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Nature Neuroscience
ISSUE
July 2003, Volume 6 No 7
Focus
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Music and the Brain
 Contents  Introduction    Reviews     Feedback 
Music is a universal feature of human societies, but its adaptive function remains mysterious. These six Reviews discuss how the brain processes music, and how this research influences our understanding of cognition.
Editorial Top
Predicting behavior p647
doi:10.1038/nn0703-647
Full text | PDF (58K)
Book Review Top
Re-uniting philosophy and neuroscience p649
Reviewed by: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
doi:10.1038/nn0703-649
Full text | PDF (94K)
News and Views Top
Does Broca's play by the rules? pp651 - 652
Gary F Marcus, Athena Vouloumanos & Ivan A Sag
doi:10.1038/nn0703-651
Abstract | Full text | PDF (84K)
See also: Article by Musso et al.
Agrin / MuSK signaling: willing and Abl pp653 - 654
Steven J Burden, Christian Fuhrer & Stevan R Hubbard
doi:10.1038/nn0703-653
Abstract | Full text | PDF (83K)
See also: Article by Finn et al.
The skinny on neurotrophins pp655 - 656
Brent E Wisse & Michael W Schwartz
doi:10.1038/nn0703-655
Abstract | Full text | PDF (254K)
See also: Article by Xu et al.
Cortical hierarchy turned on its head pp657 - 658
Christian Büchel
doi:10.1038/nn0703-657
Abstract | Full text | PDF (683K)
See also: Article by Amedi et al.
Watching the brain learn to read p658
John Spiro
doi:10.1038/nn0703-658
Full text | PDF (674K)
See also: Article by Turkeltaub et al.
Obituary Top
Bernard Katz 1911−2003 pp659 - 660
Stuart Cull-Candy & Donald Jenkinson
doi:10.1038/nn0703-659
Full text | PDF (114K)
Introduction Top
Focus on Music and the Brain
Music and the brain p661
John Spiro
doi:10.1038/nn0703-661
Full text | PDF (47K)
Reviews Top
Focus on Music and the Brain
The evolution of the music faculty: a comparative perspective pp663 - 668
Marc D Hauser & Josh McDermott
Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1080
Abstract | Full text | PDF (276K)
Focus on Music and the Brain
The developmental origins of musicality pp669 - 673
Sandra E Trehub
Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1084
Abstract | Full text | PDF (642K)  | Supplementary Information
Focus on Music and the Brain
Language, music, syntax and the brain pp674 - 681
Aniruddh D Patel
Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1082
Abstract | Full text | PDF (1,071K)  | Supplementary Information
Focus on Music and the Brain
Swinging in the brain: shared neural substrates for behaviors related to sequencing and music pp682 - 687
Petr Janata & Scott T Grafton
Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1081
Abstract | Full text | PDF (357K)  | Supplementary Information
Focus on Music and the Brain
Modularity of music processing pp688 - 691
Isabelle Peretz & Max Coltheart
Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1083
Abstract | Full text | PDF (93K)
Focus on Music and the Brain
Absolute pitch: a model for understanding the influence of genes and development on neural and cognitive function pp692 - 695
Robert J Zatorre
Published online: 25 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1085
Abstract | Full text | PDF (159K)
Brief Communications Top
Sleep-dependent learning: a nap is as good as a night pp697 - 698
Sara Mednick, Ken Nakayama & Robert Stickgold
Published online: 22 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1078
Abstract | Full text | PDF (71K)
Speed of visual processing increases with eccentricity pp699 - 700
Marisa Carrasco, Brian McElree, Kristina Denisova & Anna Marie Giordano
Published online: 22 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1079
Abstract | Full text | PDF (200K)  | Supplementary Information
Articles Top
Specification of dorsal telencephalic character by sequential Wnt and FGF signaling pp701 - 707
Lena Gunhaga, Matthew Marklund, My Sjödal, Jen-Chih Hsieh, Thomas M Jessell & Thomas Edlund
Published online: 25 May 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1068
Abstract | Full text | PDF (1,120K)  | Supplementary Information
Neurexin mediates the assembly of presynaptic terminals pp708 - 716
Camin Dean, Francisco G Scholl, Jenny Choih, Shannon DeMaria, James Berger, Ehud Isacoff & Peter Scheiffele
Published online: 08 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1074
Abstract | Full text | PDF (2,386K)  | Supplementary Information
Postsynaptic requirement for Abl kinases in assembly of the neuromuscular junction pp717 - 723
Alexander J Finn, Guoping Feng & Ann Marie Pendergast
Published online: 08 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1071
Abstract | Full text | PDF (950K)  | Supplementary Information
See also: News and Views by Burden et al.
A T-type calcium channel required for normal function of a mammalian mechanoreceptor pp724 - 730
Jung-Bum Shin, Carlos Martinez-Salgado, Paul A Heppenstall & Gary R Lewin
Published online: 15 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1076
Abstract | Full text | PDF (420K)  | Supplementary Information
Opsin activation as a cause of congenital night blindness pp731 - 735
Shengnan Jin, M Carter Cornwall & Daniel D Oprian
Published online: 01 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1070
Abstract | Full text | PDF (448K)
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor regulates energy balance downstream of melanocortin-4 receptor pp736 - 742
Baoji Xu, Evan H Goulding, Keling Zang, David Cepoi, Roger D Cone, Kevin R Jones, Laurence H Tecott & Louis F Reichardt
Published online: 08 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1073
Abstract | Full text | PDF (1,386K)  | Supplementary Information
See also: News and Views by Wisse & Schwartz
Neuroadaptations in cystine-glutamate exchange underlie cocaine relapse pp743 - 749
David A Baker, Krista McFarland, Russell W Lake, Hui Shen, Xing-Chun Tang, Shigenobu Toda & Peter W Kalivas
Published online: 01 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1069
Abstract | Full text | PDF (378K)
Non-invasive mapping of connections between human thalamus and cortex using diffusion imaging pp750 - 757
T E J Behrens, H Johansen-Berg, M W Woolrich, S M Smith, C A M Wheeler-Kingshott, P A Boulby, G J Barker, E L Sillery, K Sheehan, O Ciccarelli, A J Thompson, J M Brady & P M Matthews
Published online: 15 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1075
Abstract | Full text | PDF (1,386K)
Early 'visual' cortex activation correlates with superior verbal memory performance in the blind pp758 - 766
Amir Amedi, Noa Raz, Pazit Pianka, Rafael Malach & Ehud Zohary
Published online: 15 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1072
Abstract | Full text | PDF (1,376K)  | Supplementary Information
See also: News and Views by Büchel
Development of neural mechanisms for reading pp767 - 773
Peter E Turkeltaub, Lynn Gareau, D Lynn Flowers, Thomas A Zeffiro & Guinevere F Eden
Published online: 18 May 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1065
Abstract | Full text | PDF (1,033K)
See also: News and Views by Spiro
Broca's area and the language instinct pp774 - 781
Mariacristina Musso, Andrea Moro, Volkmar Glauche, Michel Rijntjes, Jürgen Reichenbach, Christian Büchel & Cornelius Weiller
Published online: 22 June 2003 | doi:10.1038/nn1077
Abstract | Full text | PDF (232K)  | Supplementary Information
See also: News and Views by Marcus et al.
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