The Third Reviewer

<p>The brain contains an astonishing diversity of neurons, each expressing only one set of ion channels out of the billions… . . . → Read More: Metabolic cost as a unifying principle governing neuronal biophysics [Neuroscience]

In the past year, two members of the nuclear receptor family, liver X receptor β (LXRβ) and thyroid hormone receptor… . . . → Read More: Liver X receptor {beta} and thyroid hormone receptor {alpha} in brain cortical layering [Neuroscience]

<p>Voltage-gated Na channels in several classes of neurons, including cells of the cerebellum, are subject to an open-channel block and… . . . → Read More: Control of transient, resurgent, and persistent current by open-channel block by Na channel {beta}4 in cultured cerebellar granule neurons [Neuroscience]

<p>Induced expression of neuroprotective genes is essential for maintaining neuronal integrity after stressful insults to the brain. Here we show… . . . → Read More: NR4A orphan nuclear receptors as mediators of CREB-dependent neuroprotection [Neuroscience]

The Kv2.1 K+ channel is highly expressed throughout the brain, where it regulates excitability during periods of high-frequency stimulation. Kv2.1… . . . → Read More: Localization-dependent activity of the Kv2.1 delayed-rectifier K+ channel [Neuroscience]

<p>Rodents can localize odor sources by comparing odor inputs to the right and left nostrils. However, the neuronal circuits underlying… . . . → Read More: From the Cover: Neurons in the anterior olfactory nucleus pars externa detect right or left localization of odor sources [Neuroscience]

<p>Addicts repeatedly relapse to drug seeking even after years of abstinence, and this behavior is frequently induced by the recall… . . . → Read More: Disrupting the memory of places induced by drugs of abuse weakens motivational withdrawal in a context-dependent manner [Neuroscience]

<p>The large-conductance voltage- and calcium-activated potassium (BK) channels are ubiquitously expressed in the brain and play an important role in… . . . → Read More: Disruption of the olivo-cerebellar circuit by Purkinje neuron-specific ablation of BK channels [Neuroscience]

Chemical signaling plays an important role in predator–prey interactions and feeding dynamics. Like other organisms that are sessile or slow… . . . → Read More: Identification of RL-TGR, a coreceptor involved in aversive chemical signaling [Neuroscience]

<p>How do fluctuations in the level of generalized arousal of the brain affect the performance of specific motivated behaviors, such… . . . → Read More: Histaminergic responses by hypothalamic neurons that regulate lordosis and their modulation by estradiol [Neuroscience]

<p>It was recently reported that rs1541160 on chromosome 1q24.2 has a marked effect on survival of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)… . . . → Read More: Kinesin-associated protein 3 (KIFAP3) has no effect on survival in a population-based cohort of ALS patients [Neuroscience]

<p>NGF, the principal neurotrophic factor for basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCNs), has been correlated to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) because of… . . . → Read More: Dissecting the involvement of tropomyosin-related kinase A and p75 neurotrophin receptor signaling in NGF deficit-induced neurodegeneration [Neuroscience]