Table of contents
April 2008, Volume 11 No 4 pp375-520
About the coverFocus on Decision Making
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- Aprember 2008 Volume 11, No 4
The ability to make appropriate choices is critical for survival. Successful decision making requires the integration of sensory information, motivational states and potential outcomes to select the best action. Recently, there has been great progress in our understanding of the neural mechanisms supporting decision making in a wide range of contexts, including risky choices and social interactions. This special focus on decision making contains four reviews that highlight recent achievements in this important field.
Editorial
Reducing the costs of peer review - p375
doi:10.1038/nn0408-375
Full Text - Reducing the costs of peer review | PDF (119 KB) - Reducing the costs of peer review
Book Review
Exploring music's links to language - p377
Josh H McDermott reviews Music, Language, and the Brain by Aniruddh D Patel
doi:10.1038/nn0408-377
Full Text - Exploring music's links to language | PDF (102 KB) - Exploring music's links to language
News and Views
Glia get excited - pp379 - 380
Thomas S Otis & Michael V Sofroniew
doi:10.1038/nn0408-379
Full Text - Glia get excited | PDF (545 KB) - Glia get excited
See also: Article by Káradóttir et al.
NMDA receptor activity regulates transcription of antioxidant pathways - pp381 - 382
Stuart A Lipton
doi:10.1038/nn0408-381
Full Text - NMDA receptor activity regulates transcription of antioxidant pathways | PDF (281 KB) - NMDA receptor activity regulates transcription of antioxidant pathways
See also: Article by Papadia et al.
Language evolution: neural differences that make a difference - pp382 - 384
Asif A Ghazanfar
doi:10.1038/nn0408-382
Full Text - Language evolution: neural differences that make a difference | PDF (869 KB) - Language evolution: neural differences that make a difference
See also: Brief Communication by Rilling et al.
What's in your mind? - pp384 - 385
Brian A Wandell
doi:10.1038/nn0408-384
Full Text - What's in your mind? | PDF (505 KB) - What's in your mind?
Introduction
Focus on decision making - p387
Hannah Bayer
doi:10.1038/nn0408-387
Full Text - Focus on decision making | PDF (121 KB) - Focus on decision making
Reviews
Choice, uncertainty and value in prefrontal and cingulate cortex - pp389 - 397
Matthew F S Rushworth & Timothy E J Behrens
doi:10.1038/nn2066
Abstract - | Full Text - Choice, uncertainty and value in prefrontal and cingulate cortex | PDF (342 KB) - Choice, uncertainty and value in prefrontal and cingulate cortex
Risky business: the neuroeconomics of decision making under uncertainty - pp398 - 403
Michael L Platt & Scott A Huettel
doi:10.1038/nn2062
Abstract - | Full Text - Risky business: the neuroeconomics of decision making under uncertainty | PDF (289 KB) - Risky business: the neuroeconomics of decision making under uncertainty
Game theory and neural basis of social decision making - pp404 - 409
Daeyeol Lee
doi:10.1038/nn2065
Abstract - | Full Text - Game theory and neural basis of social decision making | PDF (254 KB) - Game theory and neural basis of social decision making
Modulators of decision making - pp410 - 416
Kenji Doya
doi:10.1038/nn2077
Abstract - | Full Text - Modulators of decision making | PDF (390 KB) - Modulators of decision making
Brief Communications
Redefining the serotonergic system by genetic lineage - pp417 - 419
Patricia Jensen, Anna F Farago, Rajeshwar B Awatramani, Michael M Scott, Evan S Deneris & Susan M Dymecki
doi:10.1038/nn2050
Abstract - | Full Text - Redefining the serotonergic system by genetic lineage | PDF (457 KB) - Redefining the serotonergic system by genetic lineage | Supplementary information
ALS-causing SOD1 mutants generate vascular changes prior to motor neuron degeneration - pp420 - 422
Zhihui Zhong, Rashid Deane, Zarina Ali, Margaret Parisi, Yuriy Shapovalov, M Kerry O'Banion, Konstantin Stojanovic, Abhay Sagare, Severine Boillee, Don W Cleveland & Berislav V Zlokovic
doi:10.1038/nn2073
Abstract - | Full Text - ALS-causing SOD1 mutants generate vascular changes prior to motor neuron degeneration | PDF (219 KB) - ALS-causing SOD1 mutants generate vascular changes prior to motor neuron degeneration | Supplementary information
Emotional environments retune the valence of appetitive versus fearful functions in nucleus accumbens - pp423 - 425
Sheila M Reynolds & Kent C Berridge
doi:10.1038/nn2061
Abstract - | Full Text - Emotional environments retune the valence of appetitive versus fearful functions in nucleus accumbens | PDF (225 KB) - Emotional environments retune the valence of appetitive versus fearful functions in nucleus accumbens | Supplementary information
The evolution of the arcuate fasciculus revealed with comparative DTI - pp426 - 428
James K Rilling, Matthew F Glasser, Todd M Preuss, Xiangyang Ma, Tiejun Zhao, Xiaoping Hu & Timothy E J Behrens
doi:10.1038/nn2072
Abstract - | Full Text - The evolution of the arcuate fasciculus revealed with comparative DTI | PDF (369 KB) - The evolution of the arcuate fasciculus revealed with comparative DTI | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Ghazanfar
Articles
Compartment-specific transcription factors orchestrate angiogenesis gradients in the embryonic brain - pp429 - 439
Anju Vasudevan, Jason E Long, James E Crandall, John L R Rubenstein & Pradeep G Bhide
doi:10.1038/nn2074
Abstract - | Full Text - Compartment-specific transcription factors orchestrate angiogenesis gradients in the embryonic brain | PDF (1,145 KB) - Compartment-specific transcription factors orchestrate angiogenesis gradients in the embryonic brain | Supplementary information
Plexin-A2 and its ligand, Sema6A, control nucleus-centrosome coupling in migrating granule cells - pp440 - 449
Julie Renaud, Géraldine Kerjan, Itsuko Sumita, Yvrick Zagar, Virginie Georget, Doyeun Kim, Coralie Fouquet, Kazunori Suda, Makoto Sanbo, Fumikazu Suto, Susan L Ackerman, Kevin J Mitchell, Hajime Fujisawa & Alain Chédotal
doi:10.1038/nn2064
Abstract - | Full Text - Plexin-A2 and its ligand, Sema6A, control nucleus-centrosome coupling in migrating granule cells | PDF (1,116 KB) - Plexin-A2 and its ligand, Sema6A, control nucleus-centrosome coupling in migrating granule cells | Supplementary information
Spiking and nonspiking classes of oligodendrocyte precursor glia in CNS white matter - pp450 - 456
Ragnhildur Káradóttir, Nicola B Hamilton, Yamina Bakiri & David Attwell
doi:10.1038/nn2060
Abstract - | Full Text - Spiking and nonspiking classes of oligodendrocyte precursor glia in CNS white matter | PDF (922 KB) - Spiking and nonspiking classes of oligodendrocyte precursor glia in CNS white matter
See also: News and Views by Otis & Sofroniew
Motor protein–dependent transport of AMPA receptors into spines during long-term potentiation - pp457 - 466
Susana S Correia, Silvia Bassani, Tyler C Brown, Marie-France Lisé, Donald S Backos, Alaa El-Husseini, Maria Passafaro & José A Esteban
doi:10.1038/nn2063
Abstract - | Full Text - Motor protein–dependent transport of AMPA receptors into spines during long-term potentiation | PDF (713 KB) - Motor protein–dependent transport of AMPA receptors into spines during long-term potentiation | Supplementary information
Development and spike timing–dependent plasticity of recurrent excitation in the Xenopus optic tectum - pp467 - 475
Kara G Pratt, Wei Dong & Carlos D Aizenman
doi:10.1038/nn2076
Abstract - | Full Text - Development and spike timing–dependent plasticity of recurrent excitation in the Xenopus optic tectum | PDF (1,033 KB) - Development and spike timing–dependent plasticity of recurrent excitation in the Xenopus optic tectum | Supplementary information
Synaptic NMDA receptor activity boosts intrinsic antioxidant defenses - pp476 - 487
Sofia Papadia, Francesc X Soriano, Frédéric Léveillé, Marc-Andre Martel, Kelly A Dakin, Henrik H Hansen, Angela Kaindl, Marco Sifringer, Jill Fowler, Vanya Stefovska, Grahame Mckenzie, Marie Craigon, Roderick Corriveau, Peter Ghazal, Karen Horsburgh, Bruce A Yankner, David J A Wyllie, Chrysanthy Ikonomidou & Giles E Hardingham
doi:10.1038/nn2071
Abstract - | Full Text - Synaptic NMDA receptor activity boosts intrinsic antioxidant defenses | PDF (561 KB) - Synaptic NMDA receptor activity boosts intrinsic antioxidant defenses | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Lipton
Persistent restoration of sensory function by immediate or delayed systemic artemin after dorsal root injury - pp488 - 496
Ruizhong Wang, Tamara King, Michael H Ossipov, Anthony J Rossomando, Todd W Vanderah, Pamela Harvey, Peter Cariani, Eric Frank, Dinah W Y Sah & Frank Porreca
doi:10.1038/nn2069
Abstract - | Full Text - Persistent restoration of sensory function by immediate or delayed systemic artemin after dorsal root injury | PDF (531 KB) - Persistent restoration of sensory function by immediate or delayed systemic artemin after dorsal root injury | Supplementary information
TrkB kinase is required for recovery, but not loss, of cortical responses following monocular deprivation - pp497 - 504
Megumi Kaneko, Jessica L Hanover, Pamela M England & Michael P Stryker
doi:10.1038/nn2068
Abstract - | Full Text - TrkB kinase is required for recovery, but not loss, of cortical responses following monocular deprivation | PDF (360 KB) - TrkB kinase is required for recovery, but not loss, of cortical responses following monocular deprivation | Supplementary information
Neural correlates of perceptual learning in a sensory-motor, but not a sensory, cortical area - pp505 - 513
Chi-Tat Law & Joshua I Gold
doi:10.1038/nn2070
Abstract - | Full Text - Neural correlates of perceptual learning in a sensory-motor, but not a sensory, cortical area | PDF (769 KB) - Neural correlates of perceptual learning in a sensory-motor, but not a sensory, cortical area | Supplementary information
Smokers' brains compute, but ignore, a fictive error signal in a sequential investment task - pp514 - 520
Pearl H Chiu, Terry M Lohrenz & P Read Montague
doi:10.1038/nn2067
Abstract - | Full Text - Smokers' brains compute, but ignore, a fictive error signal in a sequential investment task | PDF (226 KB) - Smokers' brains compute, but ignore, a fictive error signal in a sequential investment task | Supplementary information


