Defining sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease strains and their transmission properties [Neuroscience]

<p>The biological determinants of the phenotypic variation in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) are unknown. To categorize sCJD cases, the prion… . . . → Read More: Defining sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease strains and their transmission properties [Neuroscience]

Drosophila Orb2 targets genes involved in neuronal growth, synapse formation, and protein turnover [Neuroscience]

<p>In the study of long-term memory, how memory persists is a fundamental and unresolved question. What are the molecular components… . . . → Read More: Drosophila Orb2 targets genes involved in neuronal growth, synapse formation, and protein turnover [Neuroscience]

Perisynaptic GluR2-lacking AMPA receptors control the reversibility of synaptic and spines modifications [Neuroscience]

<p>How persistent synaptic and spine modification is achieved is essential to our understanding of developmental refinement of neural circuitry and… . . . → Read More: Perisynaptic GluR2-lacking AMPA receptors control the reversibility of synaptic and spines modifications [Neuroscience]

Endogenous antibodies promote rapid myelin clearance and effective axon regeneration after nerve injury [Neuroscience]

<p>Degenerating myelin inhibits axon regeneration and is rapidly cleared after peripheral (PNS) but not central nervous system (CNS) injury. To… . . . → Read More: Endogenous antibodies promote rapid myelin clearance and effective axon regeneration after nerve injury [Neuroscience]

Double dissociation of two cognitive control networks in patients with focal brain lesions [Neuroscience]

<p>Neuroimaging studies of cognitive control have identified two distinct networks with dissociable resting state connectivity patterns. This study, in patients… . . . → Read More: Double dissociation of two cognitive control networks in patients with focal brain lesions [Neuroscience]

ApoE4 reduces glutamate receptor function and synaptic plasticity by selectively impairing ApoE receptor recycling [Neuroscience]

<p>Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype is a powerful genetic modifier of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The ApoE4 isoform significantly reduces the mean… . . . → Read More: ApoE4 reduces glutamate receptor function and synaptic plasticity by selectively impairing ApoE receptor recycling [Neuroscience]

An implicit body representation underlying human position sense [Neuroscience]

<p>Knowing the body’s location in external space is a fundamental perceptual task. Perceiving the location of body parts through proprioception… . . . → Read More: An implicit body representation underlying human position sense [Neuroscience]