Nature Reviews Neuroscience contents August 2017 Volume 18 Number 8 pp 451-509

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August 2017 Volume 18 Number 8
2016 2-year Impact Factor 28.880 Journal Metrics 2-year Median 23	In this issue Research Highlights Progress Reviews Also this month  Featured article: Mammalian empathy: behavioural manifestations and neural basis Frans B. M. de Waal & Stephanie D. Preston
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Top Neural circuits: The influence of hunger p451 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.93 In mice, hypothalamic agouti-related peptide-expressing neurons modulate food-cue-associated insular cortex activity to influence behaviour. PDF Neuroimmunology: Mistaken identity p452 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.87 Fragments of the protein α-synuclein, which accumulates in substantia nigra neurons in Parkinson disease, are expressed on the surface of these substantia nigra neurons and induce a form of autoimmunity that could account for the degeneration of these cells in the disease. PDF Gut-brain communication: Making contact p452 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.89 Enterochromaffin cells in the gut epithelium act as chemosensors and can modulate neural function in response to intestinal signals. PDF Psychiatric disorders: A sensitive window p453 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.84 In mice, postnatal stress leads to long-lasting changes in transcription in the ventral tegmental area, sensitizing the brain to stress later in life. PDF Sensory systems: Tasting the water p454 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.82 Water in the external environment is detected by acid-sensing taste receptor cells via a carbonic anhydrase 4-mediated pH change. PDF Microglia: A protective population? p454 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.83 Disease progression in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease is associated with the appearance of a population of disease-associated microglia that can phagocytose amyloid-β. PDF Neural coding: Face values p456 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.81 Neurons in the 'face patch' system in macaques code features of realistic faces along various continuous axes. PDF Pain: A painful loss of inhibition p456 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.88 The development of chronic neuropathic pain is associated with cortical hyperexcitability and a marked decrease in inhibition, particularly from cortical somatostatin-expressing interneurons. PDF Cancer: Appetite suppressors p457 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.86 Calcitonin gene-related peptide-expressing neurons in the external parabrachial nucleus can drive cancer-induced anorexia in mice. PDF IN BRIEF Neural circuits: Hanging in the balance | Learning and memory: Catching fear memories | Neural development: Regional influence | Neurodegenerative disorders: Amyloid clearance PDF Nature Reviews Neuroscience JOBS of the week Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Systems Neuroscience University of Sussex Research Fellow: Neuroscience of Pain, Analgesics, AAV Gene Therapy Job Mayo Clinic Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience Western Washington University Postdoctoral position in Neuroscience: neural networks underlying behavior Max Planck Society, caesar Post-doctoral Fellow / Staff Scientist in Developmental Neuroscience Children's National Health Systems More Science jobs from Nature Reviews Neuroscience EVENT 3rd Annual Neuroscience R&D Technologies Conference 28.09.17 London, UK More science events from
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Neural circuits underlying thirst and fluid homeostasis Christopher A. Zimmerman, David E. Leib & Zachary A. Knight p459 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.71 Thirst is a homeostatic response to changes in fluid balance and is governed by a set of interconnected brain structures known as the lamina terminalis. In this Progress article, Knight and colleagues summarize recent updates to our understanding of the neural circuitry underlying thirst and drinking behaviour in mammals. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
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Neuroimmunology and neuroepigenetics in the establishment of sex differences in the brain Margaret M. McCarthy, Bridget M. Nugent & Kathryn M. Lenz p471 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.61 Sex differences in behaviour and disease vulnerability are mirrored by the cellular and molecular sexual dimorphism of the brain. McCarthy and colleagues review findings that have highlighted the roles of inflammation and epigenetics in sex-specific brain differentiation and function. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Taste buds: cells, signals and synapses Stephen D. Roper & Nirupa Chaudhari p485 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.68 Mammals detect the nutrient content, palatability and potential toxicity of food through taste buds that are present mainly in the tongue. In this Review, Roper and Chaudhari discuss the taste bud cells, receptors and transmitters that are involved in taste detection, how these cells communicate with sensory afferent fibres, and peripheral taste coding. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Mammalian empathy: behavioural manifestations and neural basis Frans B. M. de Waal & Stephanie D. Preston p498 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.72 Empathy is a characteristic of all mammals that ranges from being sensitive to another's emotions to adopting their perspective. In this Review, de Waal and Preston discuss current hypotheses concerning how the emotional states of others are understood in a variety of species. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Erratum: Non-motor features of Parkinson disease Anthony H. V. Schapira, K. Ray Chaudhuri & Peter Jenner p509 | doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.91 Full Text | PDF
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