Nature Reviews Neuroscience contents September 2014 Volume 15 Number 9 pp 563-627

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September 2014 Volume 15 Number 9
Impact Factor 31.376 *	In this issue Research Highlights Progress Reviews Perspectives Also this month  Featured article: Peripheral thermosensation in mammals Joris Vriens, Bernd Nilius & Thomas Voets
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Top Metabolism: Sugar on the brain p563 | doi:10.1038/nrn3812 High levels of central transforming growth factor-β1 induce hypothalamic inflammation and lead to hyperglycaemia and glucose intolerance. PDF Synaptic plasticity: A homeostatic messenger p564 | doi:10.1038/nrn3808 Endostatin acts as a trans-synaptic signal to promote presynaptic homeostasis at the fly neuromuscular junction. PDF Neural circuits: Putting a stop to feeding p564 | doi:10.1038/nrn3809 A subpopulation of neurons in a subdivision of the central amygdala have been found to mediate diverse anorexigenic signals. PDF Neurodegenerative disease: Propagating pathology p565 | doi:10.1038/nrn3802 Mutant huntingtin pathology is shown to propagate between neurons and contribute to neurodegeneration. PDF Oscillations: A dynamic role for astrocytes p566 | doi:10.1038/nrn3810 Astrocytes contribute to the maintenance of fast synchronous activity in the hippocampus and have a role in recognition memory. PDF IN BRIEF Reward: Loving food too much | Synaptic plasticity: Motility movers and shakers | Neurodevelopmental disorders: Brain–gut connection in autism? | Neurodegenerative disease: Faulty splicing in Huntington's disease | Sensory processing: Mixed-up mitral cells | Pain: Finding motivation in pain | Ageing: Synaptic slide into old age | Decision making: Off the hook PDF Neuroscience JOBS of the week Assistant Professor - Behavioral Neuroscience Villanova University Faculty Position in Neuroscience The Stowers Institute for Medical Research PhD Scholarship in Behavioral Neuroscience Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (Singapore) Postdoctoral Fellow in Developmental Neuroscience Children's National Medical Center Lab Technician in Neuroscience and Metabolism (Baylor College of Medicine) Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) More Science jobs from Neuroscience EVENT Fraunhofer Chile Translational Neuroscience Symposium 07.11.14 Santiago, Chile More science events from
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Localized GABAergic inhibition of dendritic Ca2+ signalling Michael J. Higley p567 | doi:10.1038/nrn3803 Inhibitory GABAergic synapses on dendritic spines and shafts have a key role in the localized regulation of neuronal Ca2+ signalling. In this Progress article, Higley explains how the influences of dendritic inhibition on electrical and biochemical activity in neurons shape synaptic plasticity. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
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Peripheral thermosensation in mammals Joris Vriens, Bernd Nilius & Thomas Voets p573 | doi:10.1038/nrn3784 The ability of sensory neurons to sense temperature is dependent on thermosensitive ion channels. In this Review, Voets and colleagues examine the ion channels — notably, the transient receptor potential cation channels — that have been implicated in the detection of temperature in mammals. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Fly visual course control: behaviour, algorithms and circuits Alexander Borst p590 | doi:10.1038/nrn3799 Recent developments in genetic techniques and monitoring neuronal activity are allowing the roles of different neurons in various fly behaviours to be probed. In light of this progress, Alexander Borst reviews the neuronal circuits underlying visual course control in Drosophila melanogaster. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Integrating the active process of hair cells with cochlear function A. J. Hudspeth 600 | doi:10.1038/nrn3786 The sensitivity, frequency resolution and dynamic range of hearing depend upon the cochlear active process, a mechanical-amplification system within the cochlea. In this Review, Hudspeth summarizes evidence that these features result from the operation of hair cells near a dynamical instability, the Hopf bifurcation. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
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OPINION Intrinsically different retinal progenitor cells produce specific types of progeny Connie Cepko p615 | doi:10.1038/nrn3767 Retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) produce all of the retina's cells through an evolutionarily conserved series of divisions and cell fate decisions. In this article, Cepko describes recent studies that have shed light on the intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms that drive this process and argues that individual terminally dividing RPCs are molecularly specified to produce particular progeny. Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Supplementary information
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