Editorial Focus

Cynthia M. Hingtgen

A New "Kine" of Pain: MCP-1 and Sensory Neuron Excitability. Focus on "MCP-1 Enhances Excitability of Nociceptive Neurons in Chronically Compressed Dorsal Root Ganglia"
J Neurophysiol 96: 2171-2172, 2006. First published June 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00611.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leonard Maler

Gamma Oscillations, Synaptic Depression, and the Enhancement of Spatiotemporal Processing. Focus on "Global Electrosensory Oscillations Enhance Directional Responses of Midbrain Neurons in Eigenmannia"
J Neurophysiol 96: 2173-2174, 2006. First published July 12, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00665.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert A. Wheeler and Regina M. Carelli

The Neuroscience of Pleasure. Focus on "Ventral Pallidum Firing Codes Hedonic Reward: When a Bad Taste Turns Good"
J Neurophysiol 96: 2175-2176, 2006. First published August 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00727.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Articles

Laura M. Hurley

Different Serotonin Receptor Agonists Have Distinct Effects on Sound-Evoked Responses in Inferior Colliculus
J Neurophysiol 96: 2177-2188, 2006. First published July 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00046.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. H. Sun, B. Yang, D. F. Donnelly, C. Ma, and R. H. LaMotte

MCP-1 Enhances Excitability of Nociceptive Neurons in Chronically Compressed Dorsal Root Ganglia
J Neurophysiol 96: 2189-2199, 2006. First published June 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00222.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah M. Jones and Robert H. Lee

Fast Amplification of Dynamic Synaptic Inputs in Spinal Motoneurons In Vivo
J Neurophysiol 96: 2200-2206, 2006. First published July 5, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00537.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong Ren, Xiaoju Zou, Li Fang, and Qing Lin

Involvement of Peripheral Purinoceptors in Sympathetic Modulation of Capsaicin-Induced Sensitization of Primary Afferent Fibers
J Neurophysiol 96: 2207-2216, 2006. First published August 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00502.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mariela F. Perez, Francis J. White, and Xiu-Ti Hu

Dopamine D₂ Receptor Modulation of K⁺ Channel Activity Regulates Excitability of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons at Different Membrane Potentials
J Neurophysiol 96: 2217-2228, 2006. First published August 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00254.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bénédicte Schepens and Trevor Drew

Descending Signals From the Pontomedullary Reticular Formation Are Bilateral, Asymmetric, and Gated During Reaching Movements in the Cat
J Neurophysiol 96: 2229-2252, 2006. First published July 12, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00342.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel L. Adams and Jonathan C. Horton

Monocular Cells Without Ocular Dominance Columns
J Neurophysiol 96: 2253-2264, 2006. First published July 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00131.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Radi Masri, Jason C. Trageser, Tatiana Bezdudnaya, Ying Li, and Asaf Keller

Cholinergic Regulation of the Posterior Medial Thalamic Nucleus
J Neurophysiol 96: 2265-2273, 2006. First published July 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00476.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Céline Jean-Xavier, Jean-François Pflieger, Sylvie Liabeuf, and Laurent Vinay

Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials in Lumbar Motoneurons Remain Depolarizing After Neonatal Spinal Cord Transection in the Rat
J Neurophysiol 96: 2274-2281, 2006. First published June 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00328.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Congyi Lu, Zhanyan Fu, Irina Karavanov, Robert P. Yasuda, Barry B. Wolfe, Andres Buonanno, and Stefano Vicini

NMDA Receptor Subtypes at Autaptic Synapses of Cerebellar Granule Neurons
J Neurophysiol 96: 2282-2294, 2006. First published August 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00078.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samuel D. Gale and David J. Perkel

Physiological Properties of Zebra Finch Ventral Tegmental Area and Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta Neurons
J Neurophysiol 96: 2295-2306, 2006. First published July 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.01040.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clifton C. Rumsey and L. F. Abbott

Synaptic Democracy in Active Dendrites
J Neurophysiol 96: 2307-2318, 2006. First published July 12, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00149.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. U. Ramcharitar, E. W. Tan, and E. S. Fortune

Global Electrosensory Oscillations Enhance Directional Responses of Midbrain Neurons in Eigenmannia
J Neurophysiol 96: 2319-2326, 2006. First published June 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00311.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna Dreyer and Bertrand Delgutte

Phase Locking of Auditory-Nerve Fibers to the Envelopes of High-Frequency Sounds: Implications for Sound Localization
J Neurophysiol 96: 2327-2341, 2006. First published June 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00326.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tony Kelly and John Church

Relationships Between Calcium and pH in the Regulation of the Slow Afterhyperpolarization in Cultured Rat Hippocampal Neurons
J Neurophysiol 96: 2342-2353, 2006. First published August 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.01269.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhishang Zhou, Wenhui Xiong, Arjun V. Masurkar, Wei R. Chen, and Gordon M. Shepherd

Dendritic Calcium Plateau Potentials Modulate Input–Output Properties of Juxtaglomerular Cells in the Rat Olfactory Bulb
J Neurophysiol 96: 2354-2363, 2006. First published July 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00003.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica R. Risner and Jeffrey R. Holt

Heterogeneous Potassium Conductances Contribute to the Diverse Firing Properties of Postnatal Mouse Vestibular Ganglion Neurons
J Neurophysiol 96: 2364-2376, 2006. First published July 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00523.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Elizabeth Boudreau, Tori H. Williford, and John H. R. Maunsell

Effects of Task Difficulty and Target Likelihood in Area V4 of Macaque Monkeys
J Neurophysiol 96: 2377-2387, 2006. First published July 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.01072.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ranjan Batra

Responses of Neurons in the Ventral Nucleus of the Lateral Lemniscus to Sinusoidally Amplitude Modulated Tones
J Neurophysiol 96: 2388-2398, 2006. First published August 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00442.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amy J. Tindell, Kyle S. Smith, Susana Peciña, Kent C. Berridge, and J. Wayne Aldridge

Ventral Pallidum Firing Codes Hedonic Reward: When a Bad Taste Turns Good
J Neurophysiol 96: 2399-2409, 2006. First published August 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00576.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Video]  

Frédéric Brocard, Dorly Verdier, Isabel Arsenault, James P. Lund, and Arlette Kolta

Emergence of Intrinsic Bursting in Trigeminal Sensory Neurons Parallels the Acquisition of Mastication in Weanling Rats
J Neurophysiol 96: 2410-2424, 2006. First published August 16, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00352.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuanming Wu, Wengang Wang, and George B. Richerson

The Transmembrane Sodium Gradient Influences Ambient GABA Concentration by Altering the Equilibrium of GABA Transporters
J Neurophysiol 96: 2425-2436, 2006. First published July 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00545.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Céline Lavialle-Defaix, Hélène Gautier, Antoine Defaix, Bruno Lapied, and Françoise Grolleau

Differential Regulation of Two Distinct Voltage-Dependent Sodium Currents by Group III Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Activation in Insect Pacemaker Neurons
J Neurophysiol 96: 2437-2450, 2006. First published August 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00588.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yan Gai and Laurel H. Carney

Temporal Measures and Neural Strategies for Detection of Tones in Noise Based on Responses in Anteroventral Cochlear Nucleus
J Neurophysiol 96: 2451-2464, 2006. First published August 16, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00471.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jisue Lee and Chun-Fang Wu

Genetic Modifications of Seizure Susceptibility and Expression by Altered Excitability in Drosophila Na⁺ and K⁺ Channel Mutants
J Neurophysiol 96: 2465-2478, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00499.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qing Yang, Andrew D. Sumner, Henry L. Puhl, and Victor Ruiz-Velasco

M₁ and M₂ Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes Mediate Ca²⁺ Channel Current Inhibition in Rat Sympathetic Stellate Ganglion Neurons
J Neurophysiol 96: 2479-2487, 2006. First published September 27, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00093.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. M. Norris, E. M. Blalock, O. Thibault, L. D. Brewer, G. V. Clodfelter, N. M. Porter, and P. W. Landfield

Electrophysiological Mechanisms of Delayed Excitotoxicity: Positive Feedback Loop Between NMDA Receptor Current and Depolarization-Mediated Glutamate Release
J Neurophysiol 96: 2488-2500, 2006. First published August 16, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00593.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mackenzie E. Hofmann, Ben Nahir, and Charles J. Frazier

Endocannabinoid-Mediated Depolarization-Induced Suppression of Inhibition in Hilar Mossy Cells of the Rat Dentate Gyrus
J Neurophysiol 96: 2501-2512, 2006. First published June 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00310.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura C. Geran and Susan P. Travers

Single Neurons in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract Respond Selectively to Bitter Taste Stimuli
J Neurophysiol 96: 2513-2527, 2006. First published August 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00607.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]  

Li Bai, Xiaoying Huang, Qian Yang, and Jian-Young Wu

Spatiotemporal Patterns of an Evoked Network Oscillation in Neocortical Slices: Coupled Local Oscillators
J Neurophysiol 96: 2528-2538, 2006. First published July 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00645.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhen-Yu Zhou, Qun-Fang Wan, Pratima Thakur, and Ruth Heidelberger

Capacitance Measurements in the Mouse Rod Bipolar Cell Identify a Pool of Releasable Synaptic Vesicles
J Neurophysiol 96: 2539-2548, 2006. First published August 16, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00688.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. C. Canavier and R. S. Landry

An Increase in AMPA and a Decrease in SK Conductance Increase Burst Firing by Different Mechanisms in a Model of a Dopamine Neuron In Vivo
J Neurophysiol 96: 2549-2563, 2006. First published August 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00704.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wim van Drongelen, Henner Koch, Frank P. Elsen, Hyong C. Lee, Ana Mrejeru, Erin Doren, Charles J. Marcuccilli, Mark Hereld, Rick L. Stevens, and Jan-Marino Ramirez

Role of Persistent Sodium Current in Bursting Activity of Mouse Neocortical Networks In Vitro
J Neurophysiol 96: 2564-2577, 2006. First published July 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00446.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benjamin R. Townsend, Liam Paninski, and Roger N. Lemon

Linear Encoding of Muscle Activity in Primary Motor Cortex and Cerebellum
J Neurophysiol 96: 2578-2592, 2006. First published June 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.01086.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ying-Wan Lam, Christopher S. Nelson, and S. Murray Sherman

Mapping of the Functional Interconnections Between Thalamic Reticular Neurons Using Photostimulation
J Neurophysiol 96: 2593-2600, 2006. First published July 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00555.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joy J. Geng, Evelyn Eger, Christian C. Ruff, Árni Kristjánsson, Pia Rotshtein, and Jon Driver

On-Line Attentional Selection From Competing Stimuli in Opposite Visual Fields: Effects on Human Visual Cortex and Control Processes
J Neurophysiol 96: 2601-2612, 2006. First published July 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.01245.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Torres and Richard Andersen

Space–Time Separation During Obstacle-Avoidance Learning in Monkeys
J Neurophysiol 96: 2613-2632, 2006. First published July 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00188.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomohiko Irie, Iwao Fukui, and Harunori Ohmori

Activation of GIRK Channels by Muscarinic Receptors and Group II Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Suppresses Golgi Cell Activity in the Cochlear Nucleus of Mice
J Neurophysiol 96: 2633-2644, 2006. First published July 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00396.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomer Shmiel, Rotem Drori, Oren Shmiel, Yoram Ben-Shaul, Zoltan Nadasdy, Moshe Shemesh, Mina Teicher, and Moshe Abeles

Temporally Precise Cortical Firing Patterns Are Associated With Distinct Action Segments
J Neurophysiol 96: 2645-2652, 2006. First published August 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00798.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. H. Rowe and E. H. Peterson

Autocorrelation Analysis of Hair Bundle Structure in the Utricle
J Neurophysiol 96: 2653-2669, 2006. First published August 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00565.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Morten Smith and Jean-François Perrier

Intrinsic Properties Shape the Firing Pattern of Ventral Horn Interneurons From the Spinal Cord of the Adult Turtle
J Neurophysiol 96: 2670-2677, 2006. First published August 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00609.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victor Gurfinkel, Timothy W. Cacciatore, Paul Cordo, Fay Horak, John Nutt, and Rachel Skoss

Postural Muscle Tone in the Body Axis of Healthy Humans
J Neurophysiol 96: 2678-2687, 2006. First published July 12, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00406.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Babak A. Kachoei, Ronald J. Knox, Didier Uthuza, Simon Levy, Leonard K. Kaczmarek, and Neil S. Magoski

A Store-Operated Ca²⁺ Influx Pathway in the Bag Cell Neurons of Aplysia
J Neurophysiol 96: 2688-2698, 2006. First published August 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00118.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert M. McPeek

Incomplete Suppression of Distractor-Related Activity in the Frontal Eye Field Results in Curved Saccades
J Neurophysiol 96: 2699-2711, 2006. First published August 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00564.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Huan Luo, Yadong Wang, David Poeppel, and Jonathan Z. Simon

Concurrent Encoding of Frequency and Amplitude Modulation in Human Auditory Cortex: MEG Evidence
J Neurophysiol 96: 2712-2723, 2006. First published March 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.01256.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adrienne L. Fairhall, C. Andrew Burlingame, Ramesh Narasimhan, Robert A. Harris, Jason L. Puchalla, and Michael J. Berry, II

Selectivity for Multiple Stimulus Features in Retinal Ganglion Cells
J Neurophysiol 96: 2724-2738, 2006. First published August 16, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00995.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jim Wielaard and Paul Sajda

Circuitry and the Classification of Simple and Complex Cells in V1
J Neurophysiol 96: 2739-2749, 2006. First published June 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00346.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luc P. J. Selen, Jaap H. van Dieën, and Peter J. Beek

Impedance Modulation and Feedback Corrections in Tracking Targets of Variable Size and Frequency
J Neurophysiol 96: 2750-2759, 2006. First published August 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00552.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan C. Mobley, Daniel A. Mandel, and Ann M. Schreihofer

Systemic Cholecystokinin Differentially Affects Baro-activated GABAergic Neurons in Rat Caudal Ventrolateral Medulla
J Neurophysiol 96: 2760-2768, 2006. First published August 16, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00526.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reports

Chloe Sauvage, Mario Manto, Alexander Adam, Rick Roark, Patrice Jissendi, and Carlo J. De Luca

Ordered Motor-Unit Firing Behavior in Acute Cerebellar Stroke
J Neurophysiol 96: 2769-2774, 2006. First published June 7, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00268.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jokubas Ziburkus and William Guido

Loss of Binocular Responses and Reduced Retinal Convergence During the Period of Retinogeniculate Axon Segregation
J Neurophysiol 96: 2775-2784, 2006. First published August 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.01321.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tianying Ren, Wenxuan He, Matthews Scott, and Alfred L. Nuttall

Group Delay of Acoustic Emissions in the Ear
J Neurophysiol 96: 2785-2791, 2006. First published August 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00374.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James J. Chambers, Matthew R. Banghart, Dirk Trauner, and Richard H. Kramer

Light-Induced Depolarization of Neurons Using a Modified Shaker K⁺ Channel and a Molecular Photoswitch
J Neurophysiol 96: 2792-2796, 2006. First published July 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00318.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenji Yamamoto, Donna S. Hoffman, and Peter L. Strick

Rapid and Long-Lasting Plasticity of Input-Output Mapping
J Neurophysiol 96: 2797-2801, 2006. First published August 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00209.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulf Baumgärtner, Wiebke Tiede, Rolf-Detlef Treede, and A. D. (Bud) Craig

Laser-Evoked Potentials Are Graded and Somatotopically Organized Anteroposteriorly in the Operculoinsular Cortex of Anesthetized Monkeys
J Neurophysiol 96: 2802-2808, 2006. First published August 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00512.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrei Ilie, Dragos Ciocan, Ana-Maria Zagrean, Dragos Alexandru Nita, Leon Zagrean, and Mihai Moldovan

Endogenous Activation of Adenosine A₁ Receptors Accelerates Ischemic Suppression of Spontaneous Electrocortical Activity
J Neurophysiol 96: 2809-2814, 2006. First published August 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00466.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samuel R. Ward, Gregory J. Loren, Scott Lundberg, and Richard L. Lieber

High Stiffness of Human Digital Flexor Tendons Is Suited for Precise Finger Positional Control
J Neurophysiol 96: 2815-2818, 2006. First published July 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00284.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seiji Ono and Michael J. Mustari

Extraretinal Signals in MSTd Neurons Related to Volitional Smooth Pursuit
J Neurophysiol 96: 2819-2825, 2006. First published June 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/jn.00538.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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