• Archive: Neuroscience

    • Neuroscience 2007 Research Highlights

      • Cortical development: Showing neurons the way

        Jasmine Farsarakis

        Published online: 19 December 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.267

        Original article citation:

        Chen, G. et al. Semaphorin-3A guides radial migration of cortical neurons during development. Nature Neurosci. doi: 10.1038/nn2018 (2007).

      • Neurotransmission: Pick a worm's brain Open !

        Wei Zeng

        Published online: 12 December 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.261

        Original article citation:

        Zhou, K. M. et al. PKA activation bypasses the requirement for UNC-31 in the docking of dense core vesicles from C. elegans neurons. Neuron 56, 657–669 (2007).

      • Neuronal development: Keeping active

        Jasmine Farsarakis

        Published online: 07 November 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.236

        Original article citation:

        Wang, C. L. et al. Activity-dependent development of callosal projections in the somatosensory cortex. J. Neurosci. 27, 11334–11342 (2007).

      • Mental training: The benefits of short-term meditation Open !

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 31 October 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.226

        Original article citation:

        Tang, Y. Y. et al. Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation. PNAS 104, 17152–17156 (2007).

      • Olfactory system: Mice on the scent Open !

        Wei Zeng

        Published online: 05 September 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.181

        Original article citation:

        Hu, J. et al. Detection of near-atmospheric concentrations of CO2 by an olfactory subsystem in the mouse. Science 317, 953–957 (2007).

      • Glucose metabolism: Manner, memory and morphine

        Tim Reid

        Published online: 29 August 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.173

        Original article citation:

        Chen, X. L. et al. Expression changes of hippocampal energy metabolism enzymes contribute to behavioural abnormalities during chronic morphine treatment. Cell Res. 17, 689–700 (2007).

      • Neurogenesis: Stem-cell maintenance

        Dangsheng Li

        Published online: 22 August 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.168

        Original article citation:

        Bai, G. et al. Id sustains Hes1 expression to inhibit precocious neurogenesis by releasing negative autoregulation of Hes1. Dev. Cell doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2007.05.014 (2007).

      • ATP release: How it all started

        Wei Zeng

        Published online: 08 August 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.153

        Original article citation:

        Zhang, Z. et al. Regulated ATP release from astrocytes through lysosome exocytosis. Nature Cell Biol. doi: 10.1038/ncb1620 (2007).

      • Decision making: Small brains fly high

        Wei Zeng

        Published online: 18 July 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.138

        Original article citation:

        Zhang, K., Guo, J. Z., Peng, Y., Xi, W. & Guo, A. Dopamine-mushroom body circuit regulates saliency-based decision-making in Drosophila. Science 316, 1901–1904 (2007).

      • Axon differentiation: Dishevelled neurons

        Wei Zeng

        Published online: 27 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.119

        Original article citation:

        Zhang, X. et al. Dishevelled promotes axon differentiation by regulating atypical protein kinase C. Nature Cell Biol. doi: 10.1038/ncb1603 (2007).

      • Nerve growth: Nervous twitch

        Tim Reid

        Published online: 11 April 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.45

        Original article citation:

        Yuan, X. B. et al. Signalling and crosstalk of Rho GTPases in mediating axon guidance. Nature Cell Biol. 5, 38–45 (2003).

      • Alzheimer's: A stressful development Open !

        Dangsheng Li

        Published online: 28 February 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.11

        Original article citation:

        Ni, Y. et al. Activation of beta2-adrenergic receptor stimulates gamma-secretase activity and accelerates amyloid plaque formation. Nature Med. 12, 1390–1396 (2006).

      • Dyslexia in Chinese: Thinking in tongues Open !

        Kaspar Mossman

        Published online: 31 January 2007 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.070131-4

        Original article citation:

        Siok, W. T. et al. Biological abnormality of impaired reading is constrained by culture. Nature 431, 71–76 (2004).

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