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letters to nature
A role for casein kinase 2α in the Drosophila circadian clock
Jui-Ming Lin, Valerie L. Kilman, Kevin Keegan, Brie Paddock, Myai Emery-Le, Michael Rosbash and Ravi Allada
Nature 420, 816–820
(19 December 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01235
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Serum insulin-like growth factor I regulates brain amyloid-β levels
E. Carro, J.L. Trejo, T. Gomez-Isla, D. LeRoith and I. Torres-Aleman
Nature Medicine 8, 1390–1397
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nm793
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Role of CD40 ligand in amyloidosis in transgenic Alzheimer's mice
Jun Tan, Terrence Town, Fiona Crawford, Takashi Mori, Anthony DelleDonne, Robert Crescentini, Demian Obregon, Richard A. Flavell and Michael J. Mullan
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1288–1293
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nn968
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review article
Asymmetric segregation of Numb: a mechanism for neural specification from Drosophila to mammals
Michel Cayouette and Martin Raff
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1265–1269
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nn1202-1265
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review article
Parsing the prosencephalon
Murielle Rallu, Joshua G. Corbin and Gord Fishell
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 943–951
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn989
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review article
Role of neurotrophins in central synapse formation and stabilization
Carlos Vicario-Abejón, David Owens, Ronald McKay and Menahem Segal
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 965–974
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn988
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Bi-directional signaling by Semaphorin 1a during central synapse formation in Drosophila
Tanja A. Godenschwege, Hailan Hu, Xiaoliang Shan-Crofts, Corey S. Goodman and Rodney K. Murphey
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1294–1301
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nn976
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A p75NTR and Nogo receptor complex mediates repulsive signaling by myelin-associated glycoprotein
Scott T. Wong, John R. Henley, Kevin C. Kanning, Kuo-hua Huang, Mark Bothwell and Mu-ming Poo
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1302–1308
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nn975
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review article
Pathogenesis of parkinson's disease: dopamine, vesicles and α-synuclein
Julie Lotharius and Patrik Brundin
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 932–942
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn983
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brief communication
Neural plasticity and addiction: PI3-kinase and cocaine behavioral sensitization
Emanuela Izzo, Rémi Martin-Fardon, George F. Koob, Friedbert Weiss and Pietro Paolo Sanna
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1263–1264
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nn977
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Superficial NK1-expressing neurons control spinal excitability through activation of descending pathways
Rie Suzuki, Sara Morcuende, Mark Webber, Stephen P. Hunt and Anthony H. Dickenson
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1319–1326
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nn966
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review article
Regulation of transcription factors by neuronal activity
Anne E. West, Eric C. Griffith and Michael E. Greenberg
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 921–931
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn987
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research article
Functional gene screening in embryonic stem cells implicates Wnt antagonism in neural differentiation
Jerôme Aubert, Hannah Dunstan, Ian Chambers and Austin Smith
Nature Biotechnology 20, 1240–1245
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nbt763
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news and views
Signposts on the neural path
David Gottlieb
Nature Biotechnology 20, 1208–1210
(December 2002); doi:10.1038/nbt1202-1208
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letters to nature
Multiple forms of synaptic plasticity triggered by selective suppression of activity in individual neurons
Juan Burrone, Michael O'Byrne and Venkatesh N. Murthy
Nature 420, 414–418
(28 November 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01242
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Suppressor of cytokine signaling 2 regulates neuronal differentiation by inhibiting growth hormone signaling
Ann M. Turnley, Clare H. Faux, Rodney L. Rietze, Jason R. Coonan and Perry F. Bartlett
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1155–1162
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn954
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A transient receptor potential channel expressed in taste receptor cells
Cristian A. Pérez, Liquan Huang, Minqing Rong, J. Ashot Kozak, Axel K. Preuss, Hailin Zhang, Marianna Max and Robert F. Margolskee
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1169–1176
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn952
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review
Neuroprotective and neurorestorative strategies for Parkinson's disease
Ted M. Dawson and Valina L. Dawson
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1058–1061
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn941
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review article
Calcium dyshomeostasis and intracellular signalling in alzheimer's disease
Frank M. LaFerla
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 862–872
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn960
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CNS integrins switch growth factor signalling to promote target-dependent survival
Holly Colognato, Wia Baron, Virginia Avellana-Adalid, Jõao B. Relvas, Anne Baron-Van Evercooren, Elisabeth Georges-Labouesse and Charles ffrench-Constant
Nature Cell Biology 4, 833–841
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb865
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news and views
Integrins as developmental switches
Trent A. Watkins and Ben A. Barres
Nature Cell Biology 4, E253
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb1102-e253
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Polarized and compartment-dependent distribution of HCN1 in pyramidal cell dendrites
Andrea Lörincz, Takuya Notomi, Gábor Tamás, Ryuichi Shigemoto and Zoltan Nusser
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1185–1193
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn962
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brief communication
Hippocampal CRE-mediated gene expression is required for contextual memory formation
Jaime Athos, Soren Impey, Victor V. Pineda, Xi Chen and Daniel R. Storm
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1119–1120
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn951
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review
Neurotrophins: from enthusiastic expectations through sobering experiences to rational therapeutic approaches
Hans Thoenen and Michael Sendtner
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1046–1050
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn938
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review
Can we conquer pain?
Joachim Scholz and Clifford J. Woolf
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1062–1067
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn942
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review article
Ubiquitin and the synapse
Ashok N. Hegde and Aaron DiAntonio
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 854–861
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn961
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letters to nature
The F-box protein Slimb controls the levels of clock proteins Period and Timeless
Brigitte Grima, Annie Lamouroux, Elisabeth Chélot, Christian Papin, Bernadette Limbourg-Bouchon and François Rouyer
Nature 420, 178–182
(14 November 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01122
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Shared receptors in axon guidance: SAX-3/Robo signals via UNC-34/Enabled and a Netrin-independent UNC-40/DCC function
Timothy W. Yu, Joe C. Hao, Wendell Lim, Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Cornelia I. Bargmann
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1147–1154
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn956
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review
NMDA receptor pathways as drug targets
John A. Kemp & Ruth M. McKernan
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1039–1042
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn936
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review article
The molecular organization of cerebellar long-term depression
Masao Ito
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 896–902
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn962
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letters to nature
p75 interacts with the Nogo receptor as a co-receptor for Nogo, MAG and OMgp
Kevin C. Wang, Jieun A. Kim, Rajeev Sivasankaran, Rosalind Segal and Zhigang He
Nature 420, 74–78
(07 November 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01176
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Site-specific fluorescence reveals distinct structural changes with GABA receptor activation and antagonism
Yongchang Chang and David S. Weiss
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1163–1168
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn926
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review article
The neurotrophin receptor p75NTR: novel functions and implications for diseases of the nervous system
Georg Dechant and Yves-Alain Barde
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1131–1136
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn1102-1131
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review article
Calcium-dependent inactivation of neuronal calcium channels
Thomas Budde, Sven Meuth and Hans-Christian Pape
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 873–883
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn959
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Social feeding in Caenorhabditis elegans is induced by neurons that detect aversive stimuli
Mario de Bono, David M. Tobin, M. Wayne Davis, Leon Avery and Cornelia I. Bargmann
Nature 419, 899–903
(31 October 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01169
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letters to nature
Antagonistic pathways in neurons exposed to body fluid regulate social feeding in Caenorhabditis elegans
Juliet C. Coates and Mario de Bono
Nature 419, 925–929
(31 October 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01170
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news and views
Neurobiology: Social eating for stress
Marla B. Sokolowski
Nature 419, 893–894
(31 October 2002); doi:10.1038/419893a
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letters to nature
Progenitor cell maintenance requires numb and numblike during mouse neurogenesis
Petur H. Petersen, Kaiyong Zou, Joseph K. Hwang, Yuh Nung Jan and Weimin Zhong
Nature 419, 929–934
(31 October 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01124
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letters to nature
N-CoR controls differentiation of neural stem cells into astrocytes
Ola Hermanson, Kristen Jepsen and Michael G. Rosenfeld
Nature 419, 934–939
(31 October 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01156
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letters to nature
Specific aspartyl and calpain proteases are required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans
Popi Syntichaki, Keli Xu, Monica Driscoll and Nektarios Tavernarakis
Nature 419, 939–944
(31 October 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01108
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A critical role for the protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type Z in functional recovery from demyelinating lesions
Sheila Harroch, Glaucia C. Furtado, Wolfgang Brueck, Jack Rosenbluth, Juan Lafaille, Moses Chao, Joseph D. Buxbaum and Joseph Schlessinger
Nature Genetics 32, 411–414
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/ng1004
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brief communication
EphB receptors regulate dendritic spine development via intersectin, Cdc42 and N-WASP
Fumitoshi Irie and Yu Yamaguchi
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1117–1118
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn964
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news and views
How ephrins sculpt dendritic spines
Nature Neuroscience 5, 1113
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nn1102-1113
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review article
Retinoid signalling in the development of the central nervous system
Malcolm Maden
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 843–853
(November 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn963
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article
Neurotrophin-evoked depolarization requires the sodium channel NaV1.9
Robert Blum, Karl W. Kafitz and Arthur Konnerth
Nature 419, 687–693
(17 October 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01085
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news and views
Neurobiology: Neurotrophin channels excitement
Yves-Alain Barde
Nature 419, 683–684
(17 October 2002); doi:10.1038/419683a
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letter
Mutations in Rab3a alter circadian period and homeostatic response to sleep loss in the mouse
David Kapfhamer, Otto Valladares, Yi Sun, Patrick M. Nolan, John J. Rux, Steven E. Arnold, Sigrid C. Veasey and Maja Bucan
Nature Genetics 32, 290–295
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/ng991
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article
The sedative component of anesthesia is mediated by GABAA receptors in an endogenous sleep pathway
L E Nelson, T Z Guo, J Lu, C B Saper, N P Franks & M Maze
Nature Neuroscience 5, 979–984
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/nn913
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news and views
General anesthesia research: aroused from a deep sleep?
Neil L. Harrison
Nature Neuroscience 5, 928–929
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/nn1002-928
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letters to nature
FGFR-related gene nou-darake restricts brain tissues to the head region of planarians
Francesc Cebriŕ, Chiyoko Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Umesono, Masumi Nakazawa, Katsuhiko Mineta, Kazuho Ikeo, Takashi Gojobori, Mari Itoh, Masanori Taira, Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado and Kiyokazu Agata
Nature 419, 620–624
(10 October 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01042
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Multiple sclerosis: Re-expression of a developmental pathway that restricts oligodendrocyte maturation
Gareth R. John, Sai Latha Shankar, Bridget Shafit-Zagardo, Aldo Massimi, Sunhee C. Lee, Cedric S. Raine and Celia F. Brosnan
Nature Medicine 8, 1115–1121
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/nm781
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news and views
Myelin failure in multiple sclerosis: Breaking the spell of Notch
Reinhard Hohlfeld
Nature Medicine 8, 1075–1076
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/nm1002-1075
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A transmembrane motif governs the surface trafficking of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Jun-Mei Wang, Lili Zhang, Yun Yao, Nitnara Viroonchatapan, Elizabeth Rothe and Zuo-Zhong Wang
Nature Neuroscience 5, 963–970
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/nn918
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letters to nature
Dendrite growth increased by visual activity requires NMDA receptor and Rho GTPases
Wun Chey Sin, Kurt Haas, Edward S. Ruthazer and Hollis T. Cline
Nature 419, 475–480
(03 October 2002); doi:10.1038/nature00987
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Activation of the repulsive receptor Roundabout inhibits N-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion
Jinseol Rhee, Najmus S. Mahfooz, Carlos Arregui, Jack Lilien, Janne Balsamo and Mark F.A. VanBerkum
Nature Cell Biology 4, 798–805
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb858
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news and views
Robo is Abl to block N-Cadherin function
Mark M. Emerson and David Van Vactor
Nature Cell Biology 4, E227
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb1002-e227
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article
Reelin is a detachment signal in tangential chain-migration during postnatal neurogenesis
Iris Hack, Mircea Bancila, Karine Loulier, Patrick Carroll and Harold Cremer
Nature Neuroscience 5, 939–945
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/nn923
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review article
Protein palmitoylation: a regulator of neuronal development and function
Alaa El-Din El-Husseini and David S. Bredt
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 791–802
(October 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn940
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The harlequin mouse mutation downregulates apoptosis-inducing factor
Jeffrey A. Klein, Chantal M. Longo-Guess, Marlies P. Rossmann, Kevin L. Seburn, Ronald E. Hurd, Wayne N. Frankel, Roderick T. Bronson and Susan L. Ackerman
Nature 419, 367–374
(26 September 2002); doi:10.1038/nature01034
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brief communication
A-kinase anchoring proteins in amygdala are involved in auditory fear memory
Marta A.P. Moita, Raphael Lamprecht, Karim Nader and Joseph E. LeDoux
Nature Neuroscience 5, 837–838
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nn901
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article
Spatial memory dissociations in mice lacking GluR1
D. Reisel, D. M. Bannerman, W. B. Schmitt, R. M. J. Deacon, J. Flint, T. Borchardt, P. H. Seeburg and J. N. P. Rawlins
Nature Neuroscience 5, 868–873
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nn910
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review article
Is there more to GABA than synaptic inhibition?
David F. Owens and Arnold R. Kriegstein
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 715–727
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn919
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review article
Why does remyelination fail in multiple sclerosis?
Robin J. M. Franklin
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 705–714
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn917
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brief communication
The Semaphorin 4D receptor controls invasive growth by coupling with Met
Silvia Giordano, Simona Corso, Paolo Conrotto, Stefania Artigiani, Giorgio Gilestro, Davide Barberis, Luca Tamagnone and Paolo M. Comoglio
Nature Cell Biology 4, 720–724
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb843
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article
Blockage of Ca2+-permeable AMPA receptors suppresses migration and induces apoptosis in human glioblastoma cells
Shogo Ishiuchi, Keisuke Tsuzuki, Yukari Yoshida, Nobuaki Yamada, Norikazu Hagimura, Haruo Okado, Akiko Miwa, Hideyuki Kurihara, Yoichi Nakazato, Masaru Tamura, Tomio Sasaki and Seiji Ozawa
Nature Medicine 8, 971–978
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nm746
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news and views
Paving new pathways
Jeffrey D. Rothstein
Nature Medicine 8, 938–940
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nm0902-938
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brief communication
Differential regulation of synaptic and extra-synaptic NMDA receptors
Bo Li, Nansheng Chen, Tao Luo, Yo Otsu, Timothy H. Murphy and Lynn A. Raymond
Nature Neuroscience 5, 833–834
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nn912
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article
Altered urinary bladder function in mice lacking the vanilloid receptor TRPV1
L.A. Birder, Y. Nakamura, S. Kiss, M.L. Nealen, S. Barrick, A.J. Kanai, E. Wang, G. Ruiz, W.C. de Groat, G. Apodaca, S. Watkins and M.J. Caterina
Nature Neuroscience 5, 856–860
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nn902
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review article
Excitatory actions of GABA during development: the nature of the nurture
Yehezkel Ben-Ari
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 728–739
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn920
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article
Presenilins are not required for Ab42 production in the early secretory pathway
Christina A. Wilson, Robert W. Doms, Hui Zheng and Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Nature Neuroscience 5, 849–855
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nn898
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brief communication
Development of normal retinal organization depends on Sonic hedgehog signaling from ganglion cells
Ya Ping Wang, Gabriel Dakubo, Paul Howley, Katrina D. Campsall, Chantal J. Mazarolle, Sarah A. Shiga, Paula M. Lewis, Andrew P. McMahon and Valerie A. Wallace
Nature Neuroscience 5, 831–832
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nn911
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article
Nerve growth cone guidance mediated by G protein-coupled receptors
Yang Xiang, Yan Li, Zhe Zhang, Kai Cui, Sheng Wang, Xiao-bing Yuan, Chien-ping Wu, Mu-ming Poo and Shumin Duan
Nature Neuroscience 5, 843–848
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nn899
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brief communication
Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase regulates synapse specificity of hippocampal long-term depression
Michael I. Daw, Zuner A. Bortolotto, Emilia Saulle, Shahid Zaman, Graham L. Collingridge and John T.R. Isaac
Nature Neuroscience 5, 835–836
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nn903
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review article
Breaking the neuronal sphere: regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in neuritogenesis
Jorge Santos Da Silva and Carlos G. Dotti
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 694–704
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn918
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perspectives
Opinion: Beyond the role of glutamate as a neurotransmitter
Maiken Nedergaard, Takahiro Takano and Anker J. Hansen
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 748–755
(September 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn916
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letters to nature
Protein phosphatase 1 is a molecular constraint on learning and memory
David Genoux, Ursula Haditsch, Marlen Knobloch, Aubin Michalon, Daniel Storm and Isabelle M. Mansuy
Nature 418, 970–975
(29 August 2002); doi:10.1038/nature00928
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news and views
Cognitive neuroscience: The molecules of forgetfulness
Alcino J. Silva and Sheena A. Josselyn
Nature 418, 929–930
(29 August 2002); doi:10.1038/418929a
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review article
Coordination of circadian timing in mammals
Steven M. Reppert and David R. Weaver
Nature 418, 935–941
(29 August 2002); doi:10.1038/nature00965
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brief communication
Zebrafish trilobite identifies new roles for Strabismus in gastrulation and neuronal movements
Jason R. Jessen, Jacek Topczewski, Stephanie Bingham, Diane S. Sepich, Florence Marlow, Anand Chandrasekhar and Lilianna Solnica-Krezel
Nature Cell Biology 4, 610–615
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb828
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Two-shot cocktail: Adenosine, dopamine and a twist of bγ
R. Adron Harris and Richard A. Morrisett
Nature Medicine 8, 777–779
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/nm0802-777
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review article
Genetic approaches to studying energy balance: perception and integration
Gregory S. Barsh and Michael W. Schwartz
Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 589–600
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/nrg862
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article
Directionally selective calcium signals in dendrites of starburst amacrine cells
Thomas Euler, Peter B. Detwiler and Winfried Denk
Nature 418, 845–852
(22 August 2002); doi:10.1038/nature00931
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CRMP-2 binds to tubulin heterodimers to promote microtubule assembly
Yuko Fukata, Tomohiko J. Itoh, Toshihide Kimura, Céline Ménager, Takashi Nishimura, Takashi Shiromizu, Hiroyasu Watanabe, Naoyuki Inagaki, Akihiro Iwamatsu, Hirokazu Hotani and Kozo Kaibuchi
Nature Cell Biology 4, 583–591
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb825
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news and views
Neuronal polarity: microtubules strike back
Peter W. Baas
Nature Cell Biology 4, E194
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/ncb0802-e194
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brief communication
Hormonally regulated a4b2d GABAA receptors are a target for alcohol
Inger Sundstrom-Poromaa, Deborah H. Smith, Qi Hua Gong, Thomas N. Sabado, Xinshe Li, Adam Light, Martin Wiedmann, Keith Williams and Sheryl S. Smith
Nature Neuroscience 5, 721–722
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/nn888
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letters to nature
Involvement of DARPP-32 phosphorylation in the stimulant action of caffeine
Maria Lindskog, Per Svenningsson, Laura Pozzi, Yong Kim, Allen A. Fienberg, James A. Bibb, Bertil B. Fredholm, Angus C. Nairn, Paul Greengard and Gilberto Fisone
Nature 418, 774–778
(15 August 2002); doi:10.1038/nature00817
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news and views
Signal transduction: Positive feedback from coffee
Jean-Marie Vaugeois
Nature 418, 734–736
(15 August 2002); doi:10.1038/418734a
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letters to nature
Modulation of an RNA-binding protein by abscisic-acid-activated protein kinase
Jiaxu Li, Toshinori Kinoshita, Sona Pandey, Carl K.-Y. Ng, Steven P. Gygi, Ken-ichiro Shimazaki and Sarah M. Assmann
Nature 418, 793–797
(15 August 2002); doi:10.1038/nature00936
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letters to nature
Transcriptional co-activator PGC-1a drives the formation of slow-twitch muscle fibres
Jiandie Lin, Hai Wu, Paul T. Tarr, Chen-Yu Zhang, Zhidan Wu, Olivier Boss, Laura F. Michael, Pere Puigserver, Eiji Isotani, Eric N. Olson, Bradford B. Lowell, Rhonda Bassel-Duby and Bruce M. Spiegelman
Nature 418, 797–801
(15 August 2002); doi:10.1038/nature00904
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news and views
Physiology: Muscle regulator goes the distance
Richard Turner
Nature 418, 740
(15 August 2002); doi:10.1038/418740a
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article
Paxillin binds schwannomin and regulates its density-dependent localization and effect on cell morphology
Cristina Fernandez-Valle, Yong Tang, Jerome Ricard, Alma Rodenas-Ruano, Anna Taylor, Elizabeth Hackler, John Biggerstaff and Jared Iacovelli
Nature Genetics 31, 354–362
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/ng930
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Self-inhibition of olfactory bulb neurons
T. Caitlin Smith and Craig E. Jahr
Nature Neuroscience 5, 760–766
(August 2002); doi:10.1038/nn882
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review article
Endogenous kynurenines as targets for drug discovery and development
Trevor W. Stone and L. Gail Darlington
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 1, 609–620
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Gut hormone PYY3-36 physiologically inhibits food intake
Rachel L. Batterham, Michael A. Cowley , Caroline J. Small, Herbert Herzog, Mark A. Cohen, Catherine L. Dakin, Alison M. Wren, Audrey E. Brynes, Malcolm J. Low, Mohammad A. Ghatei, Roger D. Cone and Stephen R. Bloom
Nature 418, 650–654
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Obesity: Keeping hunger at bay
Michael W. Schwartz and Gregory J. Morton Many different hormones control our weight and appetite. The discovery of another hormone, which suppresses appetite for up to 12 hours, may lead to a better understanding of this complex control system.
Nature 418, 595–597
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The Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological Tumours
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Nature Reviews Cancer 2, 616–626
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Urocortin-deficient mice show hearing impairment and increased anxiety-like behavior
Douglas E. Vetter, Chien Li, Lingyun Zhao, Angelo Contarino, M. Charles Liberman, George W. Smith, Yelena Marchuk, George F. Koob, Stephen F. Heinemann, Wylie Vale and Kuo-Fen Lee
Nature Genetics 31, 363–369
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Role of the chemokine SDF-1 as the meningeal attractant for embryonic cerebellar neurons
Yan Zhu, Tao Yu, Xiao-Chun Zhang, Takashi Nagasawa, Jane Y. Wu and Yi Rao
Nature Neuroscience 5, 719–720
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SNAREs and munc18 in synaptic vesicle fusion
Josep Rizo and Thomas C. Südhof
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 641–653
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Rapid recruitment of NMDA receptor transport packets to nascent synapses
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Nature Neuroscience 5, 751–759
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Synaptotagmin: A Ca2+ sensor that triggers exocytosis?
Edwin R. Chapman
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 3, 498–508
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Post-translational disruption of dystroglycan-ligand interactions in congenital muscular dystrophies
Daniel E. Michele, Rita Barresi, Motoi Kanagawa, Fumiaki Saito, Ronald D. Cohn, Jakob S. Satz, James Dollar, Ichizo Nishino, Richard I. Kelley, Hannu Somer, Volker Straub, Katherine D. Mathews, Steven A. Moore and Kevin P. Campbell
Nature 418, 417–421
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Deletion of brain dystroglycan recapitulates aspects of congenital muscular dystrophy
Steven A. Moore, Fumiaki Saito, Jianguo Chen, Daniel E. Michele, Michael D. Henry, Albee Messing, Ronald D. Cohn, Susan E. Ross-Barta, Steve Westra, Roger A. Williamson, Toshinori Hoshi and Kevin P. Campbell
Nature 418, 421–425
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Neurobiology: Full circle to cobbled brain
M. Elizabeth Ross
Nature 418, 376–377
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HIF-1-induced erythropoietin in the hypoxic retina protects against light-induced retinal degeneration
Christian Grimm, Andreas Wenzel, Matthias Groszer, Helmut Mayser, Mathias Seeliger, Marijana Samardzija, Christian Bauer, Max Gassmann and Charlotte E. Remé
Nature Medicine 8, 718–724
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Identification of genes expressed in C. elegans touch receptor neurons
Yun Zhang, Charles Ma, Thomas Delohery, Brian Nasipak, Barrett C. Foat, Alexander Bounoutas, Harmen J. Bussemaker, Stuart K. Kim and Martin Chalfie
Nature 418, 331–335
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Synaptotagmins I and IV promote transmitter release independently of Ca2+ binding in the C2A domain
Iain M. Robinson, Ravi Ranjan and Thomas L. Schwarz
Nature 418, 336–340
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The C2B Ca2+-binding motif of synaptotagmin is required for synaptic transmission in vivo
J. M. Mackler, J. A. Drummond, C. A. Loewen, I. M. Robinson and N. E. Reist
Nature 418, 340–344
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Transmitter-evoked local calcium release stabilizes developing dendrites
Christian Lohmann, Karen L. Myhr and Rachel O. L. Wong
Nature 418, 177–181
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Dopamine neurons derived from embryonic stem cells function in an animal model of Parkinson's disease
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Nature 418, 50–56
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Biomedicine: Stem-cell competition
Stuart H. Orkin and Sean J. Morrison
Nature 418, 25–27
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Intracellular calcium stores regulate activity-dependent neuropeptide release from dendrites
Mike Ludwig, Nancy Sabatier, Philip M. Bull, Rainer Landgraf, Govindan Dayanithi and Gareth Leng
Nature 418, 85–89
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Capacitance steps and fusion pores of small and large-dense-core vesicles in nerve terminals
Vitaly A. Klyachko and Meyer B. Jackson
Nature 418, 89–92
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Dynamic interactions of cyclic AMP transients and spontaneous Ca2+ spikes
Yuliya V. Gorbunova and Nicholas C. Spitzer
Nature 418, 93–96
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Deletion in Catna2, encoding aN-catenin, causes cerebellar and hippocampal lamination defects and impaired startle modulation
Chankyu Park, William Falls, Jacqueline H. Finger, Chantal M. Longo-Guess and Susan L. Ackerman
Nature Genetics 31, 279–284
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Regulation of dendritic development by the ARF exchange factor ARNO
Delia J. Hernández-Deviez, James E. Casanova and Jean M. Wilson
Nature Neuroscience 5, 623–624
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DARPP-32 and regulation of the ethanol sensitivity of NMDA receptors in the nucleus accumbens
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Nature Neuroscience 5, 641–648
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NMDA receptors lose their inhibitions
David M. Lovinger
Nature Neuroscience 5, 614–616
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Diversification of synaptic strength: presynaptic elements
Harold L. Atwood and Shanker Karunanithi
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 497–516
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Proneural genes and the specification of neural cell types
Nicolas Bertrand, Diogo S. Castro and François Guillemot
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 517–530
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Oligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein is a Nogo receptor ligand that inhibits neurite outgrowth
Kevin C. Wang, Vuk Koprivica, Jieun A. Kim, Rajeev Sivasankaran, Yong Guo, Rachel L. Neve and Zhigang He
Nature 417, 941–944
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Dopamine-dependent neurotoxicity of a-synuclein: A mechanism for selective neurodegeneration in Parkinson disease
Jin Xu, Shyan-Yuan Kao, Frank J.S. Lee, Weihong Song, Lee-Way Jin and Bruce A. Yankner
Nature Medicine 8, 600–606
(June 2002); doi:10.1038/nm0602-600
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Releasing the nerve cell killers
Kevin Welch and Junying Yuan
Nature Medicine 8, 564–565
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Flies tangle with tau
Charlotte Schubert
Nature Medicine 8, 565
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Mutation of GABRA1 in an autosomal dominant form of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
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Nature Genetics 31, 184–189
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Acute versus chronic NMDA receptor blockade and synaptic AMPA receptor delivery
J. Julius Zhu and Roberto Malinow
Nature Neuroscience 5, 513–514
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Modes of neuronal migration in the developing cerebral cortex
Bagirathy Nadarajah and John G. Parnavelas
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 423–432
(June 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn845
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Origin of GABAergic neurons in the human neocortex
KRESIMIR LETINIC, ROBERTO ZONCU & PASKO RAKIC
Nature 417, 645–649
(June 2002); doi:10.1038/nature00779
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Developmental neurobiology: Cortical liars
Seong-Seng Tan
Nature 417, 605–606
(6 June 2002); doi:10.1038/417605a
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Regulation of AMPA receptor lateral movements
AREN J. BORGDORFF AND DANIEL CHOQUET
Nature 417, 649–653
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Neurobiology: Glutamate receptors on the move
Morgan Sheng and Terunaga Nakagawa
Nature 417, 601–602
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Annexin II light chain regulates sensory neuron-specific sodium channel expression
KENJI OKUSE, MISBAH MALIK-HALL, MARK D. BAKER, W-Y. LOUISA POON, HAEYOUNG KONG, MOSES V. CHAO & JOHN N. WOOD
Nature 417, 653–656
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Getting balance: Drugs for bipolar disorder share target
Joseph T. Coyle and Husseini K. Manji
Nature Medicine 8, 557–558
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LIF receptor signaling limits immune-mediated demyelination by enhancing oligodendrocyte survival
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Nature Medicine 8, 613–619
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CNTF is a major protective factor in demyelinating CNS disease: A neurotrophic cytokine as modulator in neuroinflammation
Ralf A. Linker, Mathias Mäurer, Stefanie Gaupp, Rudolf Martini, Bettina Holtmann, Ralf Giess, Peter Rieckmann, Hans Lassmann, Klaus V. Toyka, Michael Sendtner and Ralf Gold
Nature Medicine 8, 620–624
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Decreasing hypothalamic insulin receptors causes hyperphagia and insulin resistance in rats
Silvana Obici, Zhaohui Feng, George Karkanias, Denis G. Baskin and Luciano Rossetti
Nature Neuroscience 5, 566–572
(June 2002); doi:10.1038/nn861
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A rapid switch in sympathetic neurotransmitter release properties mediated by the p75 receptor
Bo Yang, John D. Slonimsky and Susan J. Birren
Nature Neuroscience 5, 539–545
(June 2002); doi:10.1038/nn853
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Quick-change artist: from excitatory to inhibitory synapse in minutes
Story C. Landis
Nature Neuroscience 5, 503–504
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Novel animal-health drug targets from ligand-gated chloride channels
Valérie Raymond and David B. Sattelle
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 1, 427–436
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Progressive induction of caudal neural character by graded Wnt signaling
Ulrika Nordström, Thomas M. Jessell & Thomas Edlund
Nature Neuroscience 5, 525–532
(June 2002); doi:10.1038/nn854
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Wnt signals lead cells down the caudal path
Brian Fiske
Nature Neuroscience 5, 510
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Oestrogen as a neuroprotective hormone
Christian Behl
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 433–442
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Adaptation in the chemotactic guidance of nerve growth cones
Guo-li Ming, Scott T. Wong, John Henley, Xiao-bing Yuan, Hong-jun Song, Nicholas C. Spitzer and Mu-Ming Poo
Nature 417, 411–418
(May 2002); doi:10.1038/nature745
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Netrin-1-mediated axon outgrowth requires deleted in colorectal cancer-dependent MAPK activation
Christelle Forcet, Elke Stein, Laurent Pays, Véronique Corset, Fabien Llambi, Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Patrick Mehlen
Nature 417, 443–447
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A common mechanism of action for three mood-stabilizing drugs
Robin S. B. Williams, Lili Cheng, Anne W. Mudge and Adrian J. Harwood
Nature 417, 292–295
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Minocycline inhibits cytochrome c release and delays progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mice
Shan Zhu, Irina G. Stavrovskaya, Martin Drozda, Betty Y. S. Kim, Victor Ona, Mingwei Li, Satinder Sarang, Allen S. Liu, Dean M. Hartley, Du Chu Wu, Steven Gullans, Robert J. Ferrante, Serge Przedborski, Bruce S. Kristal and Robert M. Friedlander
Nature 417, 74–78
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Gene-microarray analysis of multiple sclerosis lesions yields new targets validated in autoimmune encephalomyelitis
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Nature Medicine 8, 500–508
(May 2002); doi:10.1038/nm0502-500
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An array of possibilities for multiple sclerosis
Stephen M. Tompkins and Stephen D. Miller
Nature Medicine 8, 451–453
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Cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylation facilitates GABAB receptor-effector coupling
Andrés Couve, Philip Thomas, Andrew R. Calver, Warren D. Hirst, Menelas N. Pangalos, Frank S. Walsh, Trevor G. Smart and Stephen J. Moss
Nature Neuroscience 5, 415–424
(May 2002); doi:10.1038/nn833
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A protein kinase A-dependent molecular switch in synapsins regulates neurite outgrowth
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Nature Neuroscience 5, 431–437
(May 2002); doi:10.1038/nn840
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Extrasynaptic NMDARs oppose synaptic NMDARs by triggering CREB shut-off and cell death pathways
Giles E. Hardingham, Yuko Fukunaga and Hilmar Bading
Nature Neuroscience 5, 405–414
(May 2002); doi:10.1038/nn835
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What a privilege to reside at the synapse: NMDA receptor signaling to CREB
Antonella Riccio and David D. Ginty
Nature Neuroscience 5, 389–390
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Disruption of CREB function in brain leads to neurodegeneration
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Nature Genetics 31, 47–54
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Glutamate-receptor-interacting protein GRIP1 directly steers kinesin to dendrites

Mitsutoshi Setou, Dae-Hyung Seog, Yosuke Tanaka, Yoshimitsu Kanai, Yosuke Takei, Masahiko Kawagishi & Nobutaka Horokawa
Nature 417, 83–87
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Nicotinic receptors: Addiction's smoking gun?
Ann E. Kelley
Nature Medicine 8, 447–449
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CREB family transcription factors inhibit neuronal suicide
Ted M. Dawson and David D. Ginty
Nature Medicine 8, 450–451
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THE GDNF FAMILY: SIGNALLING, BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS AND THERAPEUTIC VALUE
Matti S. Airaksinen and Mart Saarma
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 383–394
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CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY: GENES, CHANNELS, NEURONS AND NETWORKS
Vincenzo Crunelli and Nathalie Leresche
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 371–382
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A neuronal receptor, neuropilin-1, is essential for the initiation of the primary immune response
Rafačle Tordjman, Yves Lepelletier, Valérie Lemarchandel, Marie Cambot, Philippe Gaulard, Olivier Hermine and Paul-Henri Roméo
Nature Immunology 3, 477–482
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Neuropilin-1: another neuronal molecule in the "immunological synapse"
Christoph Wülfing, Fabio Rupp and
Nature Immunology 3, 418–419
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LIFE IS A JOURNEY: A GENETIC LOOK AT NEOCORTICAL DEVELOPMENT
Amitabh Gupta, Li-Huei Tsai and Anthony Wynshaw-Boris
Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 342–355
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Protein kinase Mz is necessary and sufficient for LTP maintenance
Douglas S.F. Ling, Larry S. Benardo, Peter A. Serrano, Nancy Blace, Matthew T. Kelly, John F. Crary and Todd C. Sacktor
Nature Neuroscience 5, 295–296
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Flies put the buzz back into long-term-potentiation
Ole Paulsen and Richard G. M. Morris
Nature Neuroscience 5, 289–290
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Memory enhancement and formation by atypical PKM activity in Drosophila melanogaster
Eric A. Drier, Marcela K. Tello, Maureen Cowan, Priscilla Wu, Nancy Blace, Todd Charlton Sacktor and Jerry C.P. Yin
Nature Neuroscience 5, 316–324
(April 2002); doi:10.1038/nn820
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A broad view of glutamate spillover
Jeffrey S. Diamond
Nature Neuroscience 5, 291–292
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Cooperation between independent hippocampal synapses is controlled by glutamate uptake
Nina Arnth-Jensen, Denis Jabaudon and Massimo Scanziani
Nature Neuroscience 5, 325–331
(April 2002); doi:10.1038/nn825
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Leptin inhibits rat hippocampal neurons via activation of large conductance calcium-activated K+ channels
Lynne J. Shanley, Andrew J. Irving, Mark G. Rae, Mike L.J. Ashford and Jenni Harvey
Nature Neuroscience 5, 299–300
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CREB required for the stability of new and reactivated fear memories
Satoshi Kida, Sheena A. Josselyn, Sandra Peńa de Ortiz, Jeffrey H. Kogan, Itzamarie Chevere, Shoichi Masushige and Alcino J. Silva
Nature Neuroscience 5, 348–355
(April 2002); doi:10.1038/nn819
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Microtubule-associated protein 1A is a modifier of tubby hearing (moth1)
Akihiro Ikeda, Qing Yin Zheng, Aamir R. Zuberi, Kenneth R. Johnson, Jürgen K. Naggert and Patsy M. Nishina
Nature Genetics 30, 401–405
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Putting tubby on the MAP
Seth G.N. Grant
Nature Genetics 30, 347–348
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c-fos regulates neuronal excitability and survival
Jianhua Zhang, Dongsheng Zhang, Jill Slane McQuade, Michael Behbehani, Joe Z. Tsien and Ming Xu
Nature Genetics 30, 416–420
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NEURAL INDUCTION, THE DEFAULT MODEL AND EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
Ignacio Muńoz-Sanjuán and Ali H. Brivanlou
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 271–280
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Computational modeling of the dynamics of the MAP kinase cascade activated by surface and internalized EGF receptors
Birgit Schoeberl, Claudia Eichler-Jonsson, Ernst Dieter Gilles and Gertraud Müller
Nature Biotechnology 20, 370–375
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NEW CONCEPTS IN THE IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Bernhard Hemmer, Juan J. Archelos and Hans-Peter Hartung
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 291–301
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A double-edged sword
Valerie Ferrier
Nature Cell Biology 4, E79
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THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF CaMKII FUNCTION IN SYNAPTIC AND BEHAVIOURAL MEMORY
John Lisman, Howard Schulman and Hollis Cline
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 175–190
(March 2002); doi:10.1038/nrn753
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INNATE IMMUNITY: THE MISSING LINK IN NEUROPROTECTION AND NEURODEGENERATION?
Minh Dang Nguyen, Jean-Pierre Julien and Serge Rivest
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 216–227
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Neurobiology: A cool ion channel
Charles S. Zuker
Nature 416, 27–28
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Identification of a cold receptor reveals a general role for TRP channels in thermosensation
David D. McKemy, Werner M. Neuhausser and David Julius
Nature 416, 52–59
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Rac GTPases control axon growth, guidance and branching
Julian Ng, Timothy Nardine, Matthew Harms, Julia Tzu, Ann Goldstein, Yan Sun, Georg Dietzl, Barry J. Dickson and Liqun Luo
Nature 416, 442–447
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IAPs are essential for GDNF-mediated neuroprotective effects in injured motor neurons in vivo
D. Perrelet, A. Ferri, P. Liston, P. Muzzin, R.G. Korneluk and A. C. Kato
Nature Cell Biology 4, 175–179
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Vesicular restriction of synaptobrevin suggests a role for calcium in membrane fusion
Kuang Hu, Joe Carroll, Sergei Fedorovich, Colin Rickman, Andrei Sukhodub and Bazbek Davletov
Nature 415, 646–650
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Excitatory glycine receptors containing the NR3 family of NMDA receptor subunits
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Characterization of a common precursor population for dendritic cells
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HEDGEHOG-GLI SIGNALLING AND THE GROWTH OF THE BRAIN
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Mechanism for the learning deficits in a mouse model of neurofibromatosis type 1
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Stage-specific control of neuronal migration by somatostatin
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RIM1a forms a protein scaffold for regulating neurotransmitter release at the active zone
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RIM1a is required for presynaptic long-term potentiation
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Molecular neurobiology: Priming plasticity
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