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N&B Journal Club Meetings - Past Years

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2012-2013 N&B Journal Club: Neubeh 527

Dates & Journal Club Sessions - Autumn Quarter 2012

September 24, 2012

Heather Barnett, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Scanziani:

• SR Olsen, DS Bortone, H Adesnik and M Scanziani. Nature Vol 483, March 2012, 47-54.
  Gain control by layer six in cortical circuits of vision.
  

Dates & Journal Club Sessions - Winter Quarter 2013

February 11, 2013

Adrienne Mueller, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Nicolson:

• L Sheets, KS Kindt, and T Nicolson. Journal of Neuroscience 32(48):17273-17286, November 28, 2012.
  Presynaptic Cav1.3 channels regulate synaptic ribbon size and are required for synaptic maintenance in sensory hair cells.
  

March 4, 2013

Alison Mehravari, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Dudai:

• A Ben-Yakov and Y Dudai. Journal of Neuroscience June 15, 2011. 31(24):9032-9042
  Constructing realistic engrams: Poststimulus activity of hippocampus and dorsal striatum predicts subsequent episodic memory. and
  
• Y Dudai. Annual Review Neuroscience 2012. 35:227-247 The restless engram: Consolidations new end. Annual Review Neuroscience 2012. 35:227-247
  

Dates & Journal Club Sessions - Spring Quarter 2013

May 6, 2013

Max Turner, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Wilson:

• SR Olsen, V Bhandawat, and RI Wilson. Neuron.66, 287-299, April 29, 2010.
  Divisive normalization in olfactory population codes.
  

May 13, 2013

Wambura Fobbs, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Bale:

• CP Morgan and TL Bale. Journal Neuroscience. 2011 Aug 17; 31(33):11748-55. 2011 Aug 17; 31(33):11748-55.
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• CL Howerton, CP Morgan, DB Fischer, and TL Bale. Proceedings National Academy of Science U S A 2013 March 26; 110(13):5169-74.
  O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) as a plancental biomarker of maternal stress and reprogramming of CNS gene transcription in development.
  

   

  2011-2012 N&B Journal Club: Neubeh 527

  October 3, 2011

  Nick Hollon, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Surmeier:
  

  • JL Plotkin, M Day & DJ Surmeier. Nature Neuroscience Vol 14, No. 7, 881-888. July 2011.
    Synaptically driven state transitions in distal dendrites of striatal spiny neurons.
    

  October 17, 2011

  Dina Popovkina, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Gold:
  

  • C-T Law and JI Gold. Nature Neuroscience Vol. 12, Number 5, May 2009.
    Reinforcement learning can account for associative and perceptual learning on a visual-decision task.
    

  November 7, 2011

  Charles Hass, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Salzman:
  

  • JJ Paton, MA Belova, SE Morrison, and CD Salzman. Nature. 439: 865-70, 2006. PMID: 16482160.
    The primate amygdala represents the positive and negative value of visual stimuli during learning.
    

  January 30, 2012

  Noah Sorscher, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Dawson:
  

  • J-H Shin, H-S Ko, H Kang, Y Lee, Y-I Lee, O Pletinkova, JC Troconso, VL Dawson, and TM Dawson. Cell Vol. 14, March 4, 2011, 689-702.
    PARIS (ZNF746) repression of PGC-1α contributes to neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease.
    

  February 13, 2012

  Jonathan Ehrich, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Nestler:
  

  • HE Covington III, I Maze, HS Sun, HM Bomze, KD DeMaio, EY Wu, DM Dietz, MK Lobo, S Ghose, E Mouzon, RL Neve, CA Tamminga, and EJ Nestler. Neuron 71, 656-670, August 25, 2011.
    A role for repressive histone methylation in cocine-induced vulnerability to stress.
    

  April 9, 2012

  Sweta Agrawal, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Bargmann:
  

  • A Bendesky and CI Bargmann. Nature Reviews Genetics.8 November 2011, AOP, doi:10.1038/nrg3065.
    Genetic contributions to behavioural diversity at the gene-environment interface.
    

   

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  October 4, 2010

  Sinichiro Kira, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Rinberg:
  

  • D Rinberg, A Koulakov and A Gelperin. Neuron Vol 51, 351-358. August 3, 2006.
    Speed-accuracy tradeoff in olfaction.
    

  October 18, 2010

  William Marrs, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Kreitzer:
  

  • A Kravitz, BS Freeze, PRL Parker, K Kay, MT Thwin, K Deisseroth, and AC Kreitzer. Nature. Vol. 466, 29 July 2010.
    Regulation of parkinsonian motor behaviours by optpgenetic control of basal ganglia circuitry.
    

  November 29, 2010

  Noah Sorscher, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Ming:
  

  • Y Mao, X Ge, CL Frank, JM Madison, AN Koehler, MK Doud, C Tassa, EM Berry, T Soda, KK Singh, T Biechele, TL Petryshen, RT Moon, SJ Haggerty and L-H Tsai. NIH-PA Author Manuscript - Published as Cell, 2009 March 20; 136(6): 1017-1031.
    DISC1 regulates neural progenitor proliferation via modulation of GSK3Beta/Beta-catenin signaling.
    

  January 24, 2011

  Julia Pollak and Sean Georgi, N&B Graduate Students
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Sanes:
  

  • I-J Kim, Y Zhang, M Yamagata, M Meister, JR Sanes. Nature. Vol. 452/27, March 2008.
    Molecular identification of a retinal cell type that responds to upward motion.
    

  February 14, 2011

  Agata Budzillo, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Basbaum:
  

  • G Sherrer, N Imamachi, Y Cao, C Contet, F Mennicken, D O'Donnell, BL Kieffer, and AI Basbaum. Cell. 137, 1148-1159, June 12m 2009.
    Dissociation of opioid receptor mechanisms that control mechanical and heat pain.
    

  April 4, 2011

  Meg Hamner, Physiology & Biophysics Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Hamel:
  

  • B Cauli and E Hamel. Frontiers in Neuroenergetics. June 2010, Vol. 2, Article 9.
    Revisiting the role of neurons in neurovascular coupling.
    

  May 16, 2011

  William Wood, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Margoliash:
  

  • C D Meliza, Z Chi and D Margoliash. J Neurophysiol. 103: 1195-1208, 2010.
    Representations of conspecific sond by starling secondary forebrain auditory neurons toward a hierarchical framework.
    

  May 30, 2010

  No Journal Club
  

   

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  October 12, 2009

  Stanley Gu, Student Research Assistant, Department of Bioengineering
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Gao:
  

  • Y Jin and X Gao. Plasmonic flourescent quantum dots. Nature Nanotechnology. Online: 26 July 2009. DOI: 10.1038/NNANO.2009.193. 571-576.
    

  November 9, 2009

  Susan Fung, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Ransohoff:
  

  • Richard M Ransohoff. Immunity Vol 31, November 20, 2009.
    Chemokines and chemokine receptors: Standing at the crossroads of immunobiology and neurobiology.
    

  November 30, 2009

  Curtis Easton, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Zakon:
  

  • MR Markham, ML McAnelly, PK Stoddard, and HH Zakon. Circadian and social cues regulate ion channel trafficking. PLoS Biology Vol. 7, September 2009, Issue 9.
    

  January 11, 2010

  Lev Becker, Senior Fellow, Department of Medicine
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Heinecke:
  

  • H Steen and Mann. Nature Reviews/Molecular Cell Biology Volume 5, September 2004, 699-711.
    

  February 1, 2010

  Adam Bleckert, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Kennedy:
  

  • HJ Carlisle, P Manzerram E Marcoara and MB Kennedy. SynGAP regulates steady-state and activity-dependent phosphorylation of cofilin. The Journal of Neuroscience December 10, 2008, 28(50):13673-13683.
    

  March 1, 2010

  Jonathan Ehrich, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Aston-Jones:
  

  • RJ Smith, RE See and G Aston-Jones. Orexin/hypocretin signaling at the orexin 1 receptor regulates cue-elicited cocaine-seeking. European Journal of Neurocience Vol. 30, 2009, 493-503.
    

  April 12, 2010

  Jessica Fox, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Catania:
  

  • KC Catania. Tentacled snakes turn C-starts to their advantage and predict future prey behavior.
    PNAS. July 7, 2009, Vol. 106, No. 27, 11183-11187.
    

  April 26, 2010

  Andrew Prendergast, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Calof:
  

  • S Kawauchi, J Kim, R Santos, H-H Wu, AD Lander and AL Calof. Foxg1 promotes olfactory neurogenesis by antagonizing Gdf11. Development136. 1453-1464 (2009) doi: 10.1242/dev.034967.
    

  May 10, 2010

  Karina Leal, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Lipscombe:
  

  • J Raingo, AJ Castiglioni, and D Lipscombe. Alternative splicing controls G protein-dependent inhibition of N-type calcium channels in nociceptors. Nature Neuroscience. Vol 10, Number 3, March 2007.
    

   

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  October 6, 2008

  Stephanie Furrer, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Jen:
  

  • Richards A, van den Maaggdenberg AMJM, Jen JC, Kavanaugh D,Bertram P, Spitzer D, Liszewski MK, Barilla-LaBarca M-L, Terwindt GM, Kasai Y, McLellan M, Grand MG, Vanmolkot KRJ,de Vries B, Wan J, Kane MJ, Mamsa H, Schafer R, Stam AH, Haan J, de Jong PTVM, Storimans CW, van Schooneveld, Oosterhuis JA, Gschwendter A, Dichgans M, Kotschet JA, Hodgkinson S, Hardy TA, Delatcki MB, Hajj-Ali RA, Kothari PH, Nelson SF, Frants RR, Baloh RW, Ferrari MD, and Atkinson JP. C-terminal truncations in human 3'-5' DNA exonuclease TREX1 cause autosomal dominant retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy. Nature Genetics Vol. 39, Number 9, Sept. 2007.

  October 27, 2008

  Joanna Crook, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Taylor:
  Local edge deteectors: A substrate for fine spatial vision at low temporal frequencies in rabbit retina.

  • M van Wyk, WR Taylor, and DI Vaney. Local edge deteectors: A substrate for fine spatial vision at low temporal frequencies in rabbit retina. Journal of Neuroscience December 20, 2006. 26(51)13250-13263.

  November 24, 2008

  Julia Lemos, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Williams:
  Vesicular dopamine release elicits an inhibitory postsynaptic current in midbrain dopamine neurons.

  • MJ Beckstad, DK Grandy, K Wickman and JT Williams. Vesicular dopamine release elicits an inhibitory postsynaptic current in midbrain dopamine neurons. Neuron 42: 939-946, June 24, 2004.

  January 12, 2009

  Sung Han and Benjamin Smarr, N&B Graduate Students
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Herzog:
  A circadian clock in the olfactory bulb controls olfactory responsivity.

  • D Granados-Fuentes, A Tseng and ED Herzog. A circadian clock in the olfactory bulb controls olfactory responsivity. Journal of Neuroscience Nov 22, 2006. 12219-12225.

  February 9, 2009

  Melissa Caras, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Fernald:
  Rapid behavioral and genomic responses to social opportunity.

  • SS Burmeister, ED Jarvis and RD Fernald. Rapid behavioral and genomic responses to social opportunity. PLoS Biology Vol. 3, November 2005, Issue 11.

  April 13, 2009

  Roozbeh Kiani, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Deisseroth:

  • V Gradinaru, M Mogri, KR Thompson, JM Henderson and K Deisseroth. Optical deconstruction of Parkinsonian neural circuitry. ScienceExpress. 19 March 2009/Page 1/10.1126/science.1167093.

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  April 27, 2009

  Erick Chastain, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Schultz:
  

  • W Schultz, P Dylan and PR Montague. A neural substrate of prediction and reward. Science. Vol 275, 14 March 1997.

  May 11, 2009

  Elizabeth Stoll, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Gage:
  

  • N Toni, DA Laplagne, C Zhao, G Lombardi, CE Ribak, FH Gage and AF Schinder. Neurons born in the adult dentate gyrus form functional synapses with target cells. Nature Neuroscience11 July 2008, doi:10.1038/nn.2156.

   

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  October 1, 2007

  Hirofumi Watari, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Nicoll:
  

  • GM Elias, L Funke, V Stein, SG Grant, DS Bredt, and RA Nicoll. synapse-specific and developmentally regulated targeting of AMPA receptors by a family of MAGUK scaffolding proteins.
    Neuron 52: 307-320, October 19, 2006.

  October 22, 2007

  Sean Georgi, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Appel:
  

  • BB Kirby, N Takada, AJ Latimer, J Shin, TJ Carney, RN Kelsh and B Appel. In vivo time-lapse imaging shows dynamic oligodenrocyte progenitor behavior during zebrafish development. Nature Neuroscience Vol. 9, Number 12, December 2006, 1506-1511.
    

  January 28, 2008

  Julia Lemos, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Haydon:
  

  • O Pascual, KB Casper, C Kubera, J Zhang, R Revilla-Sanchez, J Sul, H Takano, SJ Moss, K McCarthy, PG Haydon. Astrocytic purinergic signaling coordinates synaptic networks. Science Vol 310, Oct 7, 2005. 113-116.
    

  March 3, 2008

  Kathryn Tabor, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Xiaoqin Wang:
  

  • D Bendor and X Wang. The neuronal representation of pitch in primate auditory cortex. Nature Vol. 436/25 August 2005, 1161-1165.
    

  April 7, 2008

  Benjamin Smarr, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Bass:
  

  • AH Bass and JR McKibben. Neural mechanisms and behaviors for acoustic communication in teleost fish. Progress in Neurobiology Vol 69 (2003) 1-26.
    

  April 28, 2008

  Benjamin Land, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Picciotto:
  

  • NA Addy, EF Fornasiero, TR Stevens, JR Taylor and MR Picciotto. Role of calcineurin in nicotine-mediated locomotor sensitization. Journal of Neuroscience. August 8, 2007. 27(32):8571-8580.
    

  May 12, 2008

  Philip Harding, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Reynolds:
  

  • JF Mitchell, KA Sundberg, and JH Reynolds. Differential attention-dependent response modulation across cell classes in macaque visual area V4. Neuron 55, 131-141, July 5, 2007.
    

   

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  October 2, 2006

  Jessica Fox, N&B Graduate Student
  In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Hildebrand:
  

  • CE Reisenman, TA Christensen and JG Hildebrand. Chemosensory selectivity of output neurons innervating an identified, sexuallly isomorphic olfactory glomerulus. Neural Computation 17: 1665-1699 (2005).
    

October 22, 2007

Sean Georgi, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Appel:


• BB Kirby, N Takada, AJ Latimer, J Shin, TJ Carney, RN Kelsh and B Appel. In vivo time-lapse imaging shows dynamic oligodenrocyte progenitor behavior during zebrafish development. Nature Neuroscience Vol. 9, Number 12, December 2006, 1506-1511.
  

October 30, 2006

Elizabeth Wilkinson, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Ebner:


• S Pasalar, AV Roitman, WK Durfee and TJ Ebner. Force field effects on cerebellar Purkinje cell discharge with implications for internal models. Nature NeuroscienceOct. 8, 2006:1-8.
  

November 20, 2006

Peter Meilstrup, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Dan:


• G. Felsen, J. Touryan, F. Han, Y. Dan. Coritcal sensitivity to visual features in natural scenes. PLoS Biology Vol 3, Issue 10. 1819-1828 (October 2005).
  

January 22, 2007

Michael Garelick, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Eric Klann:


• L Hou, MD Antion, D Hu, CM Spencer, R Paylor, and E Klann. Dynamic translational and proteasoal regulation of fragile X meental retardation protein controls mGluR-dependent long-term depression. Neuron 51, 441-454, August 17, 2006.
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• JL Banko, F Poulin, L Hou, CT DeMaria, N Sonenberg, and E Klann. Te translation repressor 4E-BP2 is critical for eIF4F complex formation, synaptic plasticity, and memory in the hippocampus. The Journal of Neuroscience,Ocotber 19, 2005. 25(42):9581-9590.
  

February 5, 2007

Roozbeh Kiani, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Assad:


• DJ Freedman & JA Assad. Experience-dependent representation of visual categories in parietal cortex. Nature Vol 443/7 September 2006/doi:10.1038/nature05078.
  

March 26, 2007

Berit Jacobson, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Alvarez-Buylla


• EL Jackson, JM Garcia-Verdugo, S Gil-Perotin, M Roy, A Quinones-Hinojosa, S VandenBerg, and A Alvarez-Buylla. PDGFR alpha-positive B cells are neural stem cells in the adult SVZ that form glioma-like growths in response to increased PDGF signaling. Neuron 51 July 20, 2006. 187-199.
  

April 16, 2007

Sabiha Barot, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Robinson:


• TE Robinson and KC Berridge. Addication. Annu. Rev. Psychol. 54:25-53(2003).
  

May 7, 2007

Abigail Wark, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Young:


• EAD Hammock and LJ Young. Microsatellite instability generates diversity in brain and sociobehavioral traits. Science June 10, 2005. Vol. 308, 1630-1634.
  

 

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October 3, 2005

Rebecca Mease, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Olshausen:


• BA Olshausen and DJ Field. How close are we to understanding V1?. Neural Computation 17: 1665-1699 (2005).
  




October 17, 2005

Jonathan Fadok, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Jeffry Isaacson:


• KM Franks and JS Isaacson. Synapse-specific downregulation of NMDA receptors by early experience: A critical period for plasticity of sensory input to olfactory cortex. Neuron 47: 1-14, July 7 2005.




November 7, 2005

John Meitzen, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Robert M. Sapolsky:


• Robert M. Sapolsky. The influence of social hierarchy on primate health. Science 29 April 2005, Vol 308: 648-652.
  and
  
• D Kaufer, WO Ogle, ZS Pincus, KL Clark, AC Nicholas, KM Dinkel, TC Dumas, D Ferguson, AL Lee, MA Winters & RM Sapolsky. Restructuring the neuronal stress response with anti glucocorticoid gene delivery. Nature Neuroscience Vol 7, No 9, 8 August 2004: 947-953.




January 23, 2006

Timothy Hanks, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Tirin Moore:


• T Moore, KM Armstrong, M Fallah. Visuomotor originas of covert spatial attention. Neuron December 2002, 36(6): 1183-1194.




February 6, 2006

Benjamin Land, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Howard Fields:


• Sharif A. Taha and Howard L. Fields. Encoding of palatability and appetitive behaviors by distinct neuronal populations in the nucleus accumbens. The Journal of Neuroscience Feb. 2, 2005: 1193-1202.




March 27, 2006

Elena Cherny, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Welsh


• DG Placantonakis, AA Bukovsky, X-H Zeng, H-P Keim, and JP Welsh. Fundamental role of inferior olive connexin 36 in muscle coherence during tremor. PNAS May 4, 2004. Vol. 10. No. 18. 7164-7169.
  and
  
• JP Welsh, H Yamaguchi, X-H Zeng, M Kojo, Y Nakada, A Takagi, JM Sugimori and RR Llinas. Normal motor learning during pharmacological prevention of Purkinje cell long-term depression. PNAS November 22, 2005. Vol. 102. No. 47. 17166-17171.




April 10, 2006

Roozbeh Kiani, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Greg DeAngelis:


• T Uka and GC DeAngelis. Contribution of area MT to stereoscopic depth perception: Choice-related response modulations reflect task strategy. Neuron, Vol. 42, April 22, 2004, 297-310.




May 8, 2006

Jonathan Ting, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Felix E. Schweizer:


• REQUIRED: BW Edmonds, FD Gregory and FE Schweizer. Evidence that fast exocytosis can be predominantly mediated by vesicles not docked at active zones in frog saccular hair cells. J Physiol 560.2 (2004) 439-450.
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• RECOMMENDED: MA Rutherford and WM Roberts. Frequency selectivity of synaptic exocytosis in frog saccular hair cells. PNAS February 21, 2006, Vol. 103, No. 8, 2898-2903.




 

 

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October 11, 2004

Joy Sebe, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Jack L. Feldman:


• Feldman JL, Mitchell GS, Nattie EE. Opioid-induced quantal slowing reveals dual networks for respiratory rhythm generation. Neuron 37: 821-826 (2003)
  

October 25, 2004

Marina Kuznetsova, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Marcus Meister:


• Stephen A. Baccus and Markus Meister. Fast and Slow Contrast Adaptation in Retinal Circuitry. Neuron 36: 909-919 (2002)
  

November 8, 2004

Dr. Jeansok Kim, Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Eun Young Song:


• Ja Wook Koo, Jung-Soo Han, and Jeansok J. Kim. Selective neurotoxic lesions of basolateral and central nuclei of the amygdala produce differential effects on fear conditioning. Journal of Neuroscience. Sept. 1, 2004. 24(35):7654-7662
  

November 29, 2004

Douglas Wacker, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Yvon Delville:
Concentration will be on the Wommack et al 2004 article. The other 2 articles will be discussed briefly at Journal Club.


• David JT, Cervantes MC, Trosky KA, Salinas JA and Delville Y. A neural network underlying individual differences in emotion and aggression in male golden hamsters. Neuroscience: 126 (2004) 567-578

• Wommack JC, Taravosh-Lahn K, David JT, and Delville, Y. Repeated exposure to social stress alters the development of agonisstic behavior in male golden hamsters. Science Direct. Hormones and Behavior. 43(2003) 229-236

• Wommack JC, Salinas A, Melloni RH, and Delville, Y. Behavioural and neuroendocrine adaptations to repeated stress during puberty in male golden hamsters. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 2004, Vol. 16, 767-775

January 3, 2005

Michael Garelick, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Matthew Wilson:


• Albert K. Lee and Matthew A. Wilson. Memory of Sequential Experience in the Hippocampus during Slow Wave Sleep. Neuron December 2002, 36(6): 1183-1194
  

January 24, 2005

James Bullis, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Chris J. McBain:


• J. Josh Lawrence and Chris J. McBain. Containing the detonation-feedforward inhibition in the CA3 hippocampus. TRENDS in Neurosciences. Vol. 26, No.11, Nov. 2003
  
  • Saobo Lei and Chris J. McBain. Two loci of expression for long-term depression at hippocampal mossy fiber-interneuron synapses. Journal of Neuroscience. March 3, 2004. 24(9):2112-2121
    

February 28 , 2005

Elizabeth Wilkinson, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Michele Basso:


• Michele A. Basso and Robert H. Wurtz. Neuronal activity in substantia nigra pars reticulata during target selection. Journal of Neuroscience. March 1, 2002. 22(5):1883-1894
  

March 14, 2004

Kenneth Custer and Jonathan Ting, N&B Graduate Students
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Kristen Harris:


• L. Ostroff, J. Fiala, B. Allwardt, K. Harri. Polyribosomes Redistribute from Dendritic Shafts into Spines with Enlarged Synapses during LTP in Developing Rat Hippocampal Slices. Neuron: 35(3), 535-545
  

April 4, 2005

Thomas Hnasko, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Palmiter:


• Mark S. Szczypka, Keith Kwok, Michelle D. Brot, Brett T. Marck, Alvin M. Matsumoto, Brian A. Donahue, and Richard D. Palmiter. Dopamine production in the caudate putamen restores feeding in dopamine-deficient mice. Neuron. Vol. 30, 819-828, June 2001

• Mark S. Szczypka, Mark A. Rainey, Douglas S. Kim, William A. Alaynick, Brett T. Marck, Alvin M. Matsumoto, and Richard D. Palmiter. Feeding behavior in dopamine-deficient mice. PNAS.Vol. 96, Oct. 12, 1999, No. 21, 12138-12143

April 18, 2005

Dr. Luis Santana, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Santana:


• Jessica A. Filosa, Adrian D. Bonev, and Mark T. Nelson. Calcium dynamics in cortical astrocytes and arterioles during neurovascular coupling. Circulation Research, 2004;95:e73-e81
  

May 2, 2005

Janet Altman, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Louis F. Reichardt:


• Role of beta-catenin in synaptic vesicle localization and presynaptic assembly. Neuron. Vol. 40, 719-731, November 13, 2003
  

May 16, 2005

Billie J. Swalla, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Univeristy of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Billie J. Swalla:


• Gene expression and larval evolution: changing roles of distal-less and orthodenticle in echinoderm larvae.
  Evolution and Development. 4:2, 111-123 (2002)

 

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September 29, 2003

Zachary Scheiner, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Joe Tsien:


• Inducible Protein Knockout Reveals Temporal Requirement of CaMKII Reactivation for memory Consolidation in the Brain. PNAS, 100: 4287-4292 (April 1, 2003)
  

• NMDA Receptor-Dependent Synaptic Reinforcement as a Crucial Process for Memory Consolidation. Science, 290: 1170-1174 (November 10, 2000)
  

October 13, 2003

Christopher Thompson, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Claudio V. de Mello:


• Mello, CV. Mapping Vocal Communication Pathways in Birds with Inducible Gene Expression. Journal Comp Physiol A. 188: 943-959 (2002)
  

• Jarvis ED, Ribeiro S, de Silva M, Ventura D, Vielliard J, Mello, CV. Behaviourally Driven Gene Expression Reveals Song Nuclei in Hummingbird Brain. Nature. 406: 628-632 (2000)
  

• Ribeiro S, Cecchi GA, Magnasc MO, Mello, CV. Toward a Song Code: Evidence for a Syllabic Representation in the Canary Brain. Neuron. 21: 359-371 (Aug., 1998)
  

October 27, 2003

Sara Grote, N&B Graduate Student and Albert La Spada, Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Albert La Spada:


• Thompson LM. An Expanded Role for Wild-type Huntintin in Neuronal Transcription. Nature Genetics. 35, Number 1: 13-14 (September 2003)
  

• La Spada AR and Taylor JP. Polyglutamines Placed into Context. Neuron. 38: 681-684 (June 5, 2003)
  

• Zuccato C, Tartari M., Crotti A, Goffredo, D, Valenza M, Conti L, Cataudella T, Leavitt BR, Hayden MR, Timmusk T, Rigamonti D, Cattaneo E. Huntintin Interacts with REST/NRSF to Modulate the Transcription of NRSE-controlled Neuronal Genes. Nature Genetics. 35, Number 1 (September 2003)
  

November 10, 2003

Cristi Stoick, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Linda A. Barlow:


• Barlow, L. A Taste for Development. Neuron. 22:209-212(1999)
  

• Barlow, L. Specification of Pharyngeal Endoderm is Dependent on Early Signals from Axial Mesoderm. Development. 128:1-11 (2001)
  

November 24, 2003

Jonathan Ting, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Jeff W. Lichtman:


• Walsh, MK and Lichtman, JW. In Vivo Time-Lapse Imaging of Synaptic Takeover Associated with Naturally Occurring Synapse Elimination. Neuron. 37:67-73
  

• Kasthuri, N and Lichtman JW. The Role of Neuronal Identity in Synaptic Competition. Nature. 424 (6947): 426-430 (July 24, 2003)
  

December 8, 2003

Christopher Davenport, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Karel Svoboda:


• Oertner TG, Sabatini BL, Nimchinsky EA, Svoboda K. Facilitation at single synapses probed with optical quantal analysis. Nat Neurosci. 2002 Jul; 5(7): 657-64
  

• Shepherd GM, Pologruto TA, Svoboda K. Circuit analysis of experience-dependent plasticity in the developing rat barrel cortex. Neuron. 2003 Apr 24; 38(2): 277-89

• Trachtenberg JT, Chen BE, Knott GW, Feng G, Sanes JR, Welker E, Svoboda K. Long-term in vivo imaging of experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in adult cortex. Nature. 2002 Dec 19-26; 420(6917): 788-94

January 5, 2004

Timothy Hanks, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. John H. R. Maunsell:


• Cook, E and Maunsell, JHR. Attentional Modulation of Behavioral Performance and Neuronal Responses in Middle Temporal and Ventral Intraparietal Areas of Macaque Monkey.The Journal of Neuroscience, 22(5):1994-2004 (March 1, 2002)
  

January 26, 2004

Minjung Kim, Psychology Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Jeansok Kim:


• Kim, J, Lee, H, Han, J, and Packard M. Amygdala. Is Critical for Stress-Induced Modulation of Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation and Learning. The Journal of Neuroscience. 21(14): 5222-5228 (July 2001)
  

February 23, 2004

David Margolis, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. David Berson:


• Berson, DM, Dunn, F. and Takao, M. Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock. Science. 295: 1070-73 (2002)
  

March 1, 2004

Marina Kuznetsova, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. A. James Hudspeth:


• Martin, P,Bozovic, Y, Choe, Y, and Hudspeth, AJ. Spontaneous Oscillation by Hair Bundles of the Bullfrog's Sacculus. The Journal of Neuroscience. 23(11): 4533-4548 (June 1, 2003).
  

March 22, 2004

No Journal Club -- Spring Break

March 29, 2004

Dr. James Olson, Assistant Member, FHCRC
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. James Olson:


• Hallahan,A, Pritchard, JI, Chandraratna, RAS, Ellenbogen, RG, Geyer, JR, Overland, RP, Strand, AD, Tapscott, SJ, & Olson, JM. BMP-2 mediates retinoid-induced apoptosis in medulloblastoma cells through a paracrine effect. Nature Medicine. 9, Number 8:1033-1037 (August 2003)
  

April 26, 2004

Timothy Hanks, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Adrienne Fairhall:


• Fairhall, AL, Lewen, GD, Bialek, W, and de Ruyter van Stevenick. Efficiency and Ambiguity in an Adaptive Neural Code. Nature. 412(6849): 787-792 (2001)
  

May 10, 2004

Anne Marie Wissman and Christopher Thompson, N&B Graduate Students
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Joseph Sisneros:


• JA Sisneros and AH Bass. Seasonal Plasicity of Periheral Auditory Frequency Sensitivity. Journal of Neuroscience 23(3):1049-1058 (Feb. 1, 2003)
  
  • JA Sisneros, PM Forlano, R Knapp, and AH Bass. Seasonal Variation of Seroid Hormone Levels in an Intertidal-nesting Fish, the Vocal Plainfin Midshipman. General and Comparative Endocrinology.136, 101-116, (2004)
    

 

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September 30, 2002

Dr. Jane Sullivan, Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Jane Sullivan:


• Robinson, et al. Synaptotagmins I and IV Promote Transmitter Release Independently of Ca2+ Binding in the C2A Domain. Nature. 2002; 418: 336-340
  
• Mackler, et al. The C2B Ca2+ -binding Motif of Synaptotagmin is Required for Synaptic Transmission in Vivo. Nature. 2002; 418: 340-344

October 14, 2002

Ala Moshiri, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Ariel Ruiz i Altaba:

• N Dahmane, P Sanchez, Y Gitton, V Palma, T Sun, M Beyna, H Weiner, and A Ruiz i Altaba. The Sonic Hedgehog-Gli pathway regulates dorsal brain growth and turmorigensis. Development 2001; 128: 5201-5212

October 28, 2001

Dr. Hannele Ruohola-Baker, Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Univeristy of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Hannele Ruohola-Baker:

• Dystroglycan is Required for Polarizing the Epithelial Cells and the Oocyte in Drosophila

November 18, 2002

Douglas Wacker, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Barney Schlinger:

• The Distribution and Regulation of Aromatase Expression in the Zebra Finch Revealed with a Specific Antibody. Journal of Comp. Neurology. 423: 619-630

December 2, 2002

Siobhan Robinson, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Marc Caron:

• Functional Interactin between Monoamine Plasma Memberane Transporters and the Synaptic PDSZ Domain--Containing Protein PICK1. Neuron. April 2001; 30: 121-134
  
• Glutamatergic Modulation of Hyperactivity in Mice Lacking the Dopamine Transporter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. September 2001; 98: 11047-11054

January 6, 2003

CANCELLED

January 27, 2003

Sara Grote, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Virginia M-Y Lee:

• Neuronal alpha-Synucleinopathy with Severe Movement Disorder in Mice Expressing A53T Human alpha-Synuclein. Neuron. May 16, 2002; 34: 521-533

February 10, 2003

Kenneth Custer, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Edwin Chapman:

• Synaptotagmin: A Ca2+ Sensor that Triggers Exocytosis? Molecular Cell Biology. July 2002; 3: 1-11
  
• C2A Activates a Cryptic Ca2+ -triggered Membrane Penetration Activity within the C2B Domain of Synaptotagmin 1. PNAS. Early Edition: 1-6
  
• Synaptotagmin Modulation of Fusion Pore Kinetics in Regulated Exocytosis of Dense-Core Vesicles. Science. Nov 2, 2001; 294: 1111-1115

March 3, 2003

Dr. Paul Muchowski, Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Paul Muchowski:

• Suppression of Polyglutamine-induced Protein Aggregation in Caenorhabditis Elegans by Torsin Proteins. Human Molecular Genetics. February 2003; 12(3): 307-319

March 31, 2003

Alex Stein, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Gina Turrigiano:

• Critical Periods for Experience-dependent Synaptic Scaling in Visual Cortex. Nature Neuroscience. August 2002; 5(8): 783-789

April 14, 2003

Jane Lauckner, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Venkatesh Murthy:

• Multiple Forms of Synaptic Plasticity Triggered by Selective Suppression of Activity in Individual Neurons, Nature. November 28, 2002; 420: 414-418

April 28, 2003

Dr. Kenneth Mackie, Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Kenneth Mackie:

• Distinct Domains of the CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Control Desensitization and Internalization. The Journal of Neuroscience. 19: 3773-3780

May 12, 2003

Mark Mazurek, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Matteo Carandini:

• Suppression without Inhibition in Visual Cortex. Neuron. 35: 759-771

June 2, 2003

Dr. Valerie Daggett, Associate Professor
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Valerie Daggett:

• Mapping the Early Steps in the pH-induced Conformational Conversion of the Prion Protein. PNAS. March 13, 2001; 98(6): 2985-2989

 

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October 1, 2001

Dr. Stanley Froehner, Professor & Chair
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Stanley Froehner:

• ME Adams, N Kramarcy, SP Krall, SG Rossi, RL Rotunda, R Sealock, and SC Froeher. Absence of alpha-Syntrophin Leads to Structurally Aberrant Neuromuscular Synapses Deficient in Utrophin. J Cell Biol. 2000; 150(6): 1385-1397

October 15, 2001

John Neumaier, Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. John Neumaier:

• AM Pliakas, RR Carlson, RL Neve, C Konrandi, EJ Nestler and WA Carlezon Jr. Altered Responsiveness to Cocaine and Increased Immobility in the Forced Swim Test Associated with Elevated cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein Expression in Nucleus Accumbens. J Neuroscience. 2001; 21(18): 7397-7403

October 29, 2001

Dr. Rajesh Rao, Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Sciences & Engineering, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Rajesh Rao:

• RPN Rao and DH Ballard. Predictive Coding in the Visual Cortex: A Functional Interpretation of Some Extra-Classical Receptive Field Effects. Nature Neuroscience. 1999; 2(1): 79-87
  
• C Koch and T Poggio. Predicting the visual world: silence is golden. Nature Neuroscience. 1999; 2(1): 9-10

November 19, 2001

Siobhan Robinson, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Kenneth Johnson:

• KO Johnson. The Roles and Functions of Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2001; 11: 455-461

December 3, 2001

Abigail Person, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Frederic Theunissen:

• FE Theunissen, K Sen, and AJ Doupe. Spectral-Temporal Receptive Fields of Nonlinear Auditory Neurons Obtained Using Natural Sounds. J. Neuroscience. 2000; 20(6): 2315-2331

January 7, 2002

Scott Goeke, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Maureen Condic:

• ML Condic. Adult Neuronal Regeneration Induced by Transgenic Integrin Expression. J. Neuroscience 2001; 21(13): 4782-4788

January 28, 2002

Dr. Gwenn Garden, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Gwenn Garden:

• M. Kaul, GA Garden, & SA Lipton. Pathways to neuronal injury and apoptosis in HIV-associated dementia. Nature. 2001; 410: 988-994.
  
• P. Bezzi, CG Carmignotot, L Pasti, S Vesce, D Rossi, B Lodi Rizzini, T Pozzan & A Volterra. Prostaglandins stimulate calcium-dependent glutamate release in astrocytes. Nature. 1998; 391: 281-285

February 11, 2002

Staci Sorensen, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Hollis Cline:

• Z Li, L Van Aelst & HT Cline. Rho GTPases Regulate Distinct Aspects of Dendritic Arbor Growth in Xenopus Central Neurons in Vivo. Nature. March 2000; 3(3): 217-225

March 5, 2002

David Margolis, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Richard Masland:

• RH Masland. The Fundamental Plan of the Retina. Nature Neuroscience. 2001; 4(9): 877-886

April 1, 2002

Christopher Thompson and Doug Wacker, N&B Graduate Students
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Catherine Carr:

• H Agmon-Snir, CE Carr & J Rinzel. The Role of Dendrites in Auditory Coincidence Detection. Nature. 1998; 393: 269-272

April 15, 2002

Julie Harris, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Lloyd Greene:

• JM Angelastro, L Klimaschewski, S Tang, OV Vitolo, TA Weissman, LT Donlin, ML Shelanski, and LA Greene. Identification of diverse nerve growth factor-regulated genes by serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) profiling. PNAS. 2000; 97(19): 10424-10429

April 29, 2002

Kenneth Custer & Alex Stein, N&B Graduate Students
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Theodore Wensel:

• G Hu, G-F Jang, CW Cowan, TG Wensel & K Palczewski. Phosphorylation of RGS9-1 by an Endogenous Protein Kinase in Rod Outer Segments. J Biological Chemistry. 2001; 276(25): 22287-22295

May 13, 2002

Alex Stein, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Julie Schnapf:

• M Kamermans, I Fahrenfort, K Schultz, U Janssen-Bienhold, T Sjoerdsma & R Weiler. Hemichannel-Mediated Inhibition in the Outer Retina. Science. 2001; 292: 1178-1180

June 3, 2002

Dr. Philip Horner, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Philip Horner:

• Neural Stem Cells from Adult Hippocampus Develop Essential Properties of Functional CNS Neurons. Nature Neuroscience. May 2002; 5(5): 438-445

 

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September 25, 2000

Vocal motor control in the songbird: A look at the neural mechanisms of learned sequence generation
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Michale Fee:br>

• Fee, Michale S. Active stabilization of electrodes for intracellular recording in awake behaving animals. Neuron. In Press
  
• Yu, A.C. and Margoliash, D. Temporal hierarchical control of singing in birds. Science. 1996; 273: 1871-1975

October 9, 2000

Transduction, adaptation and active bundle motion in auditory hair cells
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Robert Fettiplace:

• Ricci, Crawford and Fettiplace (2000). Active hair bundle motion linked to fast transducer adaptation in auditory hair cells. J. Neurosci. 20: 7131-7142

October 23, 2000

Dr. Gerhard von der Emde, Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Washington
Orientation in the dark: How weakly electric fish perceive their environment
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Gerhard von der Emde:

• Gerhard von der Emde, Leonel Gomez Sena, Rafaella Niso, and Kirsty Grant. The Midbrain Precommand Nucleus of the Mormyrid Electromotor Network. J Neurosci. Jul 15, 2000; 20(14): 5483-95

November 6, 2000

Robert Silverstein, N&B Graduate Student
Ion channels and activity-dependent development in invertebrate muscle and mouse brain.
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. William Moody:

• Julia E. Dallman, Anna K. Davis and William J. Moody. Spontaneous activity regulates calcium-dependent K+ current expression in developing ascidian muscle. J. Physiology 1998; 511(3): 683-693

November 20, 2000

Dr. Bertil Hille, Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington
Imaging single vesicles in a live presynaptic terminal
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Wolf Almers:

• Zenisek, D., Steyer J.A., and Almers, W. Transport, capture and exocytosis of single synaptic vesicles at active zones. Nature. 2000; 406: 849-854

December 4, 2000

Dr. William Zagotta, Associate Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington
Molecular mechanisms of gating in cyclic nucleotide-gated channels
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. William Zagotta:

• Loussouarn, G., Makhina E.N., Rose, T. and Nichol, C.G. Structure and Dyanmics of the Pore of Inwardly Rectifying K_ATP Channels. J. Biol. Chem. 2000; 275(2): 1137-1144

January 8, 2001

Dr. Ellen Covey, Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Washington
Off the axis: A new view of mammalian forebrain induction
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Anthony-Samuel LaMantia:

• Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, Naina Bhasin, Kattron Rhode, and Jill Heemskerk. Mesenchymal/Epithelial Induction Mediates Olfactory Pathway Formation. Neuron. 2000; 28: 411-425

January 29, 2001

Dr. Sheri J.Y. Mizumori, Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Washington
Spatial representations relevant for spatial navigation in rats
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Sheri J.Y. Mizumori:

• S.J.Y. Mizumori, K.E. Ragozzoni, B.G. Cooper, and S. Leutgeb. Hippocampal Representational Organization and Spatial Context. Hippocampus. 9: 444-451

February 12, 2001

Dr. Nephi Stella, Assistant Professor
Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry & Behavior Science
University of Washington
Cannabinoids and microglial cells: Could marijuana have anti-inflammatory properties?
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Nephi Stella:

• Di Marzo, V., Breivogel, C.S., Tao, Q., Bridgen, D.T., Razdan, R.K., Zimmer, A.M., and Martin, B.R. Levels, Metabolism, and Pharmacological Activity of Anandamide in CB₁, Cannabinoid Receptor Knockout Mice: Evidence for Non-CB₁, Non-CB₂ Receptor-Mediated Actions of Anandamide in Mouse Brain. J. Neurochem. 2000; 75(6): 2434-2444

March 5, 2001

Dr. David Perkel, Assistant Professor
Departments of Zoology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
University of Washington
Cellular approaches to vocal learning in songbirds
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. David Perkel:

• Minmin Luo and David J. Perkel. A GABAergic, Strongly Inhibitory Projection to a Thalamic Nucleus in the Zebra Finch Song System. J. Neuroscience. 1999; 19(15): 6700-6711

April 9, 2001

Joshua Gold
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington
Contextual influences on visual processing
In asssociation with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Thomas Albright:

• Lisa J. Croner and Thomas D. Albright. Seeing the big picture: Integration of image cues in the primate visual system. Neuron. 1999; 24: 777-789

April 23, 2001

Dr. Ellen Covey, Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Washington
Dynamic optimization of odor representations by slow temporal patterning of mitral cell activity
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Gilles Laurent:.

• Mark Stopfer & Gilles Laurent. Short-term memory in olfactory network dynamics. Nature. 1999; 402: 664-668
  
• Gilles Laurent, Mark Stopfer, Rainer W. Friedrich, Misha L. Rabinovich, Alexander Volkovskii, and Henry D.I. Abarbanel. Odor encoding as an active, dynamical process: Experiments, computation, and theory. Annual Rev. Neurosci. 2001; 24: 263-297

May 14, 2001

Dr. Fritz Reitz, Senior Fellow
Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington
Cells, gels and the engines of life: A fresh approach to neurobiology
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Gerald Pollack:

• Tasaki, I. Evidence for phase transition in nerve fibers, cells and synapses. Ferroelectrics. 1999; 220: 305-316

 

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September 27, 1999

David Mills, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor
VM Bloedel Hearing Research Center
The olivocochlear efferent system in cochlear development and mature cochlear function
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. M. Charles Liberman:

• Liberman, M., McFadden, S., McGee, J., and Walsh, E.J. Long-term effects of sectioning the olivocochlear bundle in neonatal cats. The Journal of Neuroscience. 1998; 18(10): 3859-3869
  
• Barhanin, J., Boulter, J., Brown, M.C., Elgoyhen, A.B., Heinemann, S.F., Liberman, M.C., Mann, J., Vetter, D.E. Role of a9 nicotinic and function of cochlear efferent innervation. Neuron. 1999; 23: 93-103
  
• Kujawa, S.G., Liberman, C. Conditioning-related protection from acoustic injury: effects of chronic deeferentation and sham surgery. The American Physiological Society. 1997; 22: 3095-3106

October 11, 1999

Is the cerebral cortex a time machine?
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Terrence Sejnowski:

• Montague, P.R. and Sejnowski, T.J. The predictive brain: temporal coincidence and temporal order in synaptic learning mechanisms. Learning & Memory. 1994; 1:1-33
  
• Huguenard, J.R., Joerges, J., Mainen, Z.F., and Sejnowski, T.J. A model of spike initiation in neocortical pyramidal neurons. Neuron 1995. 15:1427-1439

November 8, 1999

Regulation of inhibitory synaptic strength during development and following deafness
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Daniel Sanes:

• Kotak, V.C., Korada, S., Schwartz, I.R., and Sanes, D.H. A Developmental Shift from GABAergic to Glycinergic Transmission in the Central Auditory System. The Journal of Neuroscience. 1998; 18(12): 4646-4655
  
• Sanes, D.H. and Vale, C. Afferent regulation of inhibitory synaptic transmission in the developing auditory midbrain. Journal of Neuroscience. 1999. (manuscript submitted)

November 22, 1999

Dr. Zhengui Xia, Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington
Kinase signaling pathways that regulate neuronal apoptosis
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Zhengui Xia:

• Cavanaugh, J. E., Hetman, M., Kanning, K., and Xia, Z. Neuroprotection by brain-derived neurotrophic factor is mediated by extracellylar signal-regulated kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1999; 274: 22569-225580
  
• Davis, R.J., Dickens, M., Greenberg, M.E., Raingeaud, J., Xia, Z. Opposing effects of ERK and JNK-p38 MAP kinases on apoptosis. Science. 1995; 270: 1326-1331

December 7, 1999

Molecular analysis of neural crest development
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Marianne Bronner-Fraser:

• Selleck, M.A.J., Garcia-Castro, M., Artinger, K.B. and Bronner-Faser, M. Effects of Shh and noggin on neural crest formation demonstrate that BMP is required in the neural tube but not ectoderm. Development. 1998; 125: 4919-4930
  
• Martinsen, B. and Bronner-Fraser, M. Neural crest cell fate is regulated by the helix-loop-helix transcriptional regulator, Id2. Science. 1998; 281: 988-991

January 3, 2000

David Raible, Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington
Evidence that regional specification and cell type specification are coupled in the embryonic telencephalon
In assocition with the seminar to be presented by Dr. John Rubenstein:

• Sussel, L., Marin, O., Kimura, S., and Rubinstein, J.L.R. Loss of Nkx2.1 homeobox gene function results in a ventral to dorsal molecular respecification within the basal telencelphalon: evidence for a transformation of the pallidum into the striatum. Development. 1999; 126: 3359-3370
  
• Miyashita-Lin, E.M., Hevner, R., Wassarman, K.M., Martinez, S., and Rubinstein, J.L.R. Early neocortical regionalization in the absence of thalamic innervation. Science. 1999; 285: 906-909

January 18, 2000

Dr. Bharathi Jagadeesh
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington
The neural basis of visual perception of objects and scenes
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Bharathi Jagadeesh:

• Lueschow, A., Earl K. Miller, et al. Inferior Temporal Mechanisms for Invariant Object Recognition. Cerebral Cortex. 1994; 5: 523-531
  
• Sheinbergh, D.L., N. K. Logothetis. The role of temporal cortical areas in perceptual organization. Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. USA. April 1997; 94: 3408-3413

January 31, 2000

Dr. David O'Carroll, Assistant Professor
Department of Zoology, University of Washington
Evolutionary and dynamic adaptation of visual motion detectors in insects
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. David O'Carroll:

• O'Carroll, D.C., Bidwell N.J., Laughlin, S.B., and Warrant, E.J. Insect motion detectors matched to visual ecology. Nature. 1996; 382: 63-66
  
• Harris, R.A., OêCarroll, D.C., and Laughlin, S.B. Adaptation and the temporal delay filter of fly motion detectors. Vision Research. 1999; 39: 2603-2613

February 14, 2000

Dr. Robert Fern, Research Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology, University of Washington
Cerebral palsy-ischemic injury of neonatal brain
In associtation with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Robert Fern:

• Fern, R. Intracellular Calcium and Cell Death during Ischemia in Neonatal Rat White Matter Astrocytes In Situ. J. Neurosci. 1998; 18(18): 7232-7243
  
• Fern, R., Moller, T. Rapid Ischemic Cell Death in Immature Oligodendrocytes: A Fatal Glutamate Release Feedback Loop. J. Neurosci. 2000; 20(1): 34-42

March 6, 2000

Dr. Eliot Brenowitz, Professor
Departments of Zoology and Psychology, University of Washington
Cracking the electrosensory temporal filter: A tour from ethology through synaptic physiology
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Gary Rose:

• Rose, G., Fortune, E. Mechanisms for Generating Temporal Filters in the Electrosensory System. J. Exp. Biol. 1999; 202: 1281-1289
  
• Adler, T., Rose, G. Long-term Temporal Integration in the Anuran Auditory System. Nature Neuroscience. 1998; 1(6): 519-523
  
• Rose, G., Fortune, E. Frequency-Dependent PSP Depression Contributes to Low-Pass Temporal Filtering in Eigenmannia. J. Neurosci. 1999; 19(17): 7629-7639

March 27, 2000

Dr. Neil M. Nathanson, Professor
Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington
Point, counterpoint: Opposing glutamatergic and cholinergic mechanics in the brain's circadian clock
In assocition with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Martha U. Gillette:

• Gillette, M., Tischkau, S. Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: The Brainês Circadian Clock Recent Progress In Hormone Research. 1999; 54: 33-59
  
• Ding, J.M. et al. A neural ryanodine receptor mediates light-induced phase delay the circadian clock. Nature. 1998; 394: 381-384
  
• Tischkau, S. A. et al. Oscillation and Light Induction of timeless mRNA in the Mammalian Circadian Clock. J. Neurosci. 1999; 19: 1-6

April 10, 2000

Dr. Neil M. Nathanson, Professor
Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington
Analyzing synapse formation in mutant and transgenic mice
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Joshua R. Sanes:

• Grady, R. Mark et al. Maturation and Maintenance of the Neuromuscular Synapse: Genetic Evidence for Roles of the Dystrophin-Glycoprotein Complex. Neuron. Feb. 2000; 25: 279-293
  
• Feng, Guoping et al. Roles for Ephrins in Positionally Selective Synaptogenesis between Motor Neurons and Muscle Fibers. Neuron. Feb. 2000; 25: 295-306

May 8, 2000

Dr. James Thomas
Department of Genetics, University of Washington
Regulation of locomotory activity and periodicity by CaM kinase II in C. elegans
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. James Thomas

 

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September 28, 1998

Dr. Edwin Rubel, Professor
Departments of Physiology & Biophysics, Otolaryngology, and Neurological Surgery, University of Washington
MRNA trafficking in neurons: Role in synapse plasticity
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Oswald Steward:

• Steward, Oswald, Wallace, Christopher S., Lyford, Gregory L., and Worley, Paul F. Synaptic Activation Causes the mRNA for the Immediate Early Gene Arc to Localize Selectively Near Activated Postsynaptic Sites on Neuronal Dendrites. In press Neuron.
  
• Wallace, C.S., Mehra, A., Lyford, G.L., Worley, P.F., and Steward, Oswald. Behavioral Induction of the Dendritic mRNA Arc. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia School of Medicine
  
• Wallace, Christopher S., Lyford, Gregory L., Worley, Paul F., and Steward, Oswald. Differential Intracellular Sorting of Immediate Early Gene mRNAs Depends on Signals in the mRNA Sequence. Journal of Neuroscience 18(1): 26-35

October 12, 1998

Dr. Bruce Tempel, Associate Professor
Departments of Pharmacology and Otolaryngology, University of Washington
From K+ channels to Ca++ pumps; The positional cloning of the deafwaddler mouse mutant
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Bruce Tempel:

• Carafoli, E., and Stauffer, T. The plasma membrane calcium pump: Functional domains, regulation of the activity, and tissue specificity of isoform expression. J. Neurobiol. 1994; 25: 312-324
  
• Yamoah, E.N., Kumpkin, E.A., Dumont, R.A., Smith, P.J.S., Hudspeth, A.J., and Gillespie, P.G. Plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase extrudes Ca2+ from hair cell sterocilia. J. Neurosci. 1998; 18: 610-624
  
• Street, V.A., McKee-Johnson, J.W., Fonseca, R.C., Tempel, B.L., and Noben-Trauth, K. Mutations in a plasma membrane calcium ATPase gene cause deafness in deafwaddler mice. Nature Genetics. 1998; 19: 390-394

October 26, 1998

Dr. James Truman, Professor
Department of Zoology, University of Washington
Insect ecdysis: A model system for examining the role of peptides and cyclic nucleotides in organizing behavioral sequences
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. James Truman:

• Gammie SC and Truman JW. Neuropeptide Hierarchies and the Activation of Sequential Motor Behaviors in the Hawkmoth, Manduca sexta. J. The Journal of Neuroscience. June 1, 1997; 17(11): 4389-4397
  
• Gammie, S. and Truman, J. An endogenous elevation of cGMP increases the excitability of identified insect neurosecretory cells. J. Comp Physiol A. 1997; 180: 329-337.
  
• Ewer, J., Gammie, S., and Truman, J. Control of Insect Ecdysis by a Positive-Feedback Endocrine System: Roles of Eclosion Hormone and Ecdysis Triggering Hormone. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 1997; 200: 869-881

November 13, 1998

Temporal binding and response selection in the visual system
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr.Andreas Engel:

• Engel AK, Roelfsema PR, Fries P, Brecht M, Singer W. Role of the temporal domain for response selection and perceptual binding. Cerebral Cortex. 1997; 7: 571-582
  
• Singer W, Engel AK, Kreiter AK, Munk MHJ, Neuenschwander S, Roelfsema PR. Neuronal assemblies: necessity, significance, and detectability. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 1997; 1: 252-261

November 24, 1998

Guidance of nerve growth cones by diffusible factors
In association with the seminar to be presented by Mu-Ming Poo:

• Song H., Mong G., He Z., Lehmann M., McKerracher L., Tessier-Lavigne M., Poo M. Conversion of Neuronal Growth Cone Responses from Repulsion to Attraction by Cyclic Nucleotides. Science. 1998l 281: 1515-1518
  
• Ming G., Song H., Berninger B., Holt C., Tessier-Lavigne M., Poo M. cAMP-Dependent Growth Cone Guidance by Netrin-1. Neuron. 1997; 19: 1225-1235

December 7, 1998

Edwin Rubel, Professor
Departments of Physiology & Biophysics, Otolaryngology, and Neurological Surgery, University of Washington

Evolutionary developmental biology meets the brain: The origins of mammalian cortex
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Edwin Rubel:

• Karten, H. Evolutionary developmental biology meets the brain: The origins of mammalian cortex. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. April 1997; 94: 2800-2804
  
• Luksch, H., Cox, K., and Karten, H. Bottlebrush Dendritic Endings and Large Dendritic Fields: Motion-Detecting Neurons in the Tectofugal Pathway. J Comp Neurol. 1998 Jul 6; 396(3): 399-414

January 4, 1999

Mechanisms of signal transduction and development in the vertebrate olfactory system
In association with the seminar to be presented by John Ngai:.

• Barth, A.L., J.C. Dugas, and J. Ngai. Noncoordinate expression of odorant receptor genes tightly linked in the zebrafish genome. Neuron. 1997; 19: 359-369
  
• Dynes, J.L. and J. Ngai. Pathfinding of olfactory neuron axons to stereotyped glomerular targets revealed by dynamic imaging in living zebrafish embryos. Neuron. 1998; 20: 1081-1091

January 19, 2000

Neural representations of sensory and motor events: An oculomotor perspective
In association with the seminar to be presented by David Sparks:

• Jay, M.F., Sparks, D.L. Auditory receptive Fields in Primate Superior Colliculus Shift with Changes in Eye Position. Nature. 1984; 309: 345-347
  
• Sparks, D.L. Lee, C., Rohrer, W.H. Population Coding of the Direction, Amplitude, and Velocity of Saccadic Eye Movements by Neurons in the Superior Colliculus. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 1990; LV: 805-811

February 1, 1999

Events that commit neurons to apoptosis
In association with the seminar to be presented by Eugene Johnson:

• Milbrandt, J. et. Al. Persephin, a Novel Neurotrophic Factor Related to GDNF and Neurturin. Neuron. 1998; 20: 245-253
  
• Deshmukh, M., Johnson, E.M. Evidence of a Novel Event during Neuronal Death: Development of Competence-to-Die in response to Cytoplasmic Cytochrome c. Neuron. 1998; 21: 695-705

February 18, 2000

Dr. Cecilia Moens, Associate Member,
Department of Basic Science, FHCRC
Mechanisms of hindbrain and head segmentation in the zebrafish
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Cecilia Moens:

• Moens, C.B., Yan, Y-L., Appel, B., Force, A., and Kimmel, C.B. Valentino: a zebrafish gene required for normal hindbrain segmentation. Development. 1996; 122: 3981-3990
  
• Moens, C.B., Cordes, S., Giorgianni, M.W., Barsh, G., and Kimmel, C.B. Equivalence in the genetic control of hindbrain segmentation in fish and mice. Development. 1998; 125: 381-391

March 15, 1999

Regulation of ion channels and transporters by phosphatidylinositides
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Donald Hilgemann:

• Huang, C., Feng, S., Hilgemann, D.W. Direct activation of inward rectifier potassium channels by PIP2 and its stabilization by Gby. Nature. 1998; 391: 803-806
  
• Hilgemann, D.W., Ball, R. Regulation of Cardiac Na+, Ca2+ Exchanges and Katp Potassium Channels by PIP2. Science. 1996; 273: 956-959

March 29, 1999

The ins and outs of synaptic vesicles
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Robert Edwards:

• Reimer, R.J., Fon, E.A., Edwards, R.H. Vesicular neurotransmitter transport and the presynaptic regulation of quantal size. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 1998; 8: 405-412
  
• E.A. Fon et al. Vesicular transport regulates monoamine storage and release but is not essential for amphetamine action. Neuron. 1997; 19: 1271-1283

April 12, 1999

Mechanisms of plasticity in developing visual cortex
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Michael Stryker:

• Crair, M.C., Gillespie, D.G., and Stryker, M.P. The role of visual experience in the development of columns in cat visual cortex. Science. 1998; 279: 566-570
  
• Pham, T., Impey, S., Storm, D.R. and Stryker, M.P. CRE-mediated gene transcription in neocortical neuronal plasticity during the developmental critical period. Neuron. 1999; 22: 63-72
  
• Hata, Y., Tsumoto, T., and Stryker, M.P. Selective pruning of more active afferents when cat visual cortex is pharmacologically inhibited. Neuron. 1999; 22: 375-381

May 10, 1999

Visual cortex and guidance during locomotion
In association with the upcoming seminar:

• Lombar, S.G., Payne, B.R., Cornwell, P., and Long, K.D. Perceptual and cognitive visual functions of parietal and temporal cortices in the cat. Cerebral Cortex. 1996; 6: 673:695

 

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January 8, 1998

Erin Coulter, N&B Graduate Student
Second language learning and the brain
In association with the upcoming seminar:

• Perani, D., Dehaene, S., Grassi, F., Cohen, L., Cappa, S.F., Dupoux, E., Fazio, F. and Mehler, J. Brain processing of native and foreign languages. Neuroreport. 1996; 7: 2439-2444
  
• Neville, N.J., Coffey, S.A., Lawson, D.S., Fischer, A., Emmorey, K., Bellugi, U. Neural Systems mediating American Sign Language: Effects of sensory experience and age of acquisition. Brain and Language. 1997; 57: 285-308

January 15, 1998

Scott Votaw, N&B Graduate Student
Coding of movements by neurons in the motor cortex
In association with the upcoming seminar:

• Scott, S.H., and Kalaska, J.F. Changes in motor cortex activity during reaching movements with similar hand paths but different arm postures. Journal of Neurophysiology. 1995; 73(6): 2563-2567
  
• Scott, S.H., and Kalaska, J.F. Reaching movements with similar hand paths but different arm orientations. I. Activity of individual cells in motor cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology. 1997; 77: 8263-852

January 22, 1998

Dr. Randall T. Moon, Professor
Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington
Role of WNT signaling in Specifying neural crest cells
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Randall Moon:

• Ikeya et al. Wnt signaling required for expansion of neural crest and CNS progenitors. Nature. 1997; 389: 966-970
  
• Saint-Jeannet et al. Regulation of dorsal fate in the neuraxis by Wnt-1 and Wnt-3a. PNAS. 1997; 94: 13713-13718

January 26, 1998

Matthew Cunningham, N&B Graduate Student
Role of dopamine receptors in reward pathways
In association with the upcoming seminar:

• Ikemoto, S., Glazier, B. S. Murphy, J.M., McBride, W.J. Role of dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens in mediating reward. J. Neuroscience. 1997; 17(21): 8580-8587
  
• Maldonado, R., Salardi, A., Valverde, O., Samad, T.A., Roques, B.P., Borrelli, E. Absence of opiate rewarding effects in mice lacking dopamine D2 receptors. Nature. 1997; 388: 586-589

February 5, 1998

Dr. Katherine Graubard, Research Professor
Department of Zoology, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Katherine Graubard:

• Russell, D.F. and Hartline, D.K. Bursting Neural Networks: A Reexamination. Science. 1978; 200: 453-456
  
• Rekling, J.C. and Feldman, J.L. Calcium-dependent plateau potentials in rostral ambiguous neurons in the newborn mouse brain stem in vitro. J. Neurophysiol.. 1997; 78: 2483-2492

February 12, 1998

Steve Poser, N&B Graduate Student
Modulation of axonal guidance by the cAMP/PKA signal transduction cascade
In association with the upcoming seminar:

• Ming, Gou-li, et al. CAMP-Dependent Growth Cone Guidance by Netrin-1. Neuron. 1997; 19: 1225-1235
  
• Song, Hong-jun et al. CAMP-Induced Switching in Turning Direction of Nerve Growth Cones. Nature. 1997; 388: 275-279

February 26, 1998

Anastasia Pantelias, N&B Graduate Student
The neuroethology of an auditory system in tiger beetles that may help in escaping predation by bats
In association with the upcoming seminar:

• Yager, D.D., and Spangler, H.G. Behavioral response to ultrasound by the tiger beetle Cicindela marutha Dow combines aerodynamic changes and sound production. J. Exp. Biol. 1997; 200: 649-659
  
• Yager, D.D., and Spngler, H.G. Characterization of auditory afferents in the tiger beetle, Cicindela marutha Dow. J. Comp Physiol A. 1995; 176: 587-600
  
• Hoy, R.R., Nolen, T.G., and Brodfuehrer, P.D. The neuroethology of acoustic startle and escape in flying insects. J. Exp. Biol.. 1989; 146: 287-306

March 12, 1998

Dr. Zhengui Xia, Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Zhengui Xia:

• Davidson, F.F. Steller, H. Blocking apoptosis prevents blindness in Drosophila retinal degeneration mutants. Nature. 1998; 391(6667): 587-591
  
• Raff, M.C., Barres, B.A., Burne, J.F., Coles, H.S., Ishizaki, Y. and Jacobson, M.D. Programmed Cell Death and the Control of Cell Survival: Lessons from the Nervous System. Science. 1993; 262: 695-700
  
• Peter, M.E., Heufelder, A.E. and Hengartner, M.O. Advances in apoptosis research. PNAS. 1997; 94: 12736-12737
  
• Stefanis, L., Burke, R.E. and Greene, L.A. Apoptosis in neurodegenerative disorders. Current Opinion in Neurology. 1997; 10: 299-305
  
• Thompson, C.B. Apoptosis in the pathogenesis and treatment of disease. Science. 1995; 267: 1456-1462

April 2, 1998

Dopamine and reward part deux: Its involvement in feeding behavior
In association with the upcoming seminar:

• Wilson, C., Nomikos, G., Collu, M. and Fibiger, H. Dopaminergic correlates of motivated behavior: importance of drive. J Neurosci. 1995; 15(7): 5169-5178
  
• Mirenowicz, J. and Schultz, W. Preferential activation of midbrain dopamine neurons by appetitive rather than aversive stimuli. Nature. 1996; 379: 449-51

April 9, 1998

Dr. Bertil Hille, Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington
Chili peppers: Expression cloning of a spice receptor and discovering its surprising meaning as a heat/pain receptor and structure as an ion channel
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Bertil Hille:

• Caterina et al. The capsaicin receptor: a heat-activated ion channel in the pain pathway. Nature. Oct. 23, 1997; 389: 816.

April 16, 1998

Christie Robertson, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the upcoming seminar:

• F. Wang, A. Nemes, M. Mendelsohn, and R. Axel. Odorant Receptors Govern the Formation of a Precise Topographic Map. Cell 1998; 93: 47-60

April 30, 1998

Mark Ruffo, N&B Graduate Student
In association with the upcoming seminar:

• H. Boecker, A. Dagher, A.O. Ceballos-Baumann, R.E. Passingham, M. Samuel, K.J. Friston, J.B. Poline, C. Dettmers, B. Conrad, and D.J. Brooks. Role of the Human Rostral Supplementary Motor Area and the Basal Ganglia in Motor Sequence Control: Investigations with H215 O PET. J. Neurophysiology. 1998; 79: 1070-1080
  
• N. Sadato, G. Campbell, V. Ibanez, M.P. Deiber, and M. Hallett. Complexity Affects Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Change during Sequential Finger Movements. J. Neuroscience. 1996; 16(8): 2693-2700

May 7, 1998

Jim Truman, Professor
Department of Zoology, University of Washington
The molecular basis for naturally occurring behavioral polymorphisms in Drosophila
In association with the seminar to be presented by James Surmeier:

• Osborne, K.A., et al. Natural behavior polymorphism due to a cGMP-dependent protein kinase of Drosophila. Science. 1997; 277: 834-836
  
• Sokolowski, Pereira, and Hughes. Evolution of foraging behavior in Drosophila by density-dependent selection. PNAS. 1997; 94: 7373-7377

May 14, 1998

John Hohmann, N&B Graduate Student
Repast and reproduction: Is leptin the likely link?
In association with the seminar to be presented by Janis Weeks:

• Ahima, R., et al. Role of Leptin in the neuroendocrine response to fasting. Nature. July 1996; 382(18): 250-252
  
• Strobel, A. et al. Leptin missense mutation associated with hypogonadism and morbid obesity. Nature Genetics. March 1998; 18: 213-215
  
• Friedman, J.M. Leptin, Letptin Receptors, and the Control of Body Weight. Nutrition Reviews. 56(2): S38-S46

May 28, 1998

Vesta Hartman, N&B Graduate Student
The mysterious area X
In association with the seminar to be presented by Dr. Daniel Margoliash:

• Sohrabji, F., Nordeen, E.J., and Nordeen, K.W., Selective Impairment of Song Learning following Lesions of a Forebrain Nucleus in the Juvenile Zebra Finch. Behavioral and Neural Biology. 1990; 53: 51-63
  
• Doupe, A.J. Song- and Order-Selective Neurons in the Songbird Anterior Forebrain and their Emergence during Vocal Development. The Journal of Neuroscience. 1997; 17(3): 1147-67

 

 

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