News & Comment

Neurons in the visual cortex connect preferentially to other local neurons with similar functional properties.

Fibroblasts from patients with schizophrenia have been reprogrammed into neurons, and reveal expected and unexpected changes in neuronal connectivity and gene expression.

New evidence indicates that mutations in the postsynaptic density protein SHANK3 causes defects in corticostriatal signalling and autism-like behaviours in mice.

The combination of functional imaging and electron microscopy provides insights into visual information processing.

Murine β-adducin, and its fly homologue HTS, have key roles in synapse assembly and disassembly, and mediate the improvement of learning and memory induced by environmental enrichment.

Phosphorylation is a key regulator of oligodendrocyte transcription factor 2 activity in CNS development.

Depletion of TDP43 alters the processing of multiple brain RNAs.

VEGF promotes hippocampus-dependent memory independently of its effects on neurogenesis and angiogenesis, by increasing synaptic strength.

Non-apoptotic caspase signalling mediates microglia activation by pro-inflammogens and contributes to neurotoxicity.

Early tagging of cortical neurons after memory encoding is required for subsequent memory consolidation.

A neural correlate between aggressive behaviour and mating has been found. This involves a set of neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus that are active during fighting and suppressed during mating.

Hot- and cold-sensing neurons form a thermotopic map in the fly brain