Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Volume 9, No 5 May 2008
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GABAA receptor trafficking and its role in the dynamic modulation of neuronal inhibition
Tija C. Jacob, Stephen J. Moss & Rachel Jurd
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Review
Neuregulin 1 in neural development, synaptic plasticity and schizophrenia
Lin Mei & Wen–Cheng Xiong
Polymorphisms in the genes that encode neuregulin 1 (NRG1) and its receptor ErbB4 have been associated with schizophrenia. Mei and Xiong review the role of NRG1 signalling in neural development and synaptic plasticity and discuss how alterations in NRG1 signalling might contribute to schizophrenia.
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The neural systems that mediate human perceptual decision making
Hauke R. Heekeren, Sean Marrett & Leslie G. Ungerleider
Heekeren and colleagues review neurophysiological and neuroimaging studies of monkeys and humans making perceptual decisions, highlighting both the similarities and the differences in their decision-making processes and providing a new model for the neural architecture that underlies perceptual decision making in humans.
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Review
Presynaptic glutamate receptors: physiological functions and mechanisms of action
Paulo S. Pinheiro & Christophe Mulle
Our understanding of the functional roles of presynaptic glutamate receptors continues to grow. Pinheiro and Mulle capture the current state of this knowledge, describing the modes and mechanisms of action of these receptors and the evidence for their contributions to synaptic transmission.
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Progress
A technicolour approach to the connectome
Jeff W. Lichtman, Jean Livet & Joshua R. Sanes
New technologies promise to decipher whole-brain connectivity at a much greater resolution than ever before. Here, Lichtman, Livet and Sanes, the creators of Brainbow, critically assess the applications and challenges of this technology and those of other existing and emerging technologies.
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Research Highlights
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Addiction:
Lasting impressions
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Neural circuits:
Sing a song of "sex please"
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Neurodegenerative disease:
Taking stock of grafts
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Amyloid–β and tau in Alzheimer's disease
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Frank LaFerla provides up–to–date information on the interlinked signalling pathways associated with amyloid–β and tau, the contribution of these two proteins to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology, and current and potential drug targets for the treatment of AD.
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