Table of contents
From the editors
p885 | doi:10.1038/nrn2550
Research Highlights
Synapse formation: The missing link | PDF (200 KB)
p886 | doi:10.1038/nrn2549
Brain–machine interfaces: Back in control | PDF (142 KB)
p887 | doi:10.1038/nrn2534
Neurodegenerative disease: Giving survival a boost | PDF (126 KB)
p887 | doi:10.1038/nrn2542
Mirror neurons: Towards a clearer image | PDF (158 KB)
p888 | doi:10.1038/nrn2544
Neurogenesis: Seeking stem cells | PDF (138 KB)
p888 | doi:10.1038/nrn2546
In the news
Rain man? | PDF (116 KB)
p888 | doi:10.1038/nrn2553
In brief
Glia | Memory | Learning and memory | Circadian rhythms | PDF (138 KB)
p889 | doi:10.1038/nrn2552
Neuropeptides: Vasopressin: not just for males | PDF (149 KB)
p890 | doi:10.1038/nrn2543
Ion channels: Small conductance, big effects | PDF (140 KB)
p890 | doi:10.1038/nrn2547
Behaviour: Doing the locomotion | PDF (127 KB)
p891 | doi:10.1038/nrn2541
Development: It's all in the timing | PDF (214 KB)
p892 | doi:10.1038/nrn2545
In brief
Neurogenomics | Neurodegenerative disease | Decision making | Development | PDF (127 KB)
p892 | doi:10.1038/nrn2551
An Interview With...
The Kavli prize winners | PDF (251 KB)
p893 | doi:10.1038/nrn2548
Reviews
VPS10P-domain receptors — regulators of neuronal viability and function
Thomas E. Willnow, Claus M. Petersen & Anders Nykjaer
p899 | doi:10.1038/nrn2516
Recent work has shown that VPS10P-domain receptors have important roles in neuronal signalling pathways. Willnow and colleagues outline the evidence for the contributions of two of these proteins, sortilin and SORLA, to neuronal viability and function.
Article series: Sleep
Sleep as a fundamental property of neuronal assemblies
James M. Krueger, David M. Rector, Sandip Roy, Hans P. A. Van Dongen, Gregory Belenky & Jaak Panksepp
p910 | doi:10.1038/nrn2521
Sleep has long been viewed as a property of the whole animal that is regulated by sleep- and wake-promoting neuronal networks. Here, Krueger and colleagues review the evidence that sleep might instead be regulated locally, at the level of neuronal assemblies.
A cortical network for semantics: (de)constructing the N400
Ellen F. Lau, Colin Phillips & David Poeppel
p920 | doi:10.1038/nrn2532
Event-related potentials (ERPs) have been widely used to investigate language processing in the brain. Lau and colleagues discuss how localization data can contribute to the functional interpretation of one particular component of the ERP — the N400 response.
Human volition: towards a neuroscience of will
Patrick Haggard
p934 | doi:10.1038/nrn2497
Recent studies have identified networks of brain areas that underlie voluntary action. Patrick Haggard reviews these circuits, describes the types of decision that are involved in making a voluntary action and discusses how volition is linked to conscious experience.
Perspectives
Opinion
Why do many psychiatric disorders emerge during adolescence?
Tomá
Paus,
Matcheri Keshavan
&
Jay N. Giedd
p947 | doi:10.1038/nrn2513
Many psychiatric disorders emerge in adolescence, when profound changes take place in the brain. Paus and colleagues provide an overview of the neurobiological changes that occur during adolescence and discuss their possible relationship to the emergence of psychopathology.
Science and society
Beyond polemics: science and ethics of ADHD
Ilina Singh
p957 | doi:10.1038/nrn2514
The rates of ADHD diagnosis have increased sharply in most countries around the world. This Perspective examines the current state of scientific research into ADHD and the key social and ethical concerns that are emerging from the use of stimulant drug treatments in children.
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Correspondence
Correspondence: Paying attention to reading direction
Seta Kazandjian & Sylvie Chokron
p965 | doi:10.1038/nrn2456-c1
