Research Video
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Fights are won and lost in the brain

Hitoshi Okamoto, Developmental Gene Regulation
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New insights into REM sleep crack an enduring mystery

Shigeyoshi Itohara, Behavioral Genetics
Yu Hayashi, University of Tsukuba, WPI-IIIS -
Centrosomin represses dendrite branching by orienting microtubule nucleation

Adrian W. Moore, Genetic Control of Neuronal Architecture
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Lipids guide axon pathfinding in the spinal cord

Hiroyuki Kamiguchi and Adam T. Guy, Neuronal Growth Mechanisms
Yoshio Hirabayashi, Molecular Membrane Neuroscience -
Switching off brain circuit renders mice “out of touch” with environment

Masanori Murayama
Behavioral Neurophysiology -
A “cingular” strategy for attack and defense

Keiji Tanaka
Cognitive Brain Mapping -
Cells target giant protein crystals for degradation

Hidekazu Tsutsui and Atsushi Miyawaki
Cell Function Dynamics -
A molecule that orients neurons for high definition sensing

Asuka Matsui and Tomomi Shimogori
Molecular Mechanisms of Thalamus Development -
Infant Calming Responses during Maternal Carrying in Humans and Mice

Gianluca Esposito, Sachine Yoshida, and Kumi O. Kuroda
Affiliative Social Behavior -
New fluorescent protein from eel revolutionizes key clinical assay

Atsushi Miyawaki
Cell Function Dynamics -
Retrieval of a Behavioral Program in Fish Brain

Tazu Aoki and Hitoshi Okamoto
Developmental Gene Regulation -
Potassium Acts as a Retrograde Signal in Synaptic Transmission

Alexey Semyanov and Pei-Yu Shih
Circuit and Behavioral Physiology