Neuroscience Graduate Program at UCSF
Kay Tye
Mo’ Neurons, Mo’ Memories
Localization of a Stable Neural Correlate of Associative Memory
Aaron Milstein
It’s Never too Late to be Wrong
Doubts about Quantal Analysis
Refuting: Fluctuating Responses at a Central Synapse
Nature news: Long-held Theory is in Danger of Losing its Nerve
September 28, 2007
Selina Koch
TBA
Postsynaptic Decoding of Neural Activity: eEF2 as a Biochemical Sensor Coupling Miniature Synaptic Transmission to Local Protein Synthesis
Jennifer Li
Eternal Sunshine of the ZIP-ed Mind
Rapid Erasure of Long-Term Memory Associations in the Cortex by an Inhibitor of PKMζ
Wendy Huang
TBA
Specialized Inhibitory Synaptic Actions Between Nearby Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons
Supplemental Article: Bypassing Interneurons: Inhibition in Neocortex
Danny Jones
You, too, can have an Out-of-Body Experience in the Comfort of Your Own Home.
The Experimental Induction of Out-of-Body Experiences
Video Ergo Sum: Manipulating Bodily Self-Consciousness
October 12, 2007
Kris Bouchard
Tic-Toc, Tic-Toc...
Hebbian STDP in Mushroom Bodies Facilitates the Synchronous Flow of Olfactory Information in Locusts
Ben Cheyette
Rain Mouse: A New Mouse Genetic Model for Autism
A Neuroligin-3 Mutation Implicated in Autism Increases Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in Mice
October 19, 2007
Ervin Johnson
Cocaine Addiction, Slower and with more Intensity: LTP 'Lost in Translation'
Rapid Synthesis and Synaptic Insertion of GluR2 for mGluR-LTD in the Ventral Tegmental Area
Philip Sabes
How Neurons Match Up: Timing is Important - - It's Just not enough to Like the same Things.
Cortical Reorganization Consistent with Spike Timing--but not Correlation-Dependent Plasticity
October 26, 2007
Annabelle Singer
No Immunity for the Brain: T-cells, and Spatial Learning
Immune Cells Contribute to the Maintenance of Neurogenesis and Spatial Learming in Adulthood
Yuriy Kirichok
One Voltage-Gated Ion Channel, How Many Pores?
A Voltage Sensor-Domain Protein Is a Voltage-Gated Proton Channel
Supporting online material
Carleton Goold
Shine and Rise!
Neural Substrates of Awakening Probed with Optogenetic Control of Hypocretin Neurons
Mark von Zastrow
Built for Speed
Dynamic Scaffolding in a G Protein-Coupled Signaling System
November 30, 2007
Leah McGuire
Attention all Monkeys
Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up Control of Attention in the Prefrontal and Posteror Parietal Cortices
Zack Chadick
TMS: THe New Phase of Shock and Awe
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Elicits Coupled Neural and Hemodynamics Consequences
Rochelle Urban
Control your Behavior
Histone Deacetylase 5 Epigenetically Controls Behavioral Adaptations to Chronic Emotional Stimuli
Anatol Kreitzer
Why do we Need Dopamine? Neuronal Adaptations in Parkinson's Disease Models.
Cholinergic Modulation of Kir2 Channels Selectively Elevates Dendritic Excitability in Straitopallidal Neurons
Venu Nemani
Who Needs Glutamate Recptors Anyway?
Correction of Fragile X Syndrome in Mice
Fen-Biao Gao
Role of Knot in Dendritic Arbor
Knot/Collier and Cut Control Different Aspects of Dendrite Cytoskeleton and Synergize to Define Final Arbor Shape
January 25, 2008
Carol Peebles
DISC1 Brakes for Adult Neuogenesis
Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia 1 Regulates Integration of Newly Generated Neurons in the Adult Brain
Stavros Lomvardas
Close Your Eyes, Relax, Quit Smoking and Accept my Paper: Hypnosis and Reviewer Persuasion
Mesmerizing Memories: Brain Substrates of Episodic Memory Suppression in Posthypnotic Amnesis
Catherine Massaro
Maybe Fishing for Complements Isn’t Such a Good Idea After All
The Classsical Complement Cascade Mediates CNS Synapse Elimination
Ulrike Heberlein
Just What You Need for Grad School
Molecular Adaptations Underlying Susceptibility and Resistance to Social Defeat in Brain Reward Regions
February 15, 2008
Amy Chang
Valium - Not Just for Anxiety Any More
Reversal of Pathological Pain through Specific Spinal GABA-A Receptor Subtypes
Julie Schnapf
Two Roads Diverged: Circuitry Explained
Signals and Noise in an Inhibitory Interneuron Diverge to Control Activity in Nearby Retinal Ganglion Cells
February 22, 2008
Melinda Owens
One (Neuron) Really Can Make a Difference
Behavioural Report of Single Neuron Stimulaton in Somatosensory Cortex
Helen Shen
Location, Location, Location...and Timing
Reactivation of Experience-Dependent Cell Assembly Patterns in the Hippocampus
February 29, 2008
Kimberly Kempadoo
Shaky Hands? Trade in Your Coffee Cup for an Electrode
Adenosine is Crucial for Deep Brain Stimulation--Mediated Attenuation of Tremor
Sam Pleasure
Is that a Hippocampus in Your Pocket, or are You Just Happy to See Me?
Lhx2 Selector Activity Specifies Cortical Identity and Suppresses Hippocampal Organizer Fate
Derek Southwell
Cortical Plasticity: Waiting for the PSAn
Activity-Dependent PSA Expression Regulates Inhibitory Maturation and Onset of Critical Period Plastcity
Adam Gazzaley
I Need a Better Bouncer
Prefrontal Cortex and Basal Ganglia Control Access to Working Memory
March 21, 2008
Cindy Yang
TBA
Nociceptive Neurons Protect Drosophila Larvae from Parasitoid Wasps
Christoph Schreiner
Monkeys Hear Voices too...
A Voice Region in the Monkey Brain
Sharon Bergquist
Watch out NMDAR, mGluR's Barreling Through
Ongoing in Vivio Experience Triggers Synaptic Metaplasticity in the Neocortex
Mary Dallman
Nature & Nurture
Emotional Environments Retune the Valence of Appetitive Versus Fearful Function in Nucleus Accumbens
April 25, 2008
Tim Warren
How Fish Swim: Imaging and Interfering with a Sensorimotor Transformation in Zebrafish
Control of Visually Guided Behavior by Distinct Populations of Spinal Projection Neurons
Nirao Shah
Lights, Camera, Action: The Love Song of the Fruitfly
Sex-Specific Control and Tuning of the Pattern Generator for Courtship Song in Drosophila
Sally Chege
Could Pavlov's Dog be Hearing a Different Tune?
Aversive Learning Enhances Perceptual and Cortical Discrimination of Odor Cues
Erik Ullian
Let's Get Together and Feel Alright; Neuron to Astrocyte to Neuron Signaling Mediated by Endocannabinoids
Endocannabinoids Mediated Neuron-Astrocyte Communication
May 16, 2008
Christine Fu
A Tasteblind Sweet Tooth: Why Is It So Hard to Stick to Your Diet?
Food Reward in the Absence of Taste Receptor Signaling
Susan Voglmaier
An HD Converter for the Antenna
Homeostatic Matching and Nonlinear Amplification at Indentified Central Synapses
May 23, 2008
Ari Arrenberg
Let There be Light! Restoring Vision in Photoreceptor-Deficient Mice Using a Light Activated Channel
Light-Activated Channels Targetd to ON Bipolar Cells Restore Visual Function in Retinal Degeneration
Lennart Mucke
It's the Pits!
Endocytosis Is Required for Synaptic Activity-Dependent Release of Amyloid-β in Vivo
Supplemental Data
May 30, 2008
John O'Leary
Free Your Will, and the Rest Will Follow
Unconscious Determinates of Free Decisions in the Human Brain
Manipulating the Experienced Onset on Intention after Action Execution
Michael Brainard
Who's On First?
Double Dissociation of 'What' and 'Where' Processing in Auditory Cotrex
Darya Pino
TBA
Brain IRS2 Signaling Coordinates Life Span and Nutrient Homeostasis
David Gorczyca
Now Why Would You Go and Do a Thing Like That?
Spiking and Nonspiking classes of Oligodendrocyte Precursor Glia in CNS White Matter
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