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Biomarkers of progression in mirroring models of Parkinson's disease
Axonal regeneration following complete spinal cord transection in NgR and NgR/Nogo/MAG knockout mice
Immunohistological study of sorting nexin 27 expression in rat brain
The mechanism of the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP) in the production of amyloid-beta peptide
Function and acuity of the rat vibrissa system during texture discrimination
The effects of alpha-conotoxin Im1 on the intact, swimming medicinal leech
Electron tomographic analysis of dystonia pathogenesis
A mechanism for gonadotropin-releasing hormone induction of c-Fos gene expression in pituitary gonadotrope cells
Statics and dynamics of cerebral blood flow is mediated through hypoxia-inducible factor 2-alpha in the tumor suppressor von Hippel-Lindau knock-out mice
Cloning and expression of protein tyrosine kinases in the medicinal leech
Evaluating innexins quantitatively and qualitatively in the developing leech: Identified neurons in Hirdudo medicinalis express unique subsets of the innexin genes
Putative roll of innexins in neuronal arbor formation
FoxP genes subdivide interneuron subclasses in the developing mouse spinal cord
Structure/function analysis of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase - L1 (UCH-L1)
Screening for molecules essential in activity-mediated neurotransmitter specification
Computational efficiency of fractional diffusion using adaptive time step memory and the potential application to neural glial networks
Building a Better Molecular Toolkit for cAMP Studies in Live Cells
Peripheral Neuropathy Caused by DCA-induced Oxidative Stress
Activation of Egf-r/ERK by rhomboid signaling regulates the consolidation and maintenance of sleep in Drosophila
Intercellular adhesion and pathfinding molecule T-cadherin in the development of the nervous system
Regulation of target gene expression in sensory neurons by Brn3a
The role of the p75 neurotrophin receptor in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
Synchrony and concerted activity in the neural code of the retina
Contributions of early parallel pathways to extrastriate visual cortex in macaque monkey
Changing the shape of circadian rhythms with light no brighter than moonlight
Spinally-mediated hyperalgesia in experimental diabetes
Neurophysiologic correlates to sensory and cognitive processing in altered states of consciousness
Nicotinic synapse formation between neurons: Novel roles for cell adhesion molecules
Resonance and texture coding in the rat whisker system
Neural correlates underlying motor map plasticity and skilled motor behavior
Somatic and dendritic inhibition of hippocampal pyramidal cells
Common independent components of the P3b, N400, and P600 ERP components to deviant linguistic events
Functional abnormalities of the default network in autism
Novel roles of NMDA receptors in release and plasticity
Event-related brain potential studies of semantic processing in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality
Comparative analysis of Broca's area in hominoids
Design, development, and use of genetically-encoded fluorescent reporters of neural activity
Integration of visual information and the organization of receptive fields in V1 of the California ground squirrel
Modeling diffusion in cerebellar glomeruli
Genetic evidence for the role of muscle-specific acetylcholine receptors in the formation of neuromuscular synapses
The role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in cortical motor learning
Investigating brain development with forward and reverse genetics
Tales of one gene: Discovery of a novel candidate receptor in mammalian taste
A new way to look at sleep: Separation and convergence
Transgenic mouse lines illuminate input and output processing streams in the medial vestibular and cerebellar nuclei
Neural correlates of age-related memory decline and sensitivity to BDNF gene delivery
FMRI during natural sleep: A novel method to elucidate functional brain organization in typical development and autism
The cholinesterases: A study in pharmacogenomics
Neural processes underlying an auditory-induced visual illusion
Tracking and analysis of C. elegans behavior using machine vision
Decoding the ionic basis of neuronal diversity in the medial vestibular nucleus
Activation of the mTOR pathway in astrocytes after spinal cord ischemia
Comparative analyses of the neuron numbers and volumes of the amgydaloid complex in Old and New World primates
Structural and functional analysis of bone morphogenetic proteins: Crystal structure of bone morphogenetic protein-9, binding studies with pro-domain and receptors, and mutational studies in Drosophila decapentaplegic
Human declarative memory and the medial temporal lobe: Evidence from patients with medial temporal lobe lesions
Lineage mapping of brain tumors
Mechanisms of behavioral choice in the nervous system of the medicinal leech
Stress, mixed messages, and hormone signaling: Regulation of translation and the unfolded protein response in pituitary gonadotropes
Modeling cognitive deficits in schizophrenia through repeated administration of the psychotomimetic phencyclidine
Regulators of neuronal GIRK channels
The role of postsynaptic AMPA receptors in stabilizing presynaptic inputs
Interaction of sensorimotor signals in the rat vibrissa system
Word learning in context: The role of lifetime language input and sentential context
G-protein mediated trafficking of inwardly rectifying potassium channels
Classical and surround receptive field structure in cortical area MT as revealed by reverse correlation
The regulation of cAMP by the p75 neurotrophin receptor - A novel mechanism for the inhibition of scar resolution after injury
The link between neuronal activity and activation of the cAMP/PKA cascade in developing retinal ganglion cells
The population perspective---How primate retinal ganglion cells collectively encode visual space
Polarity regulation during neuronal migration and differentiation
Mechanisms of motor activity regulation in axonal transport
Intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms of corticospinal axon regeneration
Epidermal innervation and thermal nociception in rodent models of diabetic neuropathy
Neural coding during active whisker sensation
Towards functional regeneration of the central nervous system: Glial calcium signaling in reactive gliosis and the therapeutic potential of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells for retinal degenerative diseases
Multisensory and sensorimotor representations for action in human posterior parietal cortex investigated with functional MRI
Size always matters: An investigation of the influence of connection length on the organization of white-matter in typical development and in autism
Evidence for L1 retrotransposition in the human nervous system
Cell type specific gene expression: Profiling and targeting
Genomic mosaicism in the human brain
Early patterning events during the development of the peripheral and central nervous systems of amphioxus (Cephalochordata)
Peripheral nerve function and structure in experimental models of diabetic neuropathy
Elucidating mechanisms of accelerated neurological aging
A computational biologically-plausible model of working memory for serial order, repetition and binding
A unified anatomical theory and computational model of cognitive information processing in the mammalian brain and the introduction of DNA reco codes
A templated agarose scaffold for axon guidance in the central and peripheral nervous system
Computational modeling of adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus
Investigation of neurotransmitter diffusion in three-dimensional reconstructions of hippocampal neuropil
Electrophysiological explorations of linguistic pre-activation and its consequences during online sentence processing
Biological and molecular characterization of lifeguard: An inhibitor of the Fas apoptotic pathway
Biomechanics and cortical representation of whisking in the rat vibrissa system
Event-related brain potential investigations of left and right hemisphere contributions to syntactic processing
Neuronal class-specific patterns of calcium activity and target dependence of neurotransmitter expression in the developing spinal cord
Individual glomeruli mediate innate olfactory attraction and aversion in Drosophila
Formation of appropriate synapses in the nervous system of the medicinal leech
Mechanisms underlying spontaneous activity in the developing retina
The development of direction selectivity in the mouse retina
Microglial and neuronal abnormalities in the autistic brain
Mechanisms of brightness perception
The role of activity in the development of inhibition in the mouse retina
An in vivo biosensor for neurotransmitter release and in situ receptor activity: Acetylcholine and the M1 muscarinic receptor
A novel invertebrate chordate model for Alzheimer's disease using the ascidian Ciona intestinalis
The role of synaptogenic synaptic adhesion molecules in insulin secretion
Molecular regulators of neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease
Chromosomal aneuploidy in the developing mammalian cortex
Dynamic regulation of proteasome function by neuronal activity
Imaging frontal and medial temporal lobe interaction during memory retrieval and disentangling the effects of the default network
Propagation and modulation of activity in early olfactory processing and its relevance to odor-driven behavior
Role of blood-brain barrier leakage during stroke
RPM-1 suppressors act in synapse formation and axon termination in Caenorhabditis elegans
A role for motor neurons in the development and function of the spinal circuitry governing locomotion
Neural correlates of conspecific vocal recognition in the caudomedial nidopallium
Target selection and pursuit execution in the frontal pursuit area
The role of primate superior colliculus in the selection of visual objects for action
Characterizing the Spatial Density Functions of Neural Arbors
Lysophosphatidic Acid (LPA) Signaling in the Etiology of Fetal Hydrocephalus
Odor Representations in Olfactory Cortex
Activity-Dependent Ubiquitination of GluR1 Mediates a Distinct AMPAR Endocytosis and Sorting Pathway in Hippocampal Neurons
A novel critical period for inhibitory plasticity in rat somatosensory cortex
A structural analysis of the synaptic adhesion properties of alpha- and beta-neurexins
Pharmacological Analysis of the Cholinergic and Serotonergic Signaling Systems in Caenorhabditis Elegans
Induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived models of sporadic and familial Alzheimer's disease
Isolation and characterization of neuronal substrates of the ubiquitin proteasome system
Navigating the fruit fly brain: Visual place learning in Drosophila melanogaster
The integration of language with perceptual systems
Calcium Dynamics in Astrocytes: From Oscillations to Alzheimer's
Inhibitory Circuits in the Olfactory Cortex
Computational Methods for Parameter Estimation in Nonlinear Models
Neural Stages of Word Encoding Across Languages, Proficiency Levels, and Modalities
Coordination of Axonal Transport Revealed by Particle Tracking and Quantitative Immunofluorescence
Memory, Dementia, and the Functional Role of the Parietal Cortex
Gene expression abnormalities in the autistic brain
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Retinotopic Mapping in the Superior Colliculus
Dopamine D3 Regulation of Sensorimotor Gating
Scaling up psycholinguistics
Neural Correlates of Auditory Word Processing in Infants and Adults
Population data is complex: The relationship between burst firing, spike adaptation, and attentional modulation in macaque Area V4
Information theoretic approaches to multidimensional neural computations
Targeting the brain: Identifying and inhibiting harmful protein-amyloid interactions in Alzheimer's disease
Digging Beneath the Surface Behavioral and Neural Indices of lexical access during idiom comprehension in Aphasia: A multi-modal approach
Techniques in Two-Photon Microscopy for Neuroscience
Towards an understanding of human alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor selectivity: the creation and characterization of a soluble ligand binding domain template
Semantic and Spatial Multi-Scale Information Models of the Nervous System
Feature-based Attentional Gain is Flexibly Deployed in Visual Cortex
When and how does 2 turn blue? The neural timing and mechanisms underlying synesthesia
Synchronization and Statistical Methods for the Data Assimilation of HVc Neuron Models
The role of psychostimulants in addiction-related learning and memory in mice
Rethinking Optimal Control of Human Movements
The Profile of Prospective Memory Impairment in Parkinson's Disease and Implications for Everyday Functioning
The Spatio-temporal Dynamics of a Neural Network for Response Control
Dynamic Neural Coding: An Information-theoretic Account of Attention
The Neurocognitive Basis of Preparing to Stop Action
The architecture of the mouse trigeminal-facial brainstem: Disynaptic circuitry, genomic organization, and follicle mechanics
From Bottom-up to Top-down: An fMRI Study of Language Development
Physical methods for generating and decoding neural activity in Hirudo verbana