The many facets of the oxytocin (OXT) system of the brain and periphery elicited nearly
25,000 publications since 1930 (see, as listed in PubMed), which revealed central roles for …

Gene transcription is the process by which the genetic codes of organisms are read and
interpreted as a set of instructions for cells to divide, differentiate, migrate, and mature. As …

The role of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) takes center stage among unanswered questions in
modern neuroscience. The PFC has a Janus-faced nature: it enables sophisticated cognitive …

Voltage-gated calcium channels couple depolarization of the cell-surface membrane to entry
of calcium, which triggers secretion, contraction, neurotransmission, gene expression, and …

Dendritic spines are small protrusions studding neuronal dendrites, first described in 1888
by Ramón y Cajal using his famous Golgi stainings. Around 50 years later the advance of …

A vast number of different neuronal activity patterns could each induce a different set of
activity-regulated genes. Mapping this coupling between activity pattern and gene induction …

The idea that memory is stored in the brain as physical alterations goes back at least as far
as Plato, but further conceptualization of this idea had to wait until the 20 th century when …

Neuronal activation induces rapid transcription of immediate early genes (IEGs) and longer-
term chromatin remodeling around secondary response genes (SRGs). Here, we use high …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a large family of post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression
that are∼ 21 nucleotides in length and control many developmental and cellular processes …

Several neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders are characterized by
intermittent episodes of pathological activity. Although genetic therapies offer the ability to …