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	GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law. Read More » Despite controversies, Obama agenda marches on Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies and political triage by the administration. Read More » Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' Europe German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, made a quick trip to Rome Saturday for a private meeting with Pope Francis. Read More » Probe begins after commuter trains crash Officials have begun investigating an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor. Read More » IRS probe ignored most influential groups There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. Read More » Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher market controls German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy," called for stronger regulation of financial markets. Read More » South Korea says N. Korea fires 3 short-range missiles North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. Read More » Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience. Read More » Spin meter: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees. Read More » Powerball jackpot closing in on another record Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again. Read More » Activists: Rebel groups clash in northern Syria A wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between rival Islamic militant groups in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo risks sparking large-scale internal fighting between rebels. Read More » Ex-NBA player stabbed, seriously injured in fight Serbian police say Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, is seriously injured after being stabbed in a fight. Read More » France's Hollande signs gay marriage law French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings. Read More » Memorial Day countdown: Will the Jersey Shore be ready? Sometimes, numbers are the only way to tell the true tale of a disaster incomprehensible in scale and indescribable in words. Read More » O.J.'s ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial. Read More » Amazing videos in the face of tornadoes A roundup of some of the best footage of the Texas twisters. Read More »

TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

	TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES
	Emerging role for astroglial networks in information processing: from synapse to behavior Ulrike Pannasch, Nathalie Rouach. • Astrocytes are organized in extensive and plastic gap-junction mediated networks. • We evaluate their role in synaptic activity, neuronal circuit dynamics and behav.... Read More » Neurons and circuits for odor processing in the piriform cortex John M. Bekkers, Norimitsu Suzuki. • The piriform cortex (PC) is critical for olfactory processing in mammals. • The PC is increasingly studied as a model circuit for cortical sensory processing. •.... Read More » Where no synapses go: gatekeepers of circuit remodeling and synaptic strength Yevgeniya A. Mironova, Roman J. Giger. • Insights into the physiology of CNS regeneration inhibitors in the naïve brain. • CNS regeneration inhibitors serve as negative regulators of synaptic plasticity. Read More » Steady or changing? Long-term monitoring of neuronal population activity Henry Lütcke, David J. Margolis, Fritjof Helmchen. • We review in vivo chronic extracellular recording and two-photon calcium-imaging studies that address the question of the stability of neuronal population activi.... Read More » Autophagy in axonal and dendritic degeneration Yi Yang, Michael Coleman, Lihui Zhang, Xiaoxiang Zheng, Zhenyu Yue. • Neuritic degeneration is a pathological feature of many neurodegenerative diseases. • Autophagy regulates protein and organelle homeostasis in axons and dendrites.<.... Read More » Metabolic signaling by lactate in the brain L. Felipe Barros. • Synaptic activity is accompanied by a transient rise in brain tissue lactate concentration. • The rise in lactate is explained by acute stimulation of glycolysis in.... Read More » How to erase memory traces of pain and fear Jürgen Sandkühler, Jonathan Lee. • Currently emerging concepts of maladaptive pain and fear suggest that they share basic neuronal circuits and cellular mechanisms of memory formation. • Recent studi.... Read More » Emerging roles of metaplasticity in behaviour and disease Sarah R. Hulme, Owen D. Jones, Wickliffe C. Abraham. • A framework for potential roles of metaplasticity in vivo is presented. • Metaplasticity can prepare synapses and networks for learning. • Metapla.... Read More » Development of human embryonic stem cell therapies for age-related macular degeneration Amanda-Jayne F. Carr, Matthew J.K. Smart, Conor M. Ramsden, Michael B. Powner, Lyndon da Cruz, Peter J. Coffey. • Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in older adults. Recent research for treating AMD has focused on replacing the retinal pigmen.... Read More » Why size matters – balancing mitochondrial dynamics in Alzheimer's disease Brian DuBoff, Mel Feany, Jürgen Götz. • Mitochondria provide energy, buffer calcium ions, and regulate apoptosis. • Mitochondrial dynamics is the term describing their regulated fusion and fission. • .... Read More » Dissecting the diversity of midbrain dopamine neurons Jochen Roeper. • There are distinct phenotypes of midbrain dopamine neurons with segregated axonal projections. • The differential inputome for midbrain dopamine subpopulations is d.... Read More » Neurons as targets for T cells in the nervous system Roland S. Liblau, Daniel Gonzalez-Dunia, Heinz Wiendl, Frauke Zipp. Accumulating evidence shows that T cells penetrate the central nervous system (CNS) parenchyma in several autoimmune, infectious, and degenerative neurological diseases. The structural and functio.... Read More »

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TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

	TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES
	Editorial Board Read More » Resting brains never rest: computational insights into potential cognitive architectures Gustavo Deco, Viktor K. Jirsa, Anthony R. McIntosh. • During the normal waking state, the brain is in a constant state of internal exploration through the formation and dissolution of resting-state functional networks. Read More » Integration of guidance cues: parallel signaling and crosstalk Irina Dudanova, Rüdiger Klein. Growing axons are exposed to various guidance cues en route to their targets. Although many guidance molecules have been identified and their effects on axon behavior extensively studied, how axon.... Read More » Development of cortical folding during evolution and ontogeny Karl Zilles, Nicola Palomero-Gallagher, Katrin Amunts. Cortical folding is a hallmark of many, but not all, mammalian brains. The degree of folding increases with brain size across mammals, but at different scales between orders and families. In this .... Read More » Neuronal plasticity and antidepressant actions Eero Castrén, René Hen. Antidepressant treatments enhance plasticity and increase neurogenesis in the adult brain, but it has been unclear how these effects influence mood. We propose that, like environmental enrichment .... Read More » Gut–brain axis: how the microbiome influences anxiety and depression Jane A. Foster, Karen-Anne McVey Neufeld. Within the first few days of life, humans are colonized by commensal intestinal microbiota. Here, we review recent findings showing that microbiota are important in normal healthy brain function. .... Read More » Cognition with few neurons: higher-order learning in insects Martin Giurfa. Insects possess miniature brains but exhibit a sophisticated behavioral repertoire. Recent studies have reported the existence of unsuspected cognitive capabilities in various insect species that .... Read More »