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Next, Anderson and his colleagues used a set of genetic tools to identify exactly which neurons were responsible for the effect on aggression and to see if the gene that encodes for Tk also controls aggressive behavior by acting in that cell.

The team were also able to identify the neurons that reacted to the pheromones and kept the flies awake, showing a causal link between sexual arousal and sleep.

The researchers also identified the specific neuron responsible for detecting high pH. They did this by showing that when a specific sensing neuron, called the ASH neuron, was destroyed by laser microsurgery, the worms no longer avoided high pH. Going another step further, the researchers also identified some of the proteins involved in the response to high alkalinity, which make up a calcium channel.

They also applied it to human brain tissue collected by the Genotype - Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project, finding that they could a) identify expression signatures unique to neurons, glial cells, and other cell types in the brain (including rare types), and b) differentiate between closely related cell subtypes.

With simultaneous anatomical stainings they also identified which of these neurons sent their projections to the more remote secondary somatosensory area and the motor cortex, respectively.

Octopamine, identified radioenzymatically in crude extracts, probably is also localized in a few neurons.

«We not only identified the taste neurons but also found three receptor proteins that are important in sensing calcium.

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified a gene, called matrix metalloproteinase - 9 (MMP - 9), that appears to play a major role in motor neuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

In the featured article published online on April 5 in Neuron, the researchers also conclude that potential treatments targeting the transport disruptions they identified in Huntington's disease neurons may also work for other neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS and forms of dementia.

Scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that leads to the death of neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or motor neurone disease) and a common form of frontotemporal dementia.

They found that apoE4 also impairs the development of new neurons in the hippocampus and identified drug treatments that could block these detrimental effects.

In a screen of nearly 200,000 compounds, Tardiff and collaborators identified one chemical entity that not only reversed alpha - synuclein toxicity in yeast cells, but also partially rescued neurons in the model nematode C. elegans and in rat neurons.

The researchers also show in their study (online Sep. 12, 2013, in Neuron) that they could restore proper neuronal growth by compensating for the errant molecular mechanisms they identified.

With similar precision, Professor Bargmann has also identified many of the intracellular signalling pathways in C. elegans that relay information from cell surface odorant receptors (G protein - coupled receptors) to the interior of each sensory neuron.