ATP-mediated Events in Peritubular Cells Contribute to Sterile Testicular Inflammation. 

Walenta L, Fleck D, Fröhlich /, von Eysmondt H, Arnold G, Spehr J, Schwarzer JU, Köhn F-M, Spehr M, Mayerhofer A (January 2018). Scientific Reports 8: 1431.

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DHCR24 exerts neuroprotection upon inflammation-induced neuronal death.

Martiskainen H, Paldanius KMA, Natunen T, Takalo M, Marttinen M, Leskelä S, Huber N, Mäkinen P, Bertling E, Dhungana H, Huuskonen M, Honkakoski P, Hotulainen P, Rilla K, Koistinaho J, Soininen H, Malm T, Haapasalo A, Hiltunen M.  J Neuroinflammation. 2017 Nov.7.

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Dendritic spine actin cytoskeleton in autism spectrum disorder.

Joensuu M, Lanoue V, and Hotulainen P. (2017). Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. Sep 1. pii: S0278-5846(17)30414-1. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.08.023. [Epub ahead of print].

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Hotspots of Dendritic Spine Turnover Facilitate Learning-related Clustered Spine Addition and Network Sparsity.

Adam C. Frank, Shan Huang, Miou Zhou, Amos Gdalyahu, George Kastellakis, Ximiao Wen, Tawnie K. Silva, Panayiota Poirazi*, Joshua T. Trachtenberg, and Alcino J. Silva. (*corresponding author). Nature Communications, January 2018.

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Impact of thalamocortical input on barrel cortex development*. 

Martini FJ, Moreno-Juan V, Filipchuk A, Valdeolmillos M, López-Bendito G. Neuroscience 2017. *Updated summary on the role of thalamic input integration and identity, neurotransmission and spontaneous activity in cortical map formation and early cross-modal plasticity.

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The role of spontaneous neurotransmission in synapse and circuit development. 
Andreae LC, Burrone J. J Neurosci Res. 2018 Mar;96(3):354-359. doi: 10.1002/jnr.24154. Epub 2017 Oct 16.

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Synapse loss in the prefrontal cortex is associated with cognitive decline in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 

Henstridge CM, Sideris DI, Carroll E, Rotariu S, Salomonsson S, Tzioras M, McKenzie CA, Smith C, von Arnim CAF, Ludolph AC, Lulé D, Leighton D, Warner J, Cleary E, Newton J, Swingler R, Chandran S, Gillingwater TH, Abrahams S, Spires-Jones TL. Acta Neuropathol. 2017 Dec 22. doi: 10.1007/s00401-017-1797-4. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 29273900.

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Local signals in mouse horizontal cell dendrites. 

Chapot CA, Behrens C, Rogerson LE, Baden T, Pop S, Berens P, Euler T^§, Schubert T^§. Current Biology 27(1-13). direct link.  (bioRxiv version).

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Zebrafish differentially process colour across visual space to match natural scenes. 

Zimmermann MJY*, Nevala NE*, Yoshimatsu T*, Osorio D, Nilsson DE, Berens P, Baden T^§.  bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/230144.

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Behavior-dependent activity and synaptic organization of septo-hippocampal GABAergic neurons selectively targeting the hippocampal CA3 area. 

Joshi A, Salib M, Viney TJ, Dupret D, Somogyi P. Neuron. December 2017.

 

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Review on the use of human stem cells in neurodegeneration research. 

Zhou L, Verstreken P. 2018. Current Opinion in Neurobiology.

 

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Preview in Neuron describing how alpha-synuclein and tau affect mitochondria(January 2018).

 

 

 

Stem cell-derived neurons from autistic individuals with SHANK3 mutation show morphogenetic abnormalities during early development. 

Mol Psychiatry 2017. Kathuria A, Nowosiad P, Jagasia R, Aigner S, Taylor RD, Andreae LC, Gatford NJF, Lucchesi W, Srivastava DP, Price J. (Sept. 2017)

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Aversive stimuli drive hypothalamus-to-habenula excitation to promote escape behavior.

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Limiting habenular hyperactivity  ameliorates maternal separation-driven depressive-like symptoms.

Tchenio A, Lecca S, Valentinova K, Mameli M.  Nat Commun. 2017 Oct 26;8(1):1135. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01192-1.

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Assessing amyloid-beta, tau, and glial features in Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 participants post-mortem. 

Science Matters (in press). Tzioras M, Easter J, Harris S, McKenzie C-A, Smith C, Deary I, Henstridge C, Spires-Jones TL.

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The anterior insula bidirectionally modulates cost-benefit decision making on a rodent gambling task.

Daniel ML, Cocker PJ, Lacoste J, Mar AC, Houeto JL, Belin-Rauscent A & Belin D (2017). Eur J Neurosci. 2017 Nov;46(10):2620-2628. doi: 10.1111/ejn.13689. Epub 2017 Oct 6.

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Addictive behaviour in experimental animals: prospects for translation. 

Everitt, B. J., Giuliano, C., & Belin, D. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017-0027

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Light on a sensory interface linking the cerebrospinal fluid to motor circuits in vertebrates. 

Two sources of dopamine for the hippocampus. 

McNamara and Dupret. Trends in Neurosci. 2017. July. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2017.05.005 PMCID: PMC5489110 

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Information processing in the vertebrate habenula (August 2017).

Fore S, Palumbo F, Pelgrims R, Yaksi E.Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2017 Aug 7. pii: S1084-9521(16)30437-2. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.08.019. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID:28797836

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Virtual Reality for Freely Moving Animals (August 2017).

Stowers JR*, Hofbauer M*, Bastien R, Griessner J, Higgins P, Farooqui S, Fischer RM, Nowikovsky K, Haubensak W, Couzin ID, Tessmar-Raible K@ & Straw AD@ Nature Methods 2017 AOP: August 21 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.4399

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High-dimensional, single-cell characterization of the brain’s immune compartment (July 2017).

Korin B, Ben-Shaanan TL, Schiller M, Dubovik T, Azulay-Debby H, Boshnak NT, Koren T, Rolls A. Nat Neurosci. 2017 Jul 24

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Dual-transmitter systems regulating arousal, attention, learning and memory (July 2017).

Ma S, Hangya B, Leonard C, Wisden W, Gundlach AL. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, in press(2017).

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Mechanosensory neurons control the timing of spinal microcircuit selection during locomotion (June 2017).

Steven Knafo, Kevin Fidelin, Andrew Prendergast, Po-En Brian Tseng, Alexandre Parrin, Charles William Dickey, Urs Lucas Böhm, Sophie Nunes FIgueiredo, Olivier Thouvenin, Hugues Pascal-Moussellard, Claire Wyart. eLIFE, June 2017. 

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Thalamic neuronal specification and early circuit formation (July 2017).

Gezelius H, López-Bendito G. . Dev Neurobiol. 2017 Jul;77(7):830-843. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22460. Epub 2016 Nov 4. Review. PubMed PMID: 27739248.

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Increased microglial phagocytosis regulates enhanced amyloid clearance and excessive synaptic pruning through TDP-43. 

Rosa C. Paolicelli, Ali Jawaid, Andrea Valeri, Christopher M. Henstridge, Mario Merlini, John L. Robinson, Edward B. Lee, Stanley Appel, Tara Spires-Jones, Virginia Man-Yee Lee, John Q. Trojanowski, Paul E. Schulz and Lawrence Rajendran. Neuron (in press).

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Acute stress attenuates appetitive behaviors for social and sexual stimuli in long-term morphine-withdrawn rats.

Bai Y, Belin D, Zheng X, Zhang Y & Liu Z(2017).  Psychopharmacology. doi:10.1007/s00213-017-4571-3

 

 

Tau association with synaptic vesicles causes presynaptic dysfunction (May 2017).

Zhou L, McInnes J, Wierda K, Holt M, Herrmann AG, Jackson RJ, Wang YC, Swerts J, Beyens J, Miskiewicz K, Vilain S, Dewachter I, Moechars D, De Strooper B, Spires-Jones TL, De Wit J, Verstreken P. (2017). Nat Commun. 8:15295. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15295.

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Two sources of dopamine for the hippocampus (May 2017). 

McNamara and Dupret. Trends in Neurosci. 2017, Science Direct.

 

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New waves in dendritic spine actin cytoskeleton: From branches and bundles to rings, from actin binding proteins to post-translational modifications (May 2017).

Bertling E, Hotulainen P. , Mol Cell Neurosci. 2017 May 4. pii: S1044-7431(16)30280-9. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2017.05.002. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

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An Overview of Monthly Rhythms and Clocks. 

Raible F, Takekata H, Tessmar-Raible K.Front Neurol. 2017 May 12;8:189. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00189. eCollection 2017.

 

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Autophagy in the presynaptic compartment in health and disease (May 2017).

Vijayan V, Verstreken P. (2017). J Cell Biol. 216(7):1895-1906. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201611113. 10.1038/ncomms15295.

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Openspritzer: an open hardware pressure ejection system for reliably delivering picolitre volumes (May 2017).

Forman CJ§, Tomes H, Mbobo B, Burman, RJ, Jacobs M, Baden T§, Raimondo JV§. Nat Sci Rep. 7:2188. (bioRxiv version). pdf.

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General features of inhibition in the inner retina (May 2017).

Franke K and Baden T.J Physiol; (2017). advance online pdf.

 

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Individual vulnerability for compulsive alcohol seeking in rats: Evidence for a long-lasting compulsive alcohol seeking phenotype in rats. 

Giuliano C, Peña-Oliver Y, Goodlett CR, Cardinal RN, Robbins TW, Bullmore ET, Belin D* & Everitt BJ* (2017). Neuropsychopharmacology. 2017 May 29. doi: 10.1038/npp.2017.105.

Monitoring the Right Collection: The Central Cholinergic Neurons as an Instructive Example (April 2017).

Sviatkó K, Hangya B. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 11:31.

 

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Impact of thalamocortical input on barrel cortex development. 

Neuroscience. 2017  Apr 13. Martini FJ, Moreno-Juan V, Filipchuk A, Valdeolmillos M, López-Bendito G. pii: S0306-4522(17)30244-0. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.04.005. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28412498.

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Membrane permeation of arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides independent of transmembrane potential as a function of lipid composition and membrane fluidity (April 2017).

Wallbrecher R⁠, Ackels T, Olea⁠ RA, Klein MJ, Caillon⁠ L, Schiller⁠ J, Bove-Geurts PH, van Kuppevelt⁠ TH, Ulrich⁠ AS, Spehr⁠ M, Adjobo-Hermans⁠ MJW, Brock R (2017). Journal of ControlledRelease 256: 68–78.

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Bidirectional regulation over the development and expression of loss of control over cocaine intake by the anterior insula.

Rotgé JY, Cocker P, Daniel ML, Belin-Rauscent A, Everitt BJ, Belin D (2017).  Psychopharmacology, doi: 10.1007/s00213-017-4593-x

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The dual developmental origin of spinal cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons gives rise to distinct functional subtypes (April 2017).

Djenoune L, Desban L, Gomez J, Sternberg JR, Prendergast A, Langui D, Quan FB, Marnas H, Auer TO, Rio JP, Del Bene F, Bardet PL, Wyart C [2017]. Scientific Reports 7:719.

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Rate and Temporal Coding Convey Multisensory Information in Primary Sensory Cortices (March 2017).

Bieler M, Sieben K, Cichon N, Schildt S, Röder B, Hanganu-Opatz IL. (2017b) eNeuro. 20;4(2). doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0037-17.

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Reduced Lateral Inhibition Impairs Olfactory Computations and Behaviors in a Drosophila Model of Fragile X Syndrome (March 2017).

Franco LM, Okray Z, Linneweber GA, Hassan BA, Yaksi E. . Curr Biol. 2017 Apr 24;27(8):1111-1123. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.065.

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The 100 Euro Lab: A 3-D Printable Open Source Platform For Fluorescence Microscopy, Optogenetics And Accurate Temperature Control During Behaviour Of Zebrafish, Drosophila And C. elegans (March 2017).

Chagas, A.M.$, Prieto Godino, L.L., Arrenberg, A. B. and Baden, T.$. bioRviv doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/122812. direct link.

 

A toolbox for optophysiological experiments in freely moving rats.

Hardung S, Alyahyay M, Eriksson D, Diester I (2017b). Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 11:27 doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00027. 

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A Functional Gradient in the Rodent Prefrontal Cortex Supports Behavioural Inhibition.

Hardung S, Epple R, Jäckel Z, Eriksson D, Uran C, Senn V, Gibor L, Yizhar O, Diester I (2017a). Curr Biol 20:549-555.

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Instrument design and protocol for the study of light controlled processes in aquatic organisms, and its application to examine the effect of infrared light on zebrafish (February 2017).

Dekens MP, Foulkes NS, Tessmar-Raible K. PLoS One. 2017 Feb 17;12(2):e0172038. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172038. eCollection 2017.

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Prenatal thalamic waves  regulate cortical area size prior to sensory processing (February 2017).

Moreno-Juan V, Filipchuk A, Antón-Bolaños N, Mezzera C, Gezelius H, Andrés B,  Rodríguez-Malmierca L, Susín R, Schaad O, Iwasato T, Schüle R, Rutlin M, Nelson S, Ducret S, Valdeolmillos M, Rijli FM, López-Bendito G. Nat Commun. 2017Feb 3;8:14172. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14172. PubMed PMID: 28155854; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5296753.

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Motile-Cilia-Mediated Flow Improves Sensitivity and Temporal Resolution of Olfactory Computations (January 2017).

Reiten I, Uslu FE, Fore S, Pelgrims R, Ringers C, Diaz Verdugo C, Hoffman M, Lal P, Kawakami K, Pekkan K, Yaksi E, Jurisch-Yaksi N. . Curr Biol. 2017 Jan 23;27(2):166-174. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.11.036.

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Layer-specific optogenetic activation of pyramidal neurons causes beta-gamma entrainment of neonatal networks (February 2017).

Bitzenhofer SH, Ahlbeck J, Wolff A, Wiegert JS, Gee CE, Oertner TG, Hanganu-Opatz IL. (2017a) Nat Commun. 8:14563. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14563.

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A Retinal Ganglion Cell to Report Image Focus? (February 2017).

Baden T, Schaeffel F and Berens P. Visual Neuroscience:  Current Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.022. direct link. Pdf

 

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Inhibition decorrelates visual feature representations in the inner retina (February 2017).

Franke K*, Berens P*, Schubert T, Bethge M, Euler T§, Baden T§.Nature; doi: 10.1038/nature21394. direct link, pdf. (bioRxiv version). News and Views by Dick Masland.