Papers in the August 2006 issue

For your commenting pleasure. All links are to abstracts. Posted on September 21, 2006.

Sosa et al., IGF-1 receptor is essential for the establishment of hippocampal neuronal polarity

Williams et al., UNC5A promotes neuronal apoptosis during spinal cord development independent of netrin-1

Göpfert et al., Specification of auditory sensitivity by Drosophila TRP channels

Goel et al., Cross-modal regulation of synaptic AMPA receptors in primary sensory cortices by visual experience

Moriceau & Sullivan, Maternal presence serves as a switch between learning fear and attraction in infancy

Somerville et al., Anterior cingulate cortex responds differentially to expectancy violation and social rejection

Yano et al., BDNF-mediated neurotransmission relies upon a myosin VI motor complex

Wienisch & Klingauf, Vesicular proteins exocytosed and subsequently retrieved by compensatory endocytosis are nonidentical

Shaban et al., Generalization of amygdala LTP and conditioned fear in the absence of presynaptic inhibition

Ferris et al., G(o) signaling is required for Drosophila associative learning

Meredith et al., BK calcium-activated potassium channels regulate circadian behavioral rhythms and pacemaker output

Nader et al., PET imaging of dopamine D2 receptors during chronic cocaine self-administration in monkeys

Morris et al., Midbrain dopamine neurons encode decisions for future action

Gil-da-Costa et al., Species-specific calls activate homologs of Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas in the macaque

Ipata et al., LIP responses to a popout stimulus are reduced if it is overtly ignored