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Vascular niche factor PEDF modulates Notch-dependent stemness in the adult subependymal zone
Celia Andreu-Agulló, José Manuel Morante-Redolat, Ana C Delgado & Isabel Fariñas
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1514–1523
(December 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2437
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Pigment epithelium-derived growth factor: modulating adult neural stem cell self-renewal
Andrew Chojnacki & Samuel Weiss
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1481–1483
(December 2009); doi:10.1038/nn1209-1481
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TrkB signalling pathways in LTP and learning
Liliana Minichiello
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 850–860
(December 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2738
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Involvement of NMDAR2A tyrosine phosphorylation in depression-related behaviour
Sachiko Taniguchi et al.
The EMBO Journal 28, 3717–3729
(December 2009); doi:10.1038/emboj.2009.300
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A genetic pathway composed of Sox14 and Mical governs severing of dendrites during pruning
Daniel Kirilly et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1497–1505
(December 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2415
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Neuronal death or dismemberment mediated by Sox14
Jeannette M Osterloh & Marc R Freeman
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1479–1480
(December 2009); doi:10.1038/nn1209-1479
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GSK-3 is a master regulator of neural progenitor homeostasis
Woo-Yang Kim et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1390–1397
(November 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2408
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CREB regulates excitability and the allocation of memory to subsets of neurons in the amygdala
Yu Zhou et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1438–1443
(November 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2405
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Sip1 regulates sequential fate decisions by feedback signaling from postmitotic neurons to progenitors
Eve Seuntjens et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1373–1380
(November 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2409
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Modes and regulation of glial migration in vertebrates and invertebrates
Christian Klämbt
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 769–779
(November 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2720
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Human-specific transcriptional regulation of CNS development genes by FOXP2
Genevieve Konopka et al.
Nature 462, 213–217
(12 November 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08549
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Language evolution: The importance of being human
Martin H. Dominguez & Pasko Rakic
Nature 462, 169–170
(12 November 2009); doi:10.1038/462169a
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The oligodendrocyte-specific G protein–coupled receptor GPR17 is a cell-intrinsic timer of myelination
Ying Chen et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1398–1406
(November 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2410
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Mst3b, an Ste20-like kinase, regulates axon regeneration in mature CNS and PNS pathways
Barbara Lorber, Mariko L Howe, Larry I Benowitz & Nina Irwin
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1407–1414
(November 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2414
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Presynaptic α2δ-3 is required for synaptic morphogenesis independent of its Ca2+-channel functions
Peri T Kurshan, Asli Oztan & Thomas L Schwarz
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1415–1423
(November 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2417
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How to button a bouton with α2δs
Stephan J Sigrist & Andrew J R Plested
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1357–1358
(November 2009); doi:10.1038/nn1109-1357
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Regulation of cortical microcircuits by unitary GABA-mediated volume transmission
Szabolcs Oláh et al.
Nature 461, 1278–1281
(29 October 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08503
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The obesity susceptibility gene Cpe links FoxO1 signaling in hypothalamic pro-opiomelanocortin neurons with regulation of food intake
Leona Plum et al.
Nature Medicine 15, 1195–1201
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nm.2026
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Neuron-glia communication via EphA4/ephrin-A3 modulates LTP through glial glutamate transport
Alessandro Filosa et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1285–1292
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2394
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The origin and evolution of synapses
Tomás J. Ryan & Seth G. N. Grant
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 701–712
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2717
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Sleep deprivation impairs cAMP signalling in the hippocampus
Christopher G. Vecsey et al.
Nature 461, 1122–1125
(22 October 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08488
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AP2γ regulates basal progenitor fate in a region- and layer-specific manner in the developing cortex
Luisa Pinto et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1229–1237
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2399
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Regional control of cortical lamination
Ronald R Waclaw & Kenneth Campbell
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1211–1212
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nn1009-1211
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Advances in tau-focused drug discovery for Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies
Kurt R. Brunden, John Q. Trojanowski & Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 8, 783–793
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nrd2959
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A secreted complement-control-related protein ensures acetylcholine receptor clustering
Marie Gendrel, Georgia Rapti, Janet E. Richmond & Jean-Louis Bessereau
Nature 461, 992–996
(15 October 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08430
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Hippocampal development and neural stem cell maintenance require Sox2-dependent regulation of Shh
Rebecca Favaro et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1248–1256
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2397
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Nicotine activates the chemosensory cation channel TRPA1
Karel Talavera et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1293–1299
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2379
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MyosinV controls PTEN function and neuronal cell size
Michiel T. van Diepen et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1191–1196
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1961
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A motor driving PTEN
Jing Zhou & Luis F. Parada
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1177–1179
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1009-1177
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Epac2 induces synapse remodeling and depression and its disease-associated forms alter spines
Kevin M Woolfrey et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1275–1284
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2386
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Suppression of hippocampal TRPM7 protein prevents delayed neuronal death in brain ischemia
Hong-Shuo Sun et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1300–1307
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2395
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TR(I)Pping towards treatment for ischemia
David A Rempe, Takahiro Takano & Maiken Nedergaard
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1215–1216
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nn1009-1215
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Direct reprogramming of human neural stem cells by OCT4
Jeong Beom Kim et al.
Nature 461, 649–643
(01 October 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08436
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Presynaptic CaV2 calcium channel traffic requires CALF-1 and the α2δ subunit UNC-36
Yasunori Saheki & Cornelia I Bargmann
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1257–1265
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2383
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Calcium: an insignificant thing
Christian Frøkjær-Jensen & Erik M Jorgensen
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1213–1214
(October 2009); doi:10.1038/nn1009-1213
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Integration of neuronal clones in the radial cortical columns by EphA and ephrin-A signalling
Masaaki Torii, Kazue Hashimoto-Torii, Pat Levitt & Pasko Rakic
Nature 461, 524–528
(24 September 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08362
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Toll-like receptor 2 and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 promote central nervous system neuroinflammation in progressive EAE
Mauricio F Farez et al.
Nature Immunology 10, 958–964
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/ni.1775
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Rapamycin activation of 4E-BP prevents parkinsonian dopaminergic neuron loss
Luke S Tain et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1129–1135
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2372
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Neuroproteomics: understanding the molecular organization and complexity of the brain
Alex Bayés & Seth G. N. Grant
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 635–646
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2701
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An essential role of the aPKC–Aurora A–NDEL1 pathway in neurite elongation by modulation of microtubule dynamics
Daisuke Mori et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1057–1068
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1919
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Aurora A moonlights in neurite extension
Gloria Kuo Lefkowitz & Joseph G. Gleeson
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1053–1054
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb0909-1053
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Wnt-mediated activation of NeuroD1 and retro-elements during adult neurogenesis
Tomoko Kuwabara et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1097–1105
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2360
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Neurod1 is essential for the survival and maturation of adult-born neurons
Zhengliang Gao et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1090–1092
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2385
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Wnts blow on NeuroD1 to promote adult neuron production and diversity
Pierre Vanderhaeghen
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1079–1081
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nn0909-1079
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Cannabinoid modulation of hippocampal long-term memory is mediated by mTOR signaling
Emma Puighermanal et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1152–1158
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2369
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Get stoned in GABAergic synapses
Ken Mackie & István Katona
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1081–1083
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nn0909-1081
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Nicotinic receptors: allosteric transitions and therapeutic targets in the nervous system
Antoine Taly, Pierre-Jean Corringer, Denis Guedin, Pierre Lestage & Jean-Pierre Changeux
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 8, 733–750
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nrd2927
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Mutations in INPP5E, encoding inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase E, link phosphatidyl inositol signaling to the ciliopathies
Stephanie L Bielas et al.
Nature Genetics 41, 1032–1036
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/ng.423
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Kinetic basis of partial agonism at NMDA receptors
Cassandra L Kussius & Gabriela K Popescu
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1114–1120
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2361
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WNTs tune up the neuromuscular junction
Ceren Korkut & Vivian Budnik
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 627–634
(September 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2681
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Axonal elongation triggered by stimulus-induced local translation of a polarity complex protein
Ulrich Hengst, Alessia Deglincerti, Hyung Joon Kim, Noo Li Jeon & Samie R. Jaffrey
Nature Cell Biology 11, 1024–1030
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1916
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Axon growth-stimulus package includes local translation
Ian G. Macara, Hidekazu Iioka & Stavroula Mili
Nature Cell Biology 11, 919–921
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb0809-919
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A discrete alcohol pocket involved in GIRK channel activation
Prafulla Aryal, Hay Dvir, Senyon Choe & Paul A Slesinger
Nature Neuroscience 12, 988–995
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2358
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SAP97 and CASK mediate sorting of NMDA receptors through a previously unknown secretory pathway
Okunola Jeyifous et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1011–1019
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2362
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The glutamate homeostasis hypothesis of addiction
Peter W. Kalivas
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 561–572
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2515
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Neurotransmission selectively regulates synapse formation in parallel circuits in vivo
Daniel Kerschensteiner, Josh L. Morgan, Edward D. Parker, Renate M. Lewis & Rachel O. L. Wong
Nature 460, 1016–1020
(20 August 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08236
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Neuroscience: Activity acts locally
Jonathan B. Demb & Marla B. Feller
Nature 460, 961–963
(20 August 2009); doi:10.1038/460961a
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The genesis of cerebellar interneurons and the prevention of neural DNA damage require XRCC1
Youngsoo Lee et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 973–980
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2375
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Pivotal role of cerebral interleukin-17–producing γδT cells in the delayed phase of ischemic brain injury
Takashi Shichita et al.
Nature Medicine 15, 946–950
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/nm.1999
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T time in the brain
Eng H Lo
Nature Medicine 15, 844–846
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/nm0809-844
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A trophic role for Wnt-Ror kinase signaling during developmental pruning in Caenorhabditis elegans
Yu Hayashi et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 981–987
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2347
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Switch in FGF signalling initiates glial differentiation in the Drosophila eye
Sigrídur Rut Franzdóttir et al.
Nature 460, 758–761
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08167
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Ca2+ and calmodulin initiate all forms of endocytosis during depolarization at a nerve terminal
Xin-Sheng Wu et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 1003–1010
(August 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2355
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Presenilins are essential for regulating neurotransmitter release
Chen Zhang et al.
Nature 460, 632–636
(30 July 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08177
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MicroRNA-mediated switching of chromatin-remodelling complexes in neural development
Andrew S. Yoo, Brett T. Staahl, Lei Chen & Gerald R. Crabtree
Nature 460, 642–646
(30 July 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08139
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Activation of kinin receptor B1 limits encephalitogenic T lymphocyte recruitment to the central nervous system
Ulf Schulze-Topphoff et al.
Nature Medicine 15, 788–793
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nm.1980
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Pathogenic huntingtin inhibits fast axonal transport by activating JNK3 and phosphorylating kinesin
Gerardo A Morfini et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 864–871
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2346
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Adenosine A2A receptor mediates microglial process retraction
Anna G Orr, Adam L Orr, Xiao-Jiang Li, Robert E Gross & Stephen F Traynelis
Nature Neuroscience 12, 872–878
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2341
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Mutant LRRK2R1441G BAC transgenic mice recapitulate cardinal features of Parkinson's disease
Yanping Li et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 826–828
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2349
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Mitochondrial membrane permeabilization in neuronal injury
Lorenzo Galluzzi, Klas Blomgren & Guido Kroemer
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 481–494
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2665
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Notch controls embryonic Schwann cell differentiation, postnatal myelination and adult plasticity
Ashwin Woodhoo et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 839–847
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2323
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Regulation of acetylcholine receptor clustering by ADF/cofilin-directed vesicular trafficking
Chi Wai Lee et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 848–856
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2322
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The diverse functional roles and regulation of neuronal gap junctions in the retina
Stewart A. Bloomfield & Béla Völgyi
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 495–506
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2636
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Kif1b is essential for mRNA localization in oligodendrocytes and development of myelinated axons
David A Lyons, Stephen G Naylor, Anja Scholze & William S Talbot
Nature Genetics 41, 854–858
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/ng.376
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HDAC1 and HDAC2 regulate oligodendrocyte differentiation by disrupting the β-catenin–TCF interaction
Feng Ye et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 829–838
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2333
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Genetics meets epigenetics: HDACs and Wnt signaling in myelin development and regeneration
Huiliang Li & William D Richardson
Nature Neuroscience 12, 815–817
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn0709-815
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βCaMKII controls the direction of plasticity at parallel fiber–Purkinje cell synapses
Geeske M van Woerden et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 823–825
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2329
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Hematopoietic colony–stimulating factors mediate tumor-nerve interactions and bone cancer pain
Matthias Schweizerhof et al.
Nature Medicine 15, 802–807
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nm.1976
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GOAT links dietary lipids with the endocrine control of energy balance
Henriette Kirchner et al.
Nature Medicine 15, 741–745
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nm.1997
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Regulation of AMPA receptor extrasynaptic insertion by 4.1N, phosphorylation and palmitoylation
Da-Ting Lin et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 879–887
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2351
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Roles of stargazin and phosphorylation in the control of AMPA receptor subcellular distribution
Helmut W Kessels, Charles D Kopec, Matthew E Klein & Roberto Malinow
Nature Neuroscience 12, 888–896
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2340
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Brain extracellular matrix affects AMPA receptor lateral mobility and short-term synaptic plasticity
Renato Frischknecht et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 897–904
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2338
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Epidermal growth factor-like domain 7 (EGFL7) modulates Notch signalling and affects neural stem cell renewal
Mirko H.H. Schmidt et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 873–880
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1896
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NADPH oxidase is the primary source of superoxide induced by NMDA receptor activation
Angela M Brennan et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 857–863
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2334
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Reactive oxygen species are NOXious for neurons
Nicolas Demaurex & Luca Scorrano
Nature Neuroscience 12, 819–820
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nn0709-819
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New sites of action for GIRK and SK channels
Rafael Luján, James Maylie & John P. Adelman
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 475–480
(July 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2668
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A functional screen implicates microRNA-138-dependent regulation of the depalmitoylation enzyme APT1 in dendritic spine morphogenesis
Gabriele Siegel et al.
Nature Cell Biology 11, 705–716
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb1876
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MicroRNA-mediated regulation of synaptic palmitoylation: shrinking fat spines
Damien Carrel & Bonnie L. Firestein
Nature Cell Biology 11, 681–682
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/ncb0609-681
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Synaptotagmin-1 functions as a Ca2+ sensor for spontaneous release
Jun Xu, Zhiping P Pang, Ok-Ho Shin & Thomas C Südhof
Nature Neuroscience 12, 759–766
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2320
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Ube3a is required for experience-dependent maturation of the neocortex
Koji Yashiro et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 777–783
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2327
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Lfc and Tctex-1 regulate the genesis of neurons from cortical precursor cells
Andrée Gauthier-Fisher et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 735–744
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2339
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Neurogenesis in G minor
Anne-Marie Marzesco, Felipe Mora-Bermudez & Wieland B Huttner
Nature Neuroscience 12, 669–671
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nn0609-669
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Stress signalling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function
Amy F. T. Arnsten
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 410–422
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2648
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Specificity of sensory–motor connections encoded by Sema3e–Plxnd1 recognition
Eline Pecho-Vrieseling, Markus Sigrist, Yutaka Yoshida, Thomas M. Jessell & Silvia Arber
Nature 459, 842–846
(11 June 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08000
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Autoimmune T cell responses in the central nervous system
Joan Goverman
Nature Reviews Immunology 9, 393–407
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nri2550
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A resting pool of vesicles is responsible for spontaneous vesicle fusion at the synapse
Naila Ben Fredj & Juan Burrone
Nature Neuroscience 12, 751–758
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2317
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Pool rules
Jane M Sullivan
Nature Neuroscience 12, 671–673
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nn0609-671
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Regulation of innate immune responses in the brain
Serge Rivest
Nature Reviews Immunology 9, 429–439
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nri2565
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Mutations in the β-tubulin gene TUBB2B result in asymmetrical polymicrogyria
Xavier Hubert Jaglin et al.
Nature Genetics 41, 746–752
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/ng.380
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Diversifying microtubules in brain development
Andrew P Jackson
Nature Genetics 41, 638–640
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/ng0609-638
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Maintaining the brain: insight into human neurodegeneration from Drosophila melanogaster mutants
Derek Lessing & Nancy M. Bonini
Nature Reviews Genetics 10, 359–370
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nrg2563
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Na+-activated K+ channels express a large delayed outward current in neurons during normal physiology
Gonzalo Budelli et al.
Nature Neuroscience 12, 745–750
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2313
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Neural regulation of endocrine and autonomic stress responses
Yvonne M. Ulrich-Lai & James P. Herman
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 397–409
(June 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2647
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Formyl peptide receptor-like proteins are a novel family of vomeronasal chemosensors
Stéphane Rivière, Ludivine Challet, Daniela Fluegge, Marc Spehr & Ivan Rodriguez
Nature 459, 574–577
(28 May 2009); doi:10.1038/nature08029
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The trip of the tip: understanding the growth cone machinery
Laura Anne Lowery & David Van Vactor
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 332–343
(May 2009); doi:10.1038/nrm2679
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Myosin-dependent targeting of transmembrane proteins to neuronal dendrites
Tommy L Lewis Jr, Tianyi Mao, Karel Svoboda & Don B Arnold
Nature Neuroscience 12, 568–576
(May 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2318
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BK channels modulate pre- and postsynaptic signaling at reciprocal synapses in retina
William N Grimes, Wei Li, Andrés E Chávez & Jeffrey S Diamond
Nature Neuroscience 12, 585–592
(May 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2302
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Tubulin tyrosination navigates the kinesin-1 motor domain to axons
Yoshiyuki Konishi & Mitsutoshi Setou
Nature Neuroscience 12, 559–567
(May 2009); doi:10.1038/nn.2314
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Microtubule assembly, organization and dynamics in axons and dendrites
Cecilia Conde & Alfredo Cáceres
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 319–332
(May 2009); doi:10.1038/nrn2631
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