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review article
When sugars guide axons: insights from heparan sulphate proteoglycan mutants
Jeong-Soo Lee and Chi-Bin Chien
Nature Reviews Genetics 5, 923–935
(December 2004); doi:10.1038/nrg1490
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The neurotoxic MEC-4(d) DEG/ENaC sodium channel conducts calcium: implications for necrosis initiation
Laura Bianchi, Beate Gerstbrein, Christian Frøkjær-Jensen, Dewey C Royal, Gargi Mukherjee, Mary Anne Royal, Jian Xue, William R Schafer and Monica Driscoll
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1337–1344
(December 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1347
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brief communication
Baz, Par-6 and aPKC are not required for axon or dendrite specification in Drosophila
Melissa M Rolls and Chris Q Doe
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1293–1295
(December 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1346
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Receptor tyrosine kinase ErbB4 modulates neuroblast migration and placement in the adult forebrain
E S Anton, H T Ghashghaei, Janet L Weber, Corey McCann, Tobias M Fischer, Isla D Cheung, Martin Gassmann, Albee Messing, Rudiger Klein, Markus H Schwab, K C Kent Lloyd and Cary Lai
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1319–1328
(December 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1345
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review article
Biochemical mechanisms for translational regulation in synaptic plasticity
Eric Klann and Thomas E. Dever
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 931–942
(December 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1557
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brief communication
Adapter protein 14-3-3 is required for a presynaptic form of LTP in the cerebellum
Fatma Simsek-Duran, David J Linden and György Lonart
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1296–1298
(December 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1348
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review article
Stress, cognitive impairment and cell adhesion molecules
Carmen Sandi
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 917–939
(December 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1555
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article
A synaptic laminin-calcium channel interaction organizes active zones in motor nerve terminals
Hiroshi Nishimune, Joshua R. Sanes and Steven S. Carlson
Nature 432, 580–587
(02 December 2004); doi:10.1038/nature03112
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Induced recruitment of NK cells to lymph nodes provides IFN-γ for TH1 priming
Alfonso Martín-Fontecha, Lindy L Thomsen, Sara Brett, Craig Gerard, Martin Lipp, Antonio Lanzavecchia and Federica Sallusto
Nature Immunology 5, 1260–1265
(December 2004); doi:10.1038/ni1138
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review article
Consequences of regulated pre-mRNA splicing in the immune system
Kristen W. Lynch
Nature Reviews Immunology 4, 931–940
(December 2004); doi:10.1038/nri1497
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Zebrafish unplugged reveals a role for muscle-specific kinase homologs in axonal pathway choice
Jing Zhang, Julie L Lefebvre, Shuxia Zhao & Michael Granato
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1303–1309
(December 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1350
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Receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity
Graham L. Collingridge , John T. R. Isaac and Yu Tian Wang
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 952–962
(December 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1556
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Par6α signaling controls glial-guided neuronal migration
David J Solecki, Lynn Model, Jedidiah Gaetz, Tarun M Kapoor and Mary E Hatten
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1195–1203
(November 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1332
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news and views
Nucleokinesis illuminated
Benjamin Adam Samuels and Li-Huei Tsai
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1169–1170
(November 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1104-1169
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Human brain evolution: insights from microarrays
Todd M. Preuss , Mario Càceres , Michael C. Oldham and Daniel H. Geschwind
Nature Reviews Genetics 5, 850–860
(November 2004); doi:10.1038/nrg1469
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Focal adhesion kinase in netrin-1 signaling
Xiu-rong Ren, Guo-li Ming, Yi Xie, Yan Hong, Dong-mei Sun, Zhong-qiu Zhao, Zhu Feng, Qiang Wang, Sangwoo Shim, Zhou-feng Chen, Hong-jun Song, Lin Mei and Wen-cheng Xiong
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1204–1212
(November 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1330
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Activation of FAK and Src are receptor-proximal events required for netrin signaling
Weiquan Li, Jeeyong Lee, Haris G Vikis, Seung-Hee Lee, Guofa Liu, Jennifer Aurandt, Tang-Long Shen, Eric R Fearon, Jun-Lin Guan, Min Han, Yi Rao, Kyonsoo Hong and Kun-Liang Guan
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1213–1221
(November 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1329
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Netrin requires focal adhesion kinase and Src family kinases for axon outgrowth and attraction
Guofa Liu, Hilary Beggs, Claudia Jürgensen, Hwan-Tae Park, Hao Tang, Jessica Gorski, Kevin R Jones, Louis F Reichardt, Jane Wu and Yi Rao
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1222–1232
(November 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1331
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review article
RNA and microRNAs in fragile X mental retardation
Peng Jin, Reid S. Alisch and Stephen T. Warren
Nature Cell Biology 6, 1048–1053
(November 2004); doi:10.1038/ncb1104-1048
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Activity-dependent transcription regulation of PSD-95 by neuregulin-1 and Eos
Jianxin Bao, Hana Lin, Yannan Ouyang, Debin Lei, Abdullah Osman, Tae-Wan Kim, Lin Mei, Penggao Dai, Kevin K Ohlemiller and Richard T Ambron
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1250–1258
(November 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1342
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review article
Iron, brain ageing and neurodegenerative disorders
Luigi Zecca, Moussa B. H. Youdim, Peter Riederer, James R. Connor and Robert R. Crichton
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 863–873
(November 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1537
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news and views
Antisense inhibition of reward learning
Gregory D Horwitz and Edward M Callaway
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1023–1024
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1004-1023
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review article
Sexual differentiation of the vertebrate nervous system
John A Morris, Cynthia L Jordan and S Marc Breedlove
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1034–1039
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1325
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review article
PDZ domain proteins of synapses
Eunjoon Kim and Morgan Sheng
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 771–781
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1517
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Sulforhodamine 101 as a specific marker of astroglia in the neocortex in vivo
Axel Nimmerjahn, Frank Kirchhoff, Jason N D Kerr and Fritjof Helmchen
Nature Methods 1, 31–37
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nmeth706
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review article
The neurobiology of pair bonding
Larry J Young and Zuoxin Wang
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1048–1054
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1327
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review article
Ca2+-activated K+ channels: molecular determinants and function of the SK family
Martin Stocker
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 758–770
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1516
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Structure of a glutamate transporter homologue from Pyrococcus horikoshii
Dinesh Yernool, Olga Boudker, Yan Jin and Eric Gouaux
Nature 431, 811–818
(14 October 2004); doi:10.1038/nature03018
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news and views
Accessing a transporter structure
Michael P. Kavanaugh
Nature 431, 752–753
(14 October 2004); doi:10.1038/431752a
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letters to nature
A relative signalling model for the formation of a topographic neural map
Michaël Reber, Patrick Burrola and Greg Lemke
Nature 431, 847–853
(14 October 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02957
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letters to nature
A single population of olfactory sensory neurons mediates an innate avoidance behaviour in Drosophila
Greg S. B. Suh, Allan M. Wong, Anne C. Hergarden, Jing W. Wang, Anne F. Simon, Seymour Benzer, Richard Axel and David J. Anderson
Nature 431, 854–859
(14 October 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02980
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review article
The neural basis of puberty and adolescence
Cheryl L Sisk and Douglas L Foster
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1040–1047
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1326
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perspectives
Opinion: Mechanisms of roof plate formation in the vertebrate CNS
Victor V. Chizhikov and Kathleen J. Millen
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 808–812
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1520
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Syntabulin is a microtubule-associated protein implicated in syntaxin transport in neurons
Qingning Su, Qian Cai, Claudia Gerwin, Carolyn L. Smith and Zu-Hang Sheng
Nature Cell Biology 6, 941–953
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/ncb1169
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Hauling t-SNAREs on the microtubule highway
R. Grace Zhai and Hugo J. Bellen
Nature Cell Biology 6, 918–919
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/ncb1004-918
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Rapid and persistent modulation of actin dynamics regulates postsynaptic reorganization underlying bidirectional plasticity
Ken-Ichi Okamoto, Takeharu Nagai, Atsushi Miyawaki and Yasunori Hayashi
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1104–1112
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1311
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review article
Interneurons of the neocortical inhibitory system
Henry Markram, Maria Toledo-Rodriguez, Yun Wang, Anirudh Gupta, Gilad Silberberg and Caizhi Wu
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 793–807
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1519
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letters to nature
A transmembrane protein required for acetylcholine receptor clustering in Caenorhabditis elegans
Christelle Gally, Stefan Eimer, Janet E. Richmond and Jean-Louis Bessereau
Nature 431, 578–582
(30 September 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02893
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Control of axonal branching and synapse formation by focal adhesion kinase
Beatriz Rico, Hilary E Beggs, Dorreyah Schahin-Reed, Nikole Kimes, Andrea Schmidt and Louis F Reichardt
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1059–1069
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1317
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Essential role of Ca2+-binding protein 4, a Cav1.4 channel regulator, in photoreceptor synaptic function
Françoise Haeseleer, Yoshikazu Imanishi, Tadao Maeda, Daniel E Possin, Akiko Maeda, Amy Lee, Fred Rieke and Krzysztof Palczewski
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1079–1087
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1320
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review article
PDZ domain proteins of synapses
Eunjoon Kim and Morgan Sheng
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 771–781
(October 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1517
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Impaired PtdIns(4,5)P2 synthesis in nerve terminals produces defects in synaptic vesicle trafficking
Gilbert Di Paolo, Howard S. Moskowitz, Keith Gipson, Markus R. Wenk, Sergey Voronov, Masanori Obayashi, Richard Flavell, Reiko M. Fitzsimonds, Timothy A. Ryan and Pietro De Camilli
Nature 431, 415–422
(23 September 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02896
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Reticulon family members modulate BACE1 activity and amyloid-β peptide generation
Wanxia He, Yifeng Lu, Isam Qahwash, Xiang-You Hu, Ansi Chang and Riqiang Yan
Nature Medicine 10, 959–965
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nm1088
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news and views
Mutated matrix gene mars macula
Charlotte Schubert
Nature Medicine 10, 903
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nm0904-903
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news and views
Maiming mitochondria in familial ALS
Valina L Dawson
Nature Medicine 10, 905–906
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nm0904-905
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The sequential activity of the GTPases Rap1B and Cdc42 determines neuronal polarity
Jens C Schwamborn and Andreas W Püschel
Nature Neuroscience 7, 923–929
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1295
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technical report
Differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells into a defined neuronal lineage
Miriam Bibel, Jens Richter, Katrin Schrenk, Kerry Lee Tucker, Volker Staiger, Martin Korte, Magdalena Goetz and Yves-Alain Barde
Nature Neuroscience 7, 1003–1009
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1301
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brief communication
Lateral organization of endocytic machinery in dendritic spines
Bence Rácz, Thomas A Blanpied, Michael D Ehlers and Richard J Weinberg
Nature Neuroscience 7, 917–918
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1303
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review article
Molecular and neuronal substrates for general anaesthetics
Uwe Rudolph and Bernd Antkowiak
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 709–720
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1496
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letters to nature
Long-lasting self-inhibition of neocortical interneurons mediated by endocannabinoids
Alberto Bacci, John R. Huguenard and David A. Prince
Nature 431, 312–316
(16 September 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02913
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news and views
From neurotoxin to neurotrophin
Christian Mirescu and Elizabeth Gould
Nature Neuroscience 7, 899–900
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nn0904-899
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review article
Adult neuron survival strategies — slamming on the brakes
Susanna C. Benn and Clifford J. Woolf
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 686–700
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1477
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letters to nature
Calcium transients in astrocyte endfeet cause cerebrovascular constrictions
Sean J. Mulligan and Brian A. MacVicar
Nature 431, 195–199
(09 September 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02827
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news and views
Neurobiology: Feeding the brain
Claire Peppiatt and David Attwell
Nature 431, 137–138
(09 September 2004); doi:10.1038/431137a
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Aβ is targeted to the vasculature in a mouse model of hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis
Martin C Herzig, David T Winkler, Patrick Burgermeister, Michelle Pfeifer, Esther Kohler, Stephen D Schmidt, Simone Danner, Dorothee Abramowski, Christine Stürchler-Pierrat, Kurt Bürki, Sjoerd G van Duinen, Marion L C Maat-Schieman, Matthias Staufenbiel, Paul M Mathews and Mathias Jucker
Nature Neuroscience 7, 954–960
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1302
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news and views
An animal model of vascular amyloidosis
Jorge Ghiso and Thomas Wisniewski
Nature Neuroscience 7, 902–904
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nn0904-902
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review article
Strategies for disease modification in Alzheimer's disease
Martin Citron
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 677–685
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1495
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Restructuring the neuronal stress response with anti–glucocorticoid gene delivery
D Kaufer, W O Ogle, Z S Pincus, K L Clark, A C Nicholas, K M Dinkel, T C Dumas, D Ferguson, A L Lee, M A Winters and R M Sapolsky
Nature Neuroscience 7, 947–953
(September 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1296
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P2X7 receptor inhibition improves recovery after spinal cord injury
Xiaohai Wang, Gregory Arcuino, Takahiro Takano, Jane Lin, Wei Guo Peng, Pinglan Wan, Pingjia Li, Qiwu Xu, Qing Song Liu, Steven A Goldman and Maiken Nedergaard
Nature Medicine 10, 821–827
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/nm1082
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news and views
Tracking down huntingtin
Juan Carlos López
Nature Medicine 10, 776
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/nm0804-776
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Closing in on vertebrate planar polarity
John B. Wallingford
Nature Cell Biology 6, 687–689
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/ncb0804-687
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VEGF links hippocampal activity with neurogenesis, learning and memory
Lei Cao, Xiangyang Jiao, David S Zuzga, Yuhong Liu, Dahna M Fong, Deborah Young and Matthew J During
Nature Genetics 36, 827–835
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/ng1395
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news and views
Experiencing VEGF
David A Greenberg and Kunlin Jin
Nature Genetics 36, 792–793
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/ng0804-792
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The type 1 equilibrative nucleoside transporter regulates ethanol intoxication and preference
Doo-Sup Choi, Maria-Grazia Cascini, William Mailliard, Hannah Young, Peter Paredes, Thomas McMahon, Ivan Diamond, Antonello Bonci and Robert O Messing
Nature Neuroscience 7, 855–861
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1288
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news and views
Last call for adenosine transporters
Roberto I Melendez and Peter W Kalivas
Nature Neuroscience 7, 795–796
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/nn0804-795
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Expressing TrkC from the TrkA locus causes a subset of dorsal root ganglia neurons to switch fate
Aziz Moqrich, Taryn J Earley, James Watson, Mary Andahazy, Carey Backus, Dionisio Martin-Zanca, Douglas E Wright, Louis F Reichardt and Ardem Patapoutian
Nature Neuroscience 7, 812–818
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1283
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letters to nature
Coupling of agonist binding to channel gating in an ACh-binding protein linked to an ion channel
Cecilia Bouzat, Fernanda Gumilar, Guillermo Spitzmaul, Hai-Long Wang, Diego Rayes, Scott B. Hansen, Palmer Taylor and Steven M. Sine
Nature 430, 896–900
(19 August 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02753
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Expressing TrkC from the TrkA locus causes a subset of dorsal root ganglia neurons to switch fate
Aziz Moqrich, Taryn J Earley, James Watson, Mary Andahazy, Carey Backus, Dionisio Martin-Zanca, Douglas E Wright, Louis F Reichardt and Ardem Patapoutian
Nature Neuroscience 7, 812–818
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1283
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letters to nature
Reaction mechanism determines NMDA receptor response to repetitive stimulation
Gabriela Popescu, Antoine Robert, James R. Howe and Anthony Auerbach
Nature 430, 790–793
(12 August 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02775
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letter
RGM and its receptor neogenin regulate neuronal survival
Eiji Matsunaga, Servane Tauszig-Delamasure, Philippe P. Monnier, Bernhard K. Mueller, Stephen M. Strittmatter, Patrick Mehlen and Alain Chédotal
Nature Cell Biology 6, 749–755
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/ncb1157
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Continuing role for mouse Numb and Numbl in maintaining progenitor cells during cortical neurogenesis
Petur H Petersen, Kaiyong Zou, Stefan Krauss and Weimin Zhong
Nature Neuroscience 7, 803–811
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1289
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Controlling neuron number: does Numb do the math?
David R Castañeda–Castellanos and Arnold R Kriegstein
Nature Neuroscience 7, 793–794
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/nn0804-793
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review article
Pathways towards and away from Alzheimer's disease
Mark P. Mattson
Nature 430, 631–639
(05 August 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02621
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letter
Neogenin mediates the action of repulsive guidance molecule
Srikanth Rajagopalan, Lutz Deitinghoff, Denise Davis, Sabine Conrad, Thomas Skutella, Alain Chedotal, Bernhard K. Mueller and Stephen M. Strittmatter
Nature Cell Biology 6, 756–762
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/ncb1156
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Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior
Ian C G Weaver, Nadia Cervoni, Frances A Champagne, Ana C D'Alessio, Shakti Sharma, Jonathan R Seckl, Sergiy Dymov, Moshe Szyf and Michael J Meaney
Nature Neuroscience 7, 847–854
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1276
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news and views
Mothering style and methylation
Robert M Sapolsky
Nature Neuroscience 7, 791–792
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/nn0804-791
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Olfactory receptor neuron axon targeting: intrinsic transcriptional control and hierarchical interactions
Takaki Komiyama, John R Carlson and Liqun Luo
Nature Neuroscience 7, 819–825
(August 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1284
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letters to nature
Median bundle neurons coordinate behaviours during Drosophila male courtship
Devanand S. Manoli and Bruce S. Baker
Nature 430, 564–569
(29 July 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02713
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Neurobiology: Odorant receptors make scents
Rainer W. Friedrich
Nature 430, 511–512
(29 July 2004); doi:10.1038/430511a
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Calmodulin permanently associates with rat olfactory CNG channels under native conditions
Jonathan Bradley, Wolfgang Bönigk, King-Wai Yau and Stephan Frings
Nature Neuroscience 7, 705–710
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1266
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news and views
Making scents of olfactory adaptation
John P Adelman and Paco S Herson
Nature Neuroscience 7, 689–690
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/nn0704-689
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letters to nature
Drosophila long-term memory formation involves regulation of cathepsin activity
Daniel Comas, Florian Petit and Thomas Preat
Nature 430, 460–463
(22 July 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02726
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A NUDEL-dependent mechanism of neurofilament assembly regulates the integrity of CNS neurons
Minh Dang Nguyen, Tianzhi Shu, Kamon Sanada, Roxanne C. Larivière, Huang-Chun Tseng, Sang Ki Park, Jean-Pierre Julien and Li-Huei Tsai
Nature Cell Biology 6, 595–608
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/ncb1139
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Tangled NUDELs?
Erika L. F. Holzbaur
Nature Cell Biology 6, 569–570
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/ncb0704-569
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review article
Secretory trafficking in neuronal dendrites
April C. Horton and Michael D. Ehlers
Nature Cell Biology 6, 585–591
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/ncb0704-585
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brief communication
Inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 potentiates retrograde endocannabinoid effects in hippocampus
Jimok Kim and Bradley E Alger
Nature Neuroscience 7, 697–698
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1262
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review article
The neurobiology of antiepileptic drugs
Michael A. Rogawski and Wolfgang Löscher
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 553–564
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1430
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letters to nature
An SCF-like ubiquitin ligase complex that controls presynaptic differentiation
Edward H. Liao, Wesley Hung, Benjamin Abrams and Mei Zhen
Nature 430, 345–350
(15 July 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02647
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letters to nature
Cell fusion-independent differentiation of neural stem cells to the endothelial lineage
Andrew E. Wurmser, Kinichi Nakashima, Robert G. Summers, Nicolas Toni, Kevin A. D'Amour, Dieter C. Lie and Fred H. Gage
Nature 430, 350–356
(15 July 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02604
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Initiation of neuropathic pain requires lysophosphatidic acid receptor signaling
Makoto Inoue, Md Harunor Rashid, Ryousuke Fujita, James J A Contos, Jerold Chun and Hiroshi Ueda
Nature Medicine 10, 712–718
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/nm1060
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Dopamine depletion impairs precursor cell proliferation in Parkinson disease
Günter U Höglinger, Pamela Rizk, Marie P Muriel, Charles Duyckaerts, Wolfgang H Oertel, Isabelle Caille and Etienne C Hirsch
Nature Neuroscience 7, 726–735
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1265
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review article
State-dependent opioid control of pain
Howard Fields
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 565–575
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/nrn1431
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The neurite outgrowth inhibitor Nogo A is involved in autoimmune-mediated demyelination
Tara Karnezis, Wim Mandemakers, Jonathan L McQualter, Binhai Zheng, Peggy P Ho, Kelly A Jordan, Belinda M Murray, Ben Barres, Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Claude C A Bernard
Nature Neuroscience 7, 736–744
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1261
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brief communication
Differential activity-dependent regulation of the lateral mobilities of AMPA and NMDA receptors
Laurent Groc, Martin Heine, Laurent Cognet, Kieran Brickley, F Anne Stephenson, Brahim Lounis and Daniel Choquet
Nature Neuroscience 7, 695–696
(July 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1270
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letters to nature
PTK7/CCK-4 is a novel regulator of planar cell polarity in vertebrates
Xiaowei Lu, Annette G. M. Borchers, Christine Jolicoeur, Helen Rayburn, Julie C. Baker & Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Nature 430, 93–98
(01 July 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02677
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Apolipoprotein E promotes astrocyte colocalization and degradation of deposited amyloid- peptides
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Nature Medicine 10, 719–726
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Differential activity-dependent regulation of the lateral mobilities of AMPA and NMDA receptors
Laurent Groc, Martin Heine, Laurent Cognet, Kieran Brickley, F Anne Stephenson, Brahim Lounis and Daniel Choquet
Nature Neuroscience 7, 695–696
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Regulation of ion channel localization and phosphorylation by neuronal activity
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 711–718
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A mechanism for homeostatic plasticity
D James Surmeier and Robert Foehring
Nature Neuroscience 7, 691–692
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Immune signalling in neural development, synaptic plasticity and disease
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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 521–531
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Rapid BDNF-induced retrograde synaptic modification in a developing retinotectal system
Jiu-lin Du and Mu-ming Poo
Nature 429, 878–883
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Gene regulation and DNA damage in the ageing human brain
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Elaborate interactions between the immune and nervous systems
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Nature Immunology 5, 575–581
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Ascl1/Mash1 is required for the development of central serotonergic neurons
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 589–595
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Overexpression of type-1 adenylyl cyclase in mouse forebrain enhances recognition memory and LTP
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 635–642
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A new chemotaxis assay shows the extreme sensitivity of axons to molecular gradients
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 678–682
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Assaying axon sensitivity
Kalyani Narasimhan
Nature Neuroscience 7, 574
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Serotonergic neurons as carbon dioxide sensors that maintain ph homeostasis
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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 449–461
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Enhanced partner preference in a promiscuous species by manipulating the expression of a single gene
Miranda M. Lim, Zuoxin Wang, Daniel E. Olazábal, Xianghui Ren, Ernest F. Terwilliger and Larry J. Young
Nature 429, 754–757
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Neurobiology: Why voles stick together
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Nature 429, 711–712
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Dynein motors transport activated Trks to promote survival of target-dependent neurons
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 596–604
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The prepattern transcription factor Irx2, a target of the FGF8/MAP kinase cascade, is involved in cerebellum formation
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 605–612
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Astrocytes contain a vesicular compartment that is competent for regulated exocytosis of glutamate
Paola Bezzi, Vidar Gundersen, José Luis Galbete, Gerald Seifert, Christian Steinhäuser, Ethel Pilati and Andrea Volterra
Nature Neuroscience 7, 613–620
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HIF1 and oxygen sensing in the brain
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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 437–448
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Inhibition of mTOR induces autophagy and reduces toxicity of polyglutamine expansions in fly and mouse models of Huntington disease
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Nature Genetics 36, 585–595
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Huntingtin aggregates ask to be eaten
Carson C Thoreen and David M Sabatini
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Frequency-dependent modulation of dopamine release by nicotine
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 581–582
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Nicotine amplifies reward-related dopamine signals in striatum
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 583–584
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Neuregulin 1-erbB signaling and the molecular/cellular basis of schizophrenia
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 575–580
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GSK3 inhibitors: development and therapeutic potential
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Activity-dependent homeostatic specification of transmitter expression in embryonic neurons
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Nature 429, 523–530
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Neurobiology: A matter of balance
Martyn Goulding
Nature 429, 515–517
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cAMP and Schwann cells promote axonal growth and functional recovery after spinal cord injury
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Nature Medicine 10, 610–616
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Hot-spot residue in small heat-shock protein 22 causes distal motor neuropathy
Joy Irobi, Katrien Van Impe, Pavel Seeman, Albena Jordanova, Ines Dierick, Nathalie Verpoorten, Andrej Michalik, Els De Vriendt, An Jacobs, Veerle Van Gerwen, Krist'l Vennekens, Radim Mazanec, Ivailo Tournev, David Hilton-Jones, Kevin Talbot, Ivo Kremensky, Ludo Van Den Bosch, Wim Robberecht, Joél Vandekerckhove, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Jan Gettemans, Peter De Jonghe and Vincent Timmerman
Nature Genetics 36, 597–601
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Mutant small heat-shock protein 27 causes axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and distal hereditary motor neuropathy
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Shocking degeneration
Rainer Benndorf and Michael J Welsh
Nature Genetics 36, 547–548
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Induction of PGE2 by estradiol mediates developmental masculinization of sex behavior
Stuart K Amateau and Margaret M McCarthy
Nature Neuroscience 7, 643–650
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Brain gender: prostaglandins have their say
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 570–572
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Merlin and the ERM proteins in Schwann cells, neurons and growth cones
Vijaya Ramesh
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 462–470
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VEGF delivery with retrogradely transported lentivector prolongs survival in a mouse ALS model
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Adiponectin acts in the brain to decrease body weight
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Nature Medicine 10, 524–529
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Fat hormones pull their weight in the CNS
Randy J Seeley, David A D'Alessio and Stephen C Woods
Nature Medicine 10, 454–455
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Repelling class discrimination: ephrin-A5 binds to and activates EphB2 receptor signaling
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 501–509
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Eph-ephrin promiscuity is now crystal clear
Elena B Pasquale
Nature Neuroscience 7, 417–418
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms of presynaptic assembly
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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 385–399
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Genetic mechanisms that underlie epilepsy
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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 400–408
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Circadian regulation of GABAA receptor function by CKIε-CKIδ in the rat suprachiasmatic nuclei
Ke Ning, Lei Li, Mingxia Liao, Baosong Liu, John G Mielke, Yonghong Chen, Ying Duan, Youssef H El-Hayek and Qi Wan
Nature Neuroscience 7, 489–490
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Orexigen-sensitive NPY/AgRP pacemaker neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus
Marco van den Top, Kevin Lee, Andrew D Whyment, Andrew M Blanks and David Spanswick
Nature Neuroscience 7, 493–494
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Proteomics in postgenomic neuroscience: the end of the beginning
Jyoti Choudhary and Seth G N Grant
Nature Neuroscience 7, 440–445
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Glial specification in the vertebrate neural tube
David H. Rowitch
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 409–419
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Tlx3 and Tlx1 are post-mitotic selector genes determining glutamatergic over GABAergic cell fates
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 510–517
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Tlx genes make an exciting choice
Stewart Anderson
Nature Neuroscience 7, 421–422
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Experimental therapeutics in transgenic mouse models of Huntington's disease
M. Flint Beal and Robert J. Ferrante
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 373–384
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Actin dynamics: re-drawing the map
Phillip R. Gordon-Weeks
Nature Cell Biology 6, 390–391
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Retrograde activation of presynaptic NMDA receptors enhances GABA release at cerebellar interneuron-Purkinje cell synapses
Ian C Duguid and Trevor G Smart
Nature Neuroscience 7, 525–533
(May 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1227
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Presynaptic NMDA receptors get into the act
Anastassios V Tzingounis and Roger A Nicoll
Nature Neuroscience 7, 419–420
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NMDA receptors, place cells and hippocampal spatial memory
Kazu Nakazawa , Thomas J. McHugh , Matthew A. Wilson and Susumu Tonegawa
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 361–372
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New neurons?
Jack Horne
Nature Cell Biology 6, 287
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Sporadic ALS: blame it on the editor
Stuart A Lipton
Nature Medicine 10, 347
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The X-linked mental retardation protein oligophrenin-1 is required for dendritic spine morphogenesis
Eve-Ellen Govek, Sarah E Newey, Colin J Akerman, Justin R Cross, Lieven Van der Veken and Linda Van Aelst
Nature Neuroscience 7, 364–372
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Magic shotguns versus magic bullets: selectively non-selective drugs for mood disorders and schizophrenia
Bryan L. Roth, Douglas J. Sheffler & Wesley K. Kroeze
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 3, 353–359
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Tenascin-R mediates activity-dependent recruitment of neuroblasts in the adult mouse forebrain
Armen Saghatelyan, Antoine de Chevigny, Melitta Schachner and Pierre-Marie Lledo
Nature Neuroscience 7, 347–356
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Src kinases: a hub for NMDA receptor regulation
Michael W. Salter and Lorraine V. Kalia
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 317–328
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Role of the PAR-3-KIF3 complex in the establishment of neuronal polarity
Takashi Nishimura, Katsuhiro Kato, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Yuko Fukata, Shigeo Ohno and Kozo Kaibuchi
Nature Cell Biology 6, 328–334
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Cocaine's long run
Pietro Paolo Sanna and George F Koob
Nature Medicine 10, 340–341
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Cholecystokinin-mediated suppression of feeding involves the brainstem melanocortin system
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 335–336
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Neural activity and the dynamics of central nervous system development
Jackie Yuanyuan Hua and Stephen J Smith
Nature Neuroscience 7, 327–332
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Dopamine neurons release transmitter via a flickering fusion pore
Roland G W Staal, Eugene V Mosharov and David Sulzer
Nature Neuroscience 7, 341–346
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Synaptic vesicles really do kiss and run
R Mark Wightman and Christy L Haynes
Nature Neuroscience 7, 321–322
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Genes and ligands for odorant, vomeronasal and taste receptors
Peter Mombaerts
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 263–278
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Neutralization of CD95 ligand promotes regeneration and functional recovery after spinal cord injury
Deana Demjen, Stefan Klussmann, Susanne Kleber, Cecilia Zuliani, Bram Stieltjes, Corinna Metzger, Ulrich A Hirt, Henning Walczak, Werner Falk, Marco Essig, Lutz Edler, Peter H Krammer and Ana Martin-Villalba
Nature Medicine 10, 389–395
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Spinal cord alive and kicking
Catherine Barthélémy and Christopher E Henderson
Nature Medicine 10, 339–340
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Stability of dendritic spines and synaptic contacts is controlled by αN-catenin
Kentaro Abe, Osamu Chisaka, Frans van Roy and Masatoshi Takeichi
Nature Neuroscience 7, 357–363
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Stiffening the spines
Annette Markus
Nature Neuroscience 7, 322
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A SNAP decision in neural cell fate
Donald Mcdonald
Nature Cell Biology 6, 187
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Nucleus hears axon's pain
Armin Blesch and Mark H Tuszynski
Nature Medicine 10, 236–237
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Creation of AMPA-silent synapses in the neonatal hippocampus
Min-Yi Xiao, Pontus Wasling, Eric Hanse and Bengt Gustafsson
Nature Neuroscience 7, 236–243
(March 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1196
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Activity-dependent regulation of dendritic synthesis and trafficking of AMPA receptors
William Ju, Wade Morishita, Jennifer Tsui, Guido Gaietta, Thomas J Deerinck, Stephen R Adams, Craig C Garner, Roger Y Tsien, Mark H Ellisman and Robert C Malenka
Nature Neuroscience 7, 244–253
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MAPK cascade signalling and synaptic plasticity
Gareth M. Thomas and Richard L. Huganir
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 173–183
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The candidate tumour suppressor protein ING4 regulates brain tumour growth and angiogenesis
Igor Garkavtsev, Sergey V. Kozin, Olga Chernova, Lei Xu, Frank Winkler, Edward Brown, Gene H. Barnett and Rakesh K. Jain
Nature 428, 328–332
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The hyh mutation uncovers roles for αSnap in apical protein localization and control of neural cell fate
Teresa H Chae, Seonhee Kim, Karla E Marz, Phyllis I Hanson and Christopher A Walsh
Nature Genetics 36, 264–270
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Trafficking in cell fate
Sandra Bajjalieh
Nature Genetics 36, 216–217
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LINGO-1 is a component of the Nogo-66 receptor/p75 signaling complex
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 221–228
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Molecular mechanisms of taste-recognition memory
Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 209–217
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In vivo imaging of synapse formation on a growing dendritic arbor
Cristopher M Niell, Martin P Meyer and Stephen J Smith
Nature Neuroscience 7, 254–260
(March 2004); doi:10.1038/nn1191
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Single dendrite seeks stable relationship
Josh Morgan and Rachel Wong
Nature Neuroscience 7, 205–206
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Neurodegenerative diseases and oxidative stress
Kevin J. Barnham, Colin L. Masters and Ashley I. Bush
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 3, 205–214
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Tumour-suppressor function in the nervous system
Suzanne J. Baker and Peter J. McKinnon
Nature Reviews Cancer 4, 184–196
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FGF2-induced chromatin remodeling regulates CNTF-mediated gene expression and astrocyte differentiation
Mi-Ryoung Song and Anirvan Ghosh
Nature Neuroscience 7, 229–235
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PKC mediates inhibitory effects of myelin and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans on axonal regeneration
Rajeev Sivasankaran, Jiong Pei, Kevin C Wang, Yi Ping Zhang, Christopher B Shields, Xiao-Ming Xu and Zhigang He
Nature Neuroscience 7, 261–268
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Glycans and neural cell interactions
Ralf Kleene and Melitta Schachner
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 195–208
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Sortilin is essential for proNGF-induced neuronal cell death
Anders Nykjaer, Ramee Lee, Kenneth K. Teng, Pernille Jansen, Peder Madsen, Morten S. Nielsen, Christian Jacobsen, Marco Kliemannel, Elisabeth Schwarz, Thomas E. Willnow, Barbara L. Hempstead and Claus M. Petersen
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Neurobiology: A move to sort life from death
David R. Kaplan and Freda D. Miller
Nature 427, 798–799
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Glutamate receptors: RNA editing and death of motor neurons
Yukio Kawahara, Kyoko Ito, Hui Sun, Hitoshi Aizawa, Ichiro Kanazawa and Shin Kwak
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Using human neural stem cells to model neurological disease
Rebekah J. Jakel , Bernard L. Schneider and Clive N. Svendsen
Nature Reviews Genetics 5, 136–144
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Biochemical and genetic interaction between the fragile X mental retardation protein and the microRNA pathway
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Nature Neuroscience 7, 113–117
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Agonist-independent modulation of N-type calcium channels by ORL1 receptors
Aaron M Beedle, John E McRory, Olivier Poirot, Clinton J Doering, Christophe Altier, Christian Barrere, Jawed Hamid, Joel Nargeot, Emmanuel Bourinet and Gerald W Zamponi
Nature Neuroscience 7, 118–125
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LTP is accompanied by an enhanced local excitability of pyramidal neuron dendrites
Andreas Frick, Jeffrey Magee and Daniel Johnston
Nature Neuroscience 7, 126–135
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Storing memories in dendritic channels
Michael Häusser
Nature Neuroscience 7, 98–100
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Presynaptic ionotropic receptors and control of transmitter release
Holly S. Engelman and Amy B. MacDermott
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 135–145
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Convergent evidence for impaired AKT1-GSK3β signaling in schizophrenia
Effat S Emamian, Diana Hall, Morris J Birnbaum, Maria Karayiorgou and Joseph A Gogos
Nature Genetics 36, 131–137
(February 2004); doi:10.1038/ng1296
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Getting our AKT together in schizophrenia?
Joachim Hallmayer
Nature Genetics 36, 115–116
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Bi-directional effects of GABAB receptor agonists on the mesolimbic dopamine system
Hans G Cruz, Tatiana Ivanova, Marie-Louise Lunn, Markus Stoffel, Paul A Slesinger and Christian Lüscher
Nature Neuroscience 7, 153–159
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Localized striatal delivery of GDNF as a treatment for Parkinson disease
Deniz Kirik, Biljana Georgievska and Anders Björklund
Nature Neuroscience 7, 105–110
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Opiate state controls bi-directional reward signaling via GABAA receptors in the ventral tegmental area
Steven R Laviolette, Roger A Gallegos, Steven J Henriksen and Derek van der Kooy
Nature Neuroscience 7, 160–169
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Taking sides in the nervous system with miRNA
Piali Sengupta
Nature Neuroscience 7, 100–102
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A proton pore in a potassium channel voltage sensor reveals a focused electric field
Dorine M. Starace and Francisco Bezanilla
Nature 427, 548–553
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Ion channels: Shake, rattle or roll?
Robert O. Blaustein and Christopher Miller
Nature 427, 553–558
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Cypin regulates dendrite patterning in hippocampal neurons by promoting microtubule assembly
Barbara F Akum, Maxine Chen, Samuel I Gunderson, Gary M Riefler, Monica M Scerri-Hansen and Bonnie L Firestein
Nature Neuroscience 7, 145–152
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Myelin inhibitors: does NO mean GO?
Geoffrey Raisman
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 157–161
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SOL-1 is a CUB-domain protein required for GLR-1 glutamate receptor function in C. elegans
Yi Zheng, Jerry E. Mellem, Penelope J. Brockie, David M. Madsen and Andres V. Maricq
Nature 427, 451–457
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Modifying quinolone antibiotics yields new anxiolytics
Timothy B C Johnstone, Derk J Hogenkamp, Leanne Coyne, Jiping Su, Robert F Halliwell, Minhtam B Tran, Ryan F Yoshimura, Wen-Yen Li, Jeff Wang and Kelvin W Gee
Nature Medicine 10, 31–32
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Developmental switch from GABA to glycine release in single central synaptic terminals
Junichi Nabekura, Shutaro Katsurabayashi, Yasuhiro Kakazu, Shumei Shibata, Atsushi Matsubara, Shozo Jinno, Yoshito Mizoguchi, Akira Sasaki and Hitoshi Ishibashi
Nature Neuroscience 7, 17–23
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Developing neurons make the switch
Anthony N van den Pol
Nature Neuroscience 7, 7–8
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Structural plasticity and memory
Raphael Lamprecht and Joseph LeDoux
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 45–54
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Mustard oils and cannabinoids excite sensory nerve fibres through the TRP channel ANKTM1
Sven-Eric Jordt, Diana M. Bautista, Huai-hu Chuang, David D. McKemy, Peter M. Zygmunt, Edward D. Högestätt, Ian D. Meng and David Julius
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Nitric oxide switches on glycolysis through the AMP protein kinase and 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase pathway
Angeles Almeida, Salvador Moncada and Juan P. Bolaños
Nature Cell Biology 6, 45–51
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No glial death with NO
Solomon H. Snyder and Sangwon Kim
Nature Cell Biology 6, 17–18
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Learning to take a deep breath—with BDNF
George B Richerson and John M Bekkers
Nature Medicine 10, 25–26
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The neurobiology of nicotine addiction: bridging the gap from molecules to behaviour
Steven R. Laviolette and Derek van der Kooy
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 55–65
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Defects in RGS9 or its anchor protein R9AP in patients with slow photoreceptor deactivation
Koji M. Nishiguchi, Michael A. Sandberg, Aart C. Kooijman, Kirill A. Martemyanov, Jan W. R. Pott, Stephanie A. Hagstrom, Vadim Y. Arshavsky, Eliot L. Berson and Thaddeus P. Dryja
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Vision: The need for speed
Kendall J. Blumer
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Expression and function of orphan nuclear receptor TLX in adult neural stem cells
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Synaptic signaling between GABAergic interneurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the hippocampus
Shih-chun Lin and Dwight E Bergles
Nature Neuroscience 7, 24–32
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Hippocampal plasticity requires postsynaptic ephrinBs
Ilona C Grunwald, Martin Korte, Giselind Adelmann, Anne Plueck, Klas Kullander, Ralf H Adams, Michael Frotscher, Tobias Bonhoeffer and Rüdiger Klein
Nature Neuroscience 7, 33–40
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