Volume 39, Issue 5, May, 2023


Method

A Virtual Reality Platform for Context-Dependent Cognitive Research in Rodents
Xue‑Tong Qu1,2,3 · Jin‑Ni Wu1,2,3 · Yunqing Wen1 · Long Chen1 · Shi‑Lei Lv4 · Li Liu4 · Li‑Jie Zhan1 · Tian‑Yi Liu5 · Hua He5 · Yu Liu4 · Chun Xu1,2,3
2023,39(5):717–730   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Original Articles

Biphasic Cholinergic Modulation of Reverberatory Activity in Neuronal Networks
Xiao‑Wei Li1 · Yi Ren1 · Dong‑Qing Shi1 · Lei Qi1 · Fang Xu2 · Yanyang Xiao2 · Pak‑Ming Lau1,2 · Guo‑Qiang Bi1,2
2023,39(5):731–744   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Netrin-3 Suppresses Diabetic Neuropathic Pain by Gating the Intra-epidermal Sprouting of Sensory Axons
Weiping Pan1,2 · Xueyin Huang3 · Zikai Yu1,2 · Qiongqiong Ding1 · Liping Xia4 · Jianfeng Hua3 · Bokai Gu3 · Qisong Xiong1,2 · Hualin Yu1,2 · Junbo Wang1 · Zhenzhong Xu4 · Linghui Zeng1 · Ge Bai3,5,6,7 · Huaqing Liu1,7
2023,39(5):745–758   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Direction Selectivity of TmY Neurites in Drosophila
Yinyin Zhao1 · Shanshan Ke1 · Guo Cheng1 · Xiaohua Lv1 · Jin Chang1 · Wei Zhou1
2023,39(5):759–773   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Thalamocortical Circuit Controls Neuropathic Pain via Up-regulation of HCN2 in the Ventral Posterolateral Thalamus
Yi Yan1,2,3 · Mengye Zhu1,2,3 · Xuezhong Cao1,2,3 · Gang Xu1,2,3 · Wei Shen1,2,3 · Fan Li1,2,3 · Jinjin Zhang1,2,3 · Lingyun Luo1,2,3 · Xuexue Zhang1,2,3 · Daying Zhang1,2,3 · Tao Liu4
2023,39(5):774–792   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

An Anterior Cingulate Cortex-to-Midbrain Projection Controls Chronic Itch in Mice
Ting‑Ting Zhang1 · Su‑Shan Guo2 · Hui‑Ying Wang1 · Qi Jing1 · Xin Yi2 · Zi‑Han Hu1 · Xin‑Ren Yu1 · Tian‑Le Xu2,3 · Ming‑Gang Liu2,3 · Xuan Zhao1
2023,39(5):793–807   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Letters to the Editor

Conserved Spatiotemporal Dynamics with Millisecond Precision During Reverberatory Activity in a Self-organized Neuronal Network
Dong‑Qing Shi1 · Fang Xu1,2 · Guo‑Qiang Bi1,2 · Pak‑Ming Lau1,2
2023,39(5):808–812   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

The Q181X Point Mutation in Nf1 Induces Cerebral Vessel Stenosis
Chensi Liang1 · Lirong Huo1 · Yan Zhu1 · Zhichao Yao1 · Xiaolong Wu2 · Jiantao Liang2
2023,39(5):813–816   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Reviews

Neurocircuitry of Predatory Hunting
Zheng‑Dong Zhao1,2 · Li Zhang3 · Xinkuan Xiang4,5 · Daesoo Kim6 · Haohong Li7,8 · Peng Cao3 · Wei L. Shen1
2023,39(5):817–831   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

NLRP3 Inflammasome-Mediated Neuroinflammation and Related Mitochondrial Impairment in Parkinson's Disease
Qiu‑Qin Han1,2 · Weidong Le1,2
2023,39(5):832–844   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Triggering of Major Brain Disorders by Protons and ATP: The Role of ASICs and P2X Receptors
Andrii Cherninskyi1 · Maksim Storozhuk1 · Oleksandr Maximyuk1 · Vyacheslav Kulyk1 · Oleg Krishtal1
2023,39(5):845–862   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Research Highlights

Targeting Microglia with Adeno-associated Viruses
Jing Sun1 · Yufei Zheng1 · Ji Hu1
2023,39(5):863–865   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Lighting up Oxytocin Neurons to Nurture the Brain
Fang Zhou1,2,3 · Junqiang Zheng1,2,3 · Han Xu1,2,3
2023,39(5):866–868   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Sodium-Calcium Exchanger-3 Plays Critical Roles in Pain “Wind-up”
Lin Lin1,2 · Xiumin Xue1,2 · Zhihui Huang1,2 · Yongjie Wang1,2
2023,39(5):869–872   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Acidification Deficiency of Autolysosomes Induces Neuronal Autophagic Amyloid-β Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease
Wei Zhang2 · Jiayun Xu2 · Jianhong Dong2 · Zhihui Huang2 · Liying Cao1,2
2023,39(5):873–876   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]

Mechanical Force Remodeling the Adult Brain
Chen Zhang1 · Shuai Liu1 · Yong‑Chun Yu1 · Qingjian Han1
2023,39(5):877–879   [ Abstract]   [ SpringerLink]


Volume 39, Issue 5, May, 2023

About the Cover

Virtual reality (VR) technology is instrumental in studying the neural mechanisms underlying environmental-context-modulated behaviors by simulating the real world with maximized controls of context elements. Qu et al. developed a high-performance VR platform assembled from modular hardware and custom-written software with flexibility and upgradability to study context-dependent cognition. This picture was inspired by “Monument Valleya”, a famous adventure puzzle game, to emphasize the concept of space. Numerous neurons are illustrated by neon lights in a cyberpunk style and they discharge on a background resembling shining stars in the universe. The brain is anthropomorphized into a VR player controlling a virtual mouse on a circuit board and is the center for the control of everything in the picture through the circuits on the board. See pages 717730. (Cover made by Shishuo Chen)