Neuroscience Research

Dr. Laura Blair tells the story about her first-author eNeuro paper that showed that mice with high expression levels of the FK506-binding protein FKBP51 have altered reversal learning and memory, which may be through direct regulation of neuronal activity by regulating AMPA receptors.
By Rosalind S.E. Carney, DPhil
April 25, 2019

Dr. Laura Blair tells the story about her first-author eNeuro paper that showed that mice with high expression levels of the FK506-binding protein FKBP51 have altered reversal learning and memory, which may be through direct regulation of neuronal activity by regulating AMPA receptors.

Authors show that excitation and inhibition of pyramidal neurons in different basolateral amygdala subdivisions promote auditory fear memory formation.
By Rosalind S.E. Carney, DPhil
April 18, 2019

Authors show that excitation and inhibition of pyramidal neurons in different basolateral amygdala subdivisions promote auditory fear memory formation.

Authors used a novel method to show that selectively activating cholecystokinin-expressing GABAergic neurons subtly affects emotional behavior but surprisingly enhances multiple memory and cognitive processes.
By Thomas J. McHugh, PhD
April 4, 2019

Authors used a novel method to show that selectively activating cholecystokinin-expressing GABAergic neurons subtly affects emotional behavior but surprisingly enhances multiple memory and cognitive processes.

Authors show that the same stress can elicit divergent morphological effects in astrocytes in the hippocampus versus the amygdala.
By Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD
March 28, 2019

Authors show that the same stress can elicit divergent morphological effects in astrocytes in the hippocampus versus the amygdala.

Authors show that the memory of eating a recent meal likely inhibits subsequent food consumption.
By Benjamin M. Seitz
March 21, 2019

Authors show that the memory of eating a recent meal likely inhibits subsequent food consumption.

By SfN Staff
March 14, 2019

See the most shared articles of January/February 2019; Volume 6,Issue 1

Authors identify capsaicin receptor TRPV1 as a key regulator of Ca2+ entry into axoplasm that is required for developmental degeneration modeled by NGF withdrawal from sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglion in vitro.
By Jeffery L. Twiss, M.D., Ph.D.
March 7, 2019

Authors identify capsaicin receptor TRPV1 as a key regulator of Ca2+ entry into axoplasm that is required for developmental degeneration modeled by NGF withdrawal from sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglion in vitro.

Authors found that experimentally induced stroke causes a secondary wave of brain tissue inflammation that shares some molecular and morphological characteristics with atherosclerosis.
By Matthew Davidson, PhD
February 14, 2019

Authors found that experimentally induced stroke causes a secondary wave of brain tissue inflammation that shares some molecular and morphological characteristics with atherosclerosis.

Authors describes an unexpected effect of in utero electroporation of plasmid DNA on the distribution of microglia within the developing forebrain.
By Orly Reiner
January 24, 2019

Authors describe an unexpected effect of in utero electroporation of plasmid DNA on the distribution of microglia within the developing forebrain.

Dr. Jacqueline Barker tells the story about her first-author eNeuro paper that showed that action-outcome relationships are differentially encoded by the infralimbic prefrontal cortex during goal-directed and habitual behaviors.
By Rosalind S.E. Carney, DPhil
January 10, 2019

Dr. Jacqueline Barker tells the story about her first-author eNeuro paper that showed that action-outcome relationships are differentially encoded by the infralimbic prefrontal cortex during goal-directed and habitual behaviors.