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Volume 18 Issue 9: May 6, 2008
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Research Highlights
Genetic basis of leaf-shape variation
Regulation of immune responses and ROS accumulation by plant DELLAs
Effects of UVB on female mate-choice decisions
Development of multisensory integration of spatial information
Transformation of depleted uranium by fungi
Online Ahead of Issue
Current Biology publishes papers online ahead of the print issue on a weekly basis. This week’s posting includes papers on MSP/Eph receptor trafficking in C. elegans oocytes; collective motion and cannibalism during locust migration; chemical mimicry in wasp-pollinated orchids; nanos mRNA regulation in dendrites; and identification of cleaved siRNA and miRNA targets. Click here to see all papers not yet in print.
Featured Article
The Featured Article is freely available to all readers.
Neurophysiology of the BOLD fMRI Signal in Awake Monkeys
Jozien B.M. Goense and Nikos K. Logothetis
Previous studies involving simultaneous intracortical recordings of neural activity and blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in primary visual cortex had relied upon anaesthetized monkeys. Concerns had been raised about the interpretation of the BOLD signal under anaesthesia, so here, Goense and Logothetis report the first study of the BOLD signal and neural activity in awake monkeys and find that the relationship between the fMRI signals and the different types of neural activity are similar in the awake and the anaesthetized animal.
Magazine Highlight
This Primer is freely available to all readers.
Primer Kevin N. Laland In this Primer, Kevin Laland considers the evidence in support of the somewhat controversial view that humans are not the only species with socially transmitted mores—in other words, cultures. |
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Coming Soon! LabLinks: Immune Regulation
July 29, 2008 – London, UK
Free Symposium Organized by Cell Press
Cell Press announces new partnership with the
Biophysical Society
Announcing a free resource from Cell Press and Elsevier, Evaluating Techniques in Biomedical Research. Experts explain the most important techniques used in biological research, including how the data are generated, how to interpret typical datasets, and what the controls mean (and don’t mean).
