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Constitutive 5-HT_2Creceptor signalling is involved in both recovery and spasticity following spinal cord injury.

Directional cells, place cells and grid cells mature at a different rate during development.

In this Perspective, Kraus and Chandrasekaran show that changes in the nervous system that are induced by music training enhance auditory processing, not only of music but also of speech and language. They argue that music training should be provided in schools to benefit children throughout society.

Carbohydrate preferences are determined by glucose oxidation levels rather than by the sweetness or the caloric value of a nutrient.

Modulation of the balance between excitatory and inhibitory inputs underlies the organization of auditory receptive fields during development

The chemokine CXCL12 regulates remyelination in two animal models of demyelination

MicroRNAs in neurons are produced and degraded rapidly, unlike microRNAs in non-neuronal cells.

Resilience to stress in mice is mediated by expression of the transcription factor ΔFosB and its target genes in the nucleus accumbens.

An unexpected and crucial role for caspase 3 and caspase 9 in synaptic depression has been identified.

Sensory afferent signals in visual cortical neurons are highly tuned to stimulus characteristics at the level of local Ca²⁺transients throughout the dendritic tree.

The size of the active zone determines the probability of synaptic release and can undergo rapid structural alterations.

Dicer plays a key part in Schwann cell maturation and axon myelination.