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Stressful experience increases erroneous choices in a reward-based learning task by weakening excitatory synapses in the lateral habenula via a reduction in AMPA-receptor-mediated synaptic transmission.
Accumulation of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP43) in the neuronal cytoplasm and its loss from the nucleus are characteristic features of several neurodegenerative diseases. Tziortzouda, Van Den Bosch and Hirth describe three intrinsic mechanisms that control TDP43 levels and localization and are altered to drive pathology.
Inactivation of the gene encoding fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) drives the impairments in brain development and function that underlie fragile X syndrome. Richter and Zhao illustrate how innovative genetic and molecular biology tools have enhanced our understanding of both FMRP’s function and the causes of fragile X syndrome pathophysiology.
In this Review, Denoth-Lippuner and Jessberger present recent insights into adult hippocampal neurogenesis in rodents — from stem cell activation to the integration of newborn neurons into pre-existing circuits — and describe how newborn neurons affect brain function.
The development of advanced imaging methods such as super-resolution microscopy and tissue imaging has revolutionized our approach to explore the brain. In this Review, Choquet and colleagues review how the latest molecular tools are combined with imaging techniques to investigate neural function at a greater resolution than previously possible.
