented here evolved from talks given at the symposium 'Information Transfer in the Microcirculation' held at Lake Louise as part of the Canadian Physiological Society Winter Meeting 2008. Information...

• Autophagy activation and enhanced mitophagy characterize the Purkinje cells of pcd mice prior to neuronal death

  Authors:Lisa Chakrabarti, Jeremiah Eng, Nishi Ivanov, Gwenn A. Garden, and Albert R. La SpadaFrom:Molecular Brain (Vol. 2) Peer-Reviewed

  July 29, 20095,766 words Article Authors: Lisa Chakrabarti [1]; Jeremiah Eng [1]; Nishi Ivanov [2]; Gwenn A Garden [2,4]; Albert R La Spada (corresponding author) [1,2,3,4,5] Introduction In 1976, workers at the Jackson Laboratory reported the...

• What is the association between depression and Alzheimer's disease?

  Authors:Norifumi Tsuno and Akira HommaFrom:Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics (Vol. 9, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20098,055 words Article 1440LAuthor(s): Norifumi Tsuno [[dagger]] 1 , Akira Homma 2 Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; antidepressant; dementia; depression; risk factor Dementia is one of the principal causes of disability,...

• Pathophysiology of stroke-like episodes in MELAS: neuron-astrocyte uncoupling in neuronal hyperexcitability

  Authors:Takahiro Iizuka and Fumihiko SakaiFrom:Future Neurology (Vol. 5, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 201012,878 words Report Author(s): Takahiro Iizuka [[dagger]] 1 , Fumihiko Sakai 2 Keywords: Keywords * headache; MELAS; mitochondrial angiopathy; neuronal hyperexcitability; neuron-astrocyte communications; reactive oxygen species;...

• Cell transplantation for Huntington's disease: practical and clinical considerations

  Authors:Anne E Rosser, Claire M Kelly, and Stephen B DunnettFrom:Future Neurology (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 201114,609 words Report 1580LAuthor(s): Anne E Rosser [[dagger]] 2 , Claire M Kelly 1 , Stephen B Dunnett 1 Keywords: Keywords * clinical trial; Huntington's disease; neural transplantation; stem cell; therapy Clinicians and scientists...

• Migraine and epilepsy: genetically linked?

  Authors:Joost Haan, Arn MJM van den Maagdenberg, Oebele F Brouwer, and Michel D FerrariFrom:Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics (Vol. 8, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20083,424 words Article Author(s): Joost Haan [[dagger]] 1 , Arn MJM van den Maagdenberg 2 , Oebele F Brouwer 3 , Michel D Ferrari 4 Keywords: epilepsy; familial hemiplegic migraine; genetic; glutamate; ion transporter; migraine...