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The development of orthographic knowledge: A cognitive neuroscience investigation of reading skill
Responses of parabrachial nucleus neurons to whole-body motion in the macaque
Experimental and computational studies of calcium-triggered transmitter release
Cannabinoid CB1 receptor: Role in primate prefrontal circuitry and schizophrenia
Role of GABA/glycine depolarization and hyperpolarization in neonatal circuit development
Tid1 mediates agrin and muscle specific kinase signaling at the neuromuscular junction
Task preparation and the switch cost: Characterizing task preparation through stimulus set overlap, transition frequency and task strength
SAll1 regulates neuronal differentiation and progenitor cell maturation in the developing forebrain
Action potential gating of calcium channels and transmitter release
Mechanisms of dopaminergic neurotoxin-induced blood-brain barrier disruption
Motor cortex regulation of thalamic-cortical activity in the somatosensory system
Cellular specialization of synaptic integration in a mammalian sympathetic ganglion
GlyBP: A structural model of the extracellular domain of human alpha1 glycine receptor
Impairments in precision grip force control in individuals with Parkinson's disease
Elucidating the role of alpha1-containing GABA(A) receptors in ethanol action
Synaptic plasticity and Hebbian cell assemblies
Mechanisms of activity-dependent plasticity investigated at individual synaptic contacts
Effect of short periods of normobaric hyperoxia on local brain tissue oxygenation & cerebrospinal fluid oxidative stress markers in severe traumatic brain injury
Altered markers of tonic inhibition in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia
Dendritic neurotransmitter release and its modulation in accessory olfactory bulb circuits
Extrasynaptic GABA type A receptors in the mechanism of action of ethanol
Activity-dependent lateral inhibition in the mouse olfactory bulb
The localization of c-Abl in Alzheimer's disease
Spatio-temporal mixed models for diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging
Differential localization of Hic-5 and paxillin in the brain of Alzheimer's disease subjects
Mechanism of block and behavioral effects of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonists memantine and ketamine
Effects of coupling and heterogeneity in the pre-Botzinger complex cells using first return maps
Genetic and pharmacologic analysis of the mechanisms of selenium toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans
Zinc-dependent potassium channel modulation mediates neuronal apoptosis
Trafficking and activity dependent function of vesicular transporters
Incentive processing and inhibitory control in adolescents and young adults
Spatial filtering of magnetoencephalographic data in spherical harmonics domain
How the brain constructs stable visual representations: Cortical and subcortical mechanisms
Experimental and Monte Carlo studies of Ca2+ channel function and fast transmitter release at presynaptic active zones of the frog neuromuscular junction
Critical role of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4g degradation in mediating ischemia-induced neuronal death
Adaptive processes in speech perception: Contributions from cerebral and cerebellar cortices
Hemispheric and executive influences on low-level language processing after traumatic brain injury
Mossy fiber input to CA3 interneurons: Balancing short term plasticity and regulation by presynaptic receptors
Temporal connectivity patterns of the cortico-limbic learning and rewards system
Basal ganglia involvement in the reinforcement learning of physical and cognitive actions
Developing instrumentation for multi-parametric investigation of mechanisms of mechanosensitivity in ion channels
Mapping underlying dynamic effective connectivity in neural systems using the deconvolved neuronal activity
Dopamine and camp regulated phosphoprotein, 32 kda: A novel therapeutic target in traumatic brain injury
Autonomously reconfigurable artificial neural network on a chip
Role of the alpha4-containing GABA A receptors in anesthetic and ethanol antagonist effects: Insights from a global knockout mouse model
Dependence of perceptual choice on number of response alternatives and fidelity of evidence
Finding the pathology of major depression through effects on gene interaction networks
The Effects of Nicotine Treatment on Striatal Dopamine Neurotransmission after Traumatic Brain Injury
Working memory and temporal patterns: The implications of neural populations
Micro-technologies to constrain neuronal networks
Protein biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Charaterization and implications for disease pathogenesis
Stochastic neural oscillators
A study of synchronous bursting in the Prebotzinger complex
Beyond neurons: The role of the oligodendrocyte-specific gene CNP1 in major depressive disorder
Identification of transcriptional targets of the nerve injury-induced transcription factor Sox11
Role of locus coeruleus and amygdala projections to ventral subiculum in stress regulation
Exploring extracellular dopamine concentration and its regulation on dopamine release by voltammetry
System level assessment of motor control through patterned microstimulation in the superior colliculus
Dynamic functional connectivity between cortex and muscles
The Effects of Chronic Cocaine Self-Administration on Cognition and Brain Metabolism
Validating diffusion spectrum imaging-based fiber tractography for cognitive neuroscience research