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Molecular Brain

Issue 1/2012

Content (44 Articles)

Open Access Review

Understanding the physiological roles of the neuronal calcium sensor proteins

Robert D Burgoyne, Lee P Haynes

Open Access Research

In vivo antinociception of potent mu opioid agonist tetrapeptide analogues and comparison with a compact opioid agonist - neurokinin 1 receptor antagonist chimera

Karel Guillemyn, Patrycja Kleczkowska, Alexandre Novoa, Bart Vandormael, Isabelle Van den Eynde, Piotr Kosson, Muhammad Faheem Asim, Peter W Schiller, Mariana Spetea, Andrzej W Lipkowski, Dirk Tourwé, Steven Ballet

Open Access Research

NMDA receptor activation stimulates transcription-independent rapid wnt5a protein synthesis via the MAPK signaling pathway

Yichen Li, Bei Li, Xianzi Wan, Wei Zhang, Ling Zhong, Shao-Jun Tang

Open Access Research

Rapid synaptic potentiation within the anterior cingulate cortex mediates trace fear learning

Giannina Descalzi, Xiang-Yao Li, Tao Chen, Valentina Mercaldo, Kohei Koga, Min Zhuo

Open Access Research

Wnt proteins regulate acetylcholine receptor clustering in muscle cells

Bin Zhang, Chuan Liang, Ryan Bates, Yiming Yin, Wen-Cheng Xiong, Lin Mei

Open Access Research

Dysfunction of the RAR/RXR signaling pathway in the forebrain impairs hippocampal memory and synaptic plasticity

Masanori Nomoto, Yohei Takeda, Shusaku Uchida, Koji Mitsuda, Hatsune Enomoto, Kaori Saito, Tesu Choi, Ayako M Watabe, Shizuka Kobayashi, Shoichi Masushige, Toshiya Manabe, Satoshi Kida

Open Access Research

Hippocampal function is not required for the precision of remote place memory

Takashi Kitamura, Reiko Okubo-Suzuki, Noriko Takashima, Akiko Murayama, Toshiaki Hino, Hirofumi Nishizono, Satoshi Kida, Kaoru Inokuchi

Open Access Research

Loss of glutathione homeostasis associated with neuronal senescence facilitates TRPM2 channel activation in cultured hippocampal pyramidal neurons

Jillian C Belrose, Yu-Feng Xie, Lynn J Gierszewski, John F MacDonald, Michael F Jackson

Open Access Research

M4 muscarinic receptor knockout mice display abnormal social behavior and decreased prepulse inhibition

Hisatsugu Koshimizu, Lorene M Leiter, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa

Open Access Review

Caspases in synaptic plasticity

Zheng Li, Morgan Sheng

Open Access Research

Direct interaction between GluR2 and GAPDH regulates AMPAR-mediated excitotoxicity

Min Wang, Shupeng Li, Hongyu Zhang, Lin Pei, Shengwei Zou, Frank JS Lee, Yu Tian Wang, Fang Liu

Open Access Research

Cholecystokinin enhances visceral pain-related affective memory via vagal afferent pathway in rats

Bing Cao, Xu Zhang, Ni Yan, Shengliang Chen, Ying Li

Open Access Research

Activation of c-jun N-terminal kinase in spinal cord contributes to breast cancer induced bone pain in rats

Xiao-Wei Wang, Shan Hu, Qi-Liang Mao-Ying, Qian Li, Chang-Jiang Yang, Hui Zhang, Wen-Li Mi, Gen-Cheng Wu, Yan-Qing Wang

Open Access Research

Robust spinal neuroinflammation mediates mechanical allodynia in Walker 256 induced bone cancer rats

Qi-Liang Mao-Ying, Xiao-Wei Wang, Chang-Jiang Yang, Xiu Li, Wen-Li Mi, Gen-Cheng Wu, Yan-Qing Wang

Open Access Methodology

Rapid and efficient genetic manipulation of gyrencephalic carnivores using in utero electroporation

Hiroshi Kawasaki, Lena Iwai, Kaori Tanno

Open Access Short report

The spinal notch signaling pathway plays a pivotal role in the development of neuropathic pain

Yan-Yan Sun, Li Li, Xiao-Hua Liu, Nan Gu, Hai-Long Dong, Lize Xiong

Open Access Research

Mercury-induced toxicity of rat cortical neurons is mediated through N-methyl-D-Aspartate receptors

Fenglian Xu, Svetlana Farkas, Simone Kortbeek, Fang-Xiong Zhang, Lina Chen, Gerald W Zamponi, Naweed I Syed

Open Access Review

Catching the engram: strategies to examine the memory trace

Masanori Sakaguchi, Yasunori Hayashi

Open Access Short report

Roles of CREB in the regulation of FMRP by group I metabotropic glutamate receptors in cingulate cortex

Hansen Wang, Yoshikazu Morishita, Daiki Miura, Jose R Naranjo, Satoshi Kida, Min Zhuo

Open Access Research

Prenatal activation of Toll-like receptors-3 by administration of the viral mimetic poly(I:C) changes synaptic proteins, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and neurogenesis markers in offspring

Caroline M Forrest, Omari S Khalil, Mazura Pisar, Robert A Smith, Lynda Gail Darlington, Trevor W Stone

Open Access Editorial

The growth of Molecular Brain: impact factor is coming in 2013

Tim Bliss, Bong-Kiun Kaang, Min Zhuo

Open Access Review

Alzheimer’s disease Aβ assemblies mediating rapid disruption of synaptic plasticity and memory

Igor Klyubin, William K Cullen, Neng-Wei Hu, Michael J Rowan

Open Access Research

Astrocytes generated from patient induced pluripotent stem cells recapitulate features of Huntington’s disease patient cells

Tarja A Juopperi, Woon Ryoung Kim, Cheng-Hsuan Chiang, Huimei Yu, Russell L Margolis, Christopher A Ross, Guo-li Ming, Hongjun Song

Open Access Research

Control of directional change after mechanical stimulation in Drosophila

Yating Zhou, Scott Cameron, Wen-Tzu Chang, Yong Rao

Open Access Research

Gabapentin reduces CX3CL1 signaling and blocks spinal microglial activation in monoarthritic rats

Jia-Le Yang, Bo Xu, Shuang-Shuang Li, Wei-Shi Zhang, Hua Xu, Xiao-Ming Deng, Yu-Qiu Zhang

Open Access Review

Memory maintenance by PKMζ — an evolutionary perspective

Todd Charlton Sacktor

Open Access Research

Columnar distribution of activity dependent gabaergic depolarization in sensorimotor cortical neurons

Jaekwang Lee, Junsung Woo, Oleg V Favorov, Mark Tommerdahl, C Justin Lee, Barry L Whitsel

Open Access Research

Protease activated receptor 1-induced glutamate release in cultured astrocytes is mediated by Bestrophin-1 channel but not by vesicular exocytosis

Soo-Jin Oh, Kyung-Seok Han, Hyungju Park, Dong ho Woo, Hye Yun Kim, Stephen F Traynelis, C Justin Lee

Open Access Research

Mind bomb-1 is an essential modulator of long-term memory and synaptic plasticity via the Notch signaling pathway

Ki-Jun Yoon, Hye-Ryeon Lee, Yong Sang Jo, Kyongman An, Sang-Yong Jung, Min-Woo Jeong, Seok-Kyu Kwon, Nam-Shik Kim, Hyun-Woo Jeong, Seo-Hee Ahn, Kyong-Tai Kim, Kyungmin Lee, Eunjoon Kim, Joung-Hun Kim, June-Seek Choi, Bong-Kiun Kaang, Young-Yun Kong

Open Access Research

DNA methylation at the Igf2/H19 imprinting control region is associated with cerebellum mass in outbred mice

Ruth Pidsley, Cathy Fernandes, Joana Viana, Jose L Paya-Cano, Lin Liu, Rebecca G Smith, Leonard C Schalkwyk, Jonathan Mill

Open Access Research

Distinct mechanisms of axonal globule formation in mice expressing human wild type α-synuclein or dementia with Lewy bodies-linked P123H ß-synuclein

Akio Sekigawa, Masayo Fujita, Kazunari Sekiyama, Yoshiki Takamatsu, Taku Hatano, Edward Rockenstein, Albert R La Spada, Eliezer Masliah, Makoto Hashimoto

Open Access Research

Mitochondrial dysfunction associated with increased oxidative stress and α-synuclein accumulation in PARK2 iPSC-derived neurons and postmortem brain tissue

Yoichi Imaizumi, Yohei Okada, Wado Akamatsu, Masato Koike, Naoko Kuzumaki, Hideki Hayakawa, Tomoko Nihira, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Manabu Ohyama, Shigeto Sato, Masashi Takanashi, Manabu Funayama, Akiyoshi Hirayama, Tomoyoshi Soga, Takako Hishiki, Makoto Suematsu, Takuya Yagi, Daisuke Ito, Arifumi Kosakai, Kozo Hayashi, Masanobu Shouji, Atsushi Nakanishi, Norihiro Suzuki, Yoshikuni Mizuno, Noboru Mizushima, Masayuki Amagai, Yasuo Uchiyama, Hideki Mochizuki, Nobutaka Hattori, Hideyuki Okano

Open Access Research

Activation of GABAB receptors inhibits protein kinase B /Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 signaling

Frances Fangjia Lu, Ping Su, Fang Liu, Zafiris J Daskalakis

Open Access Research

Orofacial neuropathic pain mouse model induced by Trigeminal Inflammatory Compression (TIC) of the infraorbital nerve

Fei Ma, Liping Zhang, Danielle Lyons, Karin N Westlund

Open Access Research

Impaired synaptic clustering of postsynaptic density proteins and altered signal transmission in hippocampal neurons, and disrupted learning behavior in PDZ1 and PDZ2 ligand binding-deficient PSD-95 knockin mice

Hitoshi Nagura, Yasuyuki Ishikawa, Katsunori Kobayashi, Keizo Takao, Tomo Tanaka, Kouki Nishikawa, Hideki Tamura, Sadao Shiosaka, Hidenori Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Yoshinori Fujiyoshi, Tomoko Doi