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August 2009

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Sculpting the brainscapes.
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An ink drawing for a research article in this issue of PLoS Biology (see Fuentes-Medel et al., e1000184) showing that synaptic growth at the neuromuscular junction entails substantial shedding of membranes, which are removed through a collaboration between muscles and glial cells.

Image Credit: Vivian Budnik, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Synopses

Metabolism Predicts Ecological Response to Warming

Liza Gross

PLOS Biology: published August 25, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000180

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“Induced” Eyes Suggest a Path to Retinal Repair

William Mair

PLOS Biology: published August 18, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000175

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Perspective

Equity for Open-Access Journal Publishing

Stuart M. Shieber

PLOS Biology: published August 4, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000165

Obituary

Don Fawcett (1917–2009): Unlocking Nature's Closely Guarded Secrets

Elizabeth Marincola

PLOS Biology: published August 25, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000183

Primers

Neural Substrates of Mounting Temporal Expectation

Jennifer T. Coull

PLOS Biology: published August 4, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000166

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  1. Ready…Go: Amplitude of the fMRI Signal Encodes Expectation of Cue Arrival Time
  2. Correction: Neural Substrates of Mounting Temporal Expectation

Selective Remodeling: Refining Neural Connectivity at the Neuromuscular Junction

Won-Suk Chung, Ben A. Barres

PLOS Biology: published August 25, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000185

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  1. Glia and Muscle Sculpt Neuromuscular Arbors by Engulfing Destabilized Synaptic Boutons and Shed Presynaptic Debris

Community Page

It's Elementary: Science Buddies Bring Biology to Life

Rachel D. Fink

PLOS Biology: published August 25, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000182

Research Articles

Warming and Resource Availability Shift Food Web Structure and Metabolism

Mary I. O'Connor, Michael F. Piehler, Dina M. Leech, Andrea Anton, John F. Bruno

PLOS Biology: published August 25, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000178

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Host Niches and Defensive Extended Phenotypes Structure Parasitoid Wasp Communities

Richard Bailey, Karsten Schönrogge, James M. Cook, George Melika, György Csóka, Csaba Thuróczy, Graham N. Stone

PLOS Biology: published August 25, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000179

Rapid Evolution of Sex Pheromone-Producing Enzyme Expression in Drosophila

Troy R. Shirangi, Héloïse D. Dufour, Thomas M. Williams, Sean B. Carroll

PLOS Biology: published August 4, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000168

Ready…Go: Amplitude of the fMRI Signal Encodes Expectation of Cue Arrival Time

Xu Cui, Chess Stetson, P. Read Montague, David M. Eagleman

PLOS Biology: published August 4, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000167

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Distinct Parietal and Temporal Pathways to the Homologues of Broca's Area in the Monkey

Michael Petrides, Deepak N. Pandya

PLOS Biology: published August 11, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000170

Hippocampus Leads Ventral Striatum in Replay of Place-Reward Information

Carien S. Lansink, Pieter M. Goltstein, Jan V. Lankelma, Bruce L. McNaughton, Cyriel M. A. Pennartz

PLOS Biology: published August 18, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000173

Glia and Muscle Sculpt Neuromuscular Arbors by Engulfing Destabilized Synaptic Boutons and Shed Presynaptic Debris

Yuly Fuentes-Medel, Mary A. Logan, James Ashley, Bulent Ataman, Vivian Budnik, Marc R. Freeman

PLOS Biology: published August 25, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000184

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Generation of Functional Eyes from Pluripotent Cells

Andrea S. Viczian, Eduardo C. Solessio, Yung Lyou, Michael E. Zuber

PLOS Biology: published August 18, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000174

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β1 Integrin Maintains Integrity of the Embryonic Neocortical Stem Cell Niche

Karine Loulier, Justin D. Lathia, Veronique Marthiens, Jenne Relucio, Mohamed R. Mughal, Sung-Chun Tang, Turhan Coksaygan, Peter E. Hall, Srinivasulu Chigurupati, Bruce Patton, Holly Colognato, Mahendra S. Rao, Mark P. Mattson, Tarik F. Haydar, Charles ffrench-Constant

PLOS Biology: published August 18, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000176

Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Inflammation: Novel Interactions Reveal a New Step in Neutrophil Recruitment

Samantha P. Tull, Clara M. Yates, Benjamin H. Maskrey, Valerie B. O'Donnell, Jackie Madden, Robert F. Grimble, Philip C. Calder, Gerard B. Nash, G. Ed. Rainger

PLOS Biology: published August 25, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000177

Ligand-Independent Traffic of Notch Buffers Activated Armadillo in Drosophila

Phil G. T. Sanders, Silvia Muñoz-Descalzo, Tina Balayo, Frederik Wirtz-Peitz, Penelope Hayward, Alfonso Martinez Arias

PLOS Biology: published August 11, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000169

Persistent cAMP-Signals Triggered by Internalized G-Protein–Coupled Receptors

Davide Calebiro, Viacheslav O. Nikolaev, Maria Cristina Gagliani, Tiziana de Filippis, Christian Dees, Carlo Tacchetti, Luca Persani, Martin J. Lohse

PLOS Biology: published August 18, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000172

Role of Translational Coupling in Robustness of Bacterial Chemotaxis Pathway

Linda Løvdok, Kajetan Bentele, Nikita Vladimirov, Anette Müller, Ferencz S. Pop, Dirk Lebiedz, Markus Kollmann, Victor Sourjik

PLOS Biology: published August 18, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000171