Blood vessels and nerves: common signals, pathways and diseases. Carmeliet, P. Nature Reviews Genetics September (2003)

Phosphatases in cell-matrix adhesion and migration. Larsen, M. et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology September (2003)

Anti-TNF-α therapies: the next generation. Palladino, M. A. et al. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery September (2003)

A thorny issue. Seeburg, P. H. & Osten, P. Nature 7 August (2003) A News & Views article on the finding that the extracellular domain of the glutamate receptor GluR2 can induce dendritic spines.

Decisions arising from opposing views. de Lafuente, V. & Romo R. Nature Neuroscience August (2003) A News & Views article on a study showing that microstimulation of the visual cortex affects the speed of perceptual decisions.

Attacking pain at its source: new perspectives on opioids. Stein, C. et al. Nature Medicine August (2003)

Mathematical multi-locus approaches to localizing complex human trait genes. Hoh, J. & Ott, J. Nature Reviews Genetics September (2003)

Seizing hold of seizures. Holmes, G. L. & Ben-Ari, Y. Nature Medicine August (2003) A News & Views article on the development of a galanin-expressing viral vector that attenuates seizures and neuronal death in rodents.

Cdk5 is a dynamo at the synapse. Samuels, B. A. & Tsai, L. -H. Nature Cell Biology September (2003) A News & Views article on the finding that Cdk5 is crucial for endocytosis at the synapse.

More than just nerves. McCleskey, E. W. Nature 14 August (2003) A News & Views article on the discovery that microglial P2X4 receptors gate allodynia after nerve injury.

A new piece of the ALS puzzle. Cleveland, J. L. Nature Genetics August (2003) A News & Views article on the finding that VEGF is a modifier of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and can protect neurons from ischaemic damage.

Imaging in cell biology.Nature Cell Biology and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology September (2003) Special joint supplement featuring: Photobleaching and photoactivation: following protein dynamics in living cells Lippincott-Schwartz, J. et al. Single-molecule visualization in cell biology Sako, Y. & Yanagida, T. MRI: volumetric imaging for vital imaging and atlas construction Jacobs, R. E. et al.