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30 July 2003; 23 (17)

This Week in the Journal

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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6690-6694; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6788-6792; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06788.2003

  • N-Type Calcium Channel α1B Subunit (CaV2.2) Knock-Out Mice Display Hyperactivity and Vigilance State Differences

    • Carsten T. Beuckmann,
    • Christopher M. Sinton,
    • Norimasa Miyamoto,
    • Mitsuhiro Ino,
    • and Masashi Yanagisawa
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6793-6797; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6703-6712; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6728-6739; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6740-6747; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6759-6767; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6768-6777; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6810-6818; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6847-6855; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6876-6883; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6894-6903; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6914-6927; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6956-6964; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6671-6680; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6695-6702; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6856-6865; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6681-6689; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6713-6727; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6748-6753; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6754-6758; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6778-6787; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06778.2003

  • Coherent Oscillations in Neuronal Activity of the Supplementary Motor Area during a Visuomotor Task

    • Daeyeol Lee
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6798-6809; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6819-6825; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6826-6836; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06826.2003

  • Neurokinin-1 Projection Cells in the Rat Dorsal Horn Receive Synaptic Contacts from Axons That Possess α2C-Adrenergic Receptors

    • M. Josune Olave and
    • David J. Maxwell
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6837-6846; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6866-6875; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06866.2003

  • Response Suppression in V1 Agrees with Psychophysics of Surround Masking

    • Barbara Zenger-Landolt and
    • David J. Heeger
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6884-6893; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6904-6913; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06904.2003

  • Long Memory in Song Learning by Zebra Finches

    • Yasuko Funabiki and
    • Masakazu Konishi
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6928-6935; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06928.2003

  • Response to Contrast of Electrophysiologically Defined Cell Classes in Primary Visual Cortex

    • Diego Contreras and
    • Larry Palmer
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6936-6945; doi: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
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2003, 23(17):6946-6955; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-17-06946.2003
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30 July 2003; 23 (17)

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    1. This Week in the Journal
    2. Articles
      1. Brief Communications
      2. Cellular/Molecular
      3. Development/Plasticity/Repair
      4. Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive
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