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The role of sleep in the recovery of deprived eye responses in developing visual cortex
Investigating the mechanisms underlying cognitive impairments and seizure susceptibility following traumatic brain injury
A Drosophila model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Dissecting the contributions of glia and motor neurons
Biophysical mechanisms for precise temporal signaling in the auditory system
Insights into cone function from the "all-cone" neural retina leucine zipper null mouse
Form and function of a suprachiasmatic nucleus-ventral tegmental area circuit
Adeno-associated virus vector mediated correction of a neurogenetic disease: Influence of the vector capsid on dispersal of a therapeutic gene within the central nervous system
Linear and non-linear fluorescence imaging of neuronal activity
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of axon guidance during visual system development in zebrafish
Ghrelin and neuropeptide Y: Actions and interactions within the neuroanatomically distributed system for the control of feeding behavior
Catechol oxidation and alpha-synuclein aggregation: Implications for selective dopaminergic neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease
Aberrant chloride regulation in dentate granule cells following status epilepticus
Toward a theory of the functional organization of the retina
In-vivo optical imaging and spectroscopy of cerebral hemodynamics
Where are they? The neural systems underlying the language of space
The role of protein phosphatase 1 in the Drosophila circadian clock
Genome-scale annotation of genetic factors underlying neurotransmission & neuropsychiatric disease
EphB receptors direct formation of a subset of CNS excitatory synapses
Structural and pharmacological studies on the abnormal aggregation and normal function of tau
Modeling and optoelectronic realization of an artificial cortex
Signaling and structural requirements for coupling of the melanocortin type 4 receptor to p44/42 mitogen activated protein kinase and cAMP
Mechanisms involved in regulated trafficking of the glutamate transporters, EAAC1 and GLT-1
Synaptic vesicle dynamics within neuromuscular junctions of synapto-phluorin expressing mice
Alterations in gene expression at key points in the addiction cycle
Dentate gyrus control of perforant path throughput to CA3 in a computational model
Calcium buffering in the chick cochlear hair cell active zone
Interaction of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs in neurons of the thalamocortical network during normal and pathological brain activity: Computational modeling and dynamic clamp in vitro
The role of BMP signaling in glial development in the CNS
Sleep behaviors and sleep quality in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
The role of CREB family transcription factors in depression, anxiety, and antidepressant response
Retinal processing of achromatic and chromatic signals in guinea pig along the dual gradient in cone opsin expression
Enhanced sensitivity of the MRL/MPJ mouse to the neuroplastic and behavioral effects of acute and chronic antidepressant treatments
The role of compartmentalized PKA signaling in hippocampal synaptic plasticity
Bi-directional astrocyte-neuron signaling in the hippocampus: Gq-coupled receptor activation mediates astrocytic Ca2+ and purinergic gliotransmission
Slit down-regulates CrGAP function to mediate axon repulsion in the embryonic Drosophila CNS
Regulation of the GABAA receptor alpha1 subunit in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy
Role of AMPK in sleep-wake
Signaling pathways regulating amyloid precursor protein and Abeta generation: Roles for isoprostane-induced thromboxane receptor signaling and chronic Akt activation in Alzheimer's disease
The role of similarity in memory and its relation to brain oscillations
Regulation of Robo-mediated axon repulsion at the Drosophila midline
Role of calpain isoforms in acute brain injury
Proteolytic processing of the guidance receptor Roundabout regulates its activity
Annexin 2 interacts with HIV-1 Gag at phosphatidylinositol (4,5) bisphosphate-containing lipid rafts and increases viral production
Brain oscillations as a window into human cognition
Competition in sentence comprehension
The ephrin-B family of receptor tyrosine kinase ligands in CNS synapse development
Characterization of alpha-synuclein-induced vesicular accumulation in a yeast model of Parkinson's disease
Investigation of the mechanisms by which histone acetylation and sleep deprivation modulate hippocampal function
The reliability and precision of auditory nerve responses
Creation and characterization of mouse models of RNA splicing factor retinitis pigmentosa
State dependent information processing in reward circuitry
The functional roles of dopaminergic modulation and local inhibition in the striatum
Characterizing the role of the polyglutamine neurodegenerative protein ataxin-3 in the cellular response to proteotoxic stress
Role of resistin in the central nervous system regulation of glucose and energy homeostasis
Modulation of stress and reward signaling by high fat diet and withdrawal
Cognitive neuroscience of interval timing
Dynamic Bayesian inference in the brain
Color perception and constancy of objects in 3D complex scenes
Neural object representation spaces and their metric properties
Role of amyloid precursor protein and amyloid-beta in Alzheimer's disease: Modulation of APP processing detection of Abeta oligomers, and their role in the pathogenesis and treatment of AD
Antidepressant and anxiolytic-like effects of kappa-opioid receptor antagonists in Wistar Kyoto rats
Mass spectrometry-based proteomics reveals distinct mechanisms of astrocyte protein secretion
Mechanisms of synapse formation and maintenance: Insights from the developing and diseased nervous system
Energy balance effects of central melanocortin, cocaine and amphetamine related transcript and leptin: Moving outside of the hypothalamic box
Development of serotonin transporter brain imaging agents for use in positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography
Unsupervised classification of high-frequency oscillations in neocortical epilepsy and control patients
Phospho-dependent modulation of extrasynaptic GABAA receptors
Integrating electrophysiological, mechanical, and optical methods to define the mechanisms of painful facet joint injury
Probing the neurophysiology of anxiety: Social stress alters the modulation of serotonin neurons
The Role of Wnt Signaling in Oligodendrocyte Development
Investigation of the role of histone acetylation in hippocampus-dependent memory formation
An in vitro and in silico investigation of the role of NMDA receptor subtypes following mechanical injury
Return to work after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: The mediating role of illness perception
The guidance of olfactory sensory axons to identifiable protoglomeruli in the larval zebrafish olfactory bulb
Transgenerational epigenetic effects of parental high fat diet exposure
SLEEPLESS modulates multiple aspects of Shaker K+ channel kinetics in Drosophila melanogaster
Synaptic change during C. elegans lethargus
The role of Kv7 in peripheral neurons
NMDA receptor dysfunction and development of translational biomarkers for autism and schizophrenia
Context dependent and independent mechanisms of time perception in the human brain
Retrieved context and the accumulation of episodic memories
Efficient neural population codes
Cellular and circuit mechanisms of activity propagation in neocortical networks in vitro
Combined fluorescence imaging of hippocampal dentate gyrus neural activity
Neural representations at the interface of perception and memory
Measuring biomarkers of Friedreich ataxia: Implications for clinical research
Signal transduction mechanisms in commissural axon guidance: The role of intracellular tyrosine kinases in Netrin-DCC/frazzled axon attraction