Neuron

10 December, 2008
Volume 60, Issue 5

Volume 60, Issue 5

On the cover: In this issue Neuron, Miyawaki et al. (pp. 915–929) present a method for free visual image reconstruction using fMRI signals recorded from the human visual cortex. The authors show that arbitrary visual images can be accurately reconstructed on a single-trial basis by combining local image decoders that predict local contrasts of multiple scales from fMRI activity patterns. The cover image represents visual image reconstruction from the human brain. The images printed on the film are based on the actual reconstruction results for the letters “n” - “e” - “u” - “r” - “o” - “n” and other geometric shapes (see Figure 2 in the article). The background texture consists of the contrast patterns of presented images.

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ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS
OF EXCITING NEUROSCIENCE

2008 marks Neuron’s twentieth anniversary. To celebrate this milestone we have commissioned a special issue to reflect on both the history of the journal and some of the notable advances in neuroscience over the last several remarkable decades. In celebration of our anniversary, all content for this special issue is free to our online readership.

Editorial | Table of Contents

REFLECTIONS

In commemoration of the journal’s beginnings, we invited authors of research articles in the first issue of Neuron to look back at their original paper and comment on how the field has evolved since then. The first issue of the journal set a high standard and it is a testimony to the prescience of the journal’s founding editors — Zach Hall, A.J. Hudspeth, Eric Kandel, and Louis Reichardt — that the topics covered in the Volume 1, Issue 1 continue to be relevant even today.

First Issue Table of Contents | Reflections

NEUROVIEWS

With NeuroViews, the journal introduces a new review format aimed at discussion of issues at the intersection of neuroscience and society.

		Gazzaniga overviews the emerging intersections between neuroscience and the law.		The relationship between neuroscience and philosophy is explored by Chuchland.
		Camerer discusses the goals of Neuroeconomics and the means for achieving them.		Altevogt, Hanson & Leshner introduce “Molecules to Minds: Grand Challenges.”

PERSPECTIVES

In this series of Perspectives, we asked researchers to discuss the state of their respective fields looking back, forward, and within, and offer their unique insight into the future trajectory of neuroscience.

		Abbott reviews theoretical neuroscience and how it has and can shape neuroscience.		Lichtman and Smith introduce tools at the intersection of imaging and neuroscience.
		What are neural stem cells good for? Kokovay, Shen & Temple discuss their promise.		Dolan reflects on the rapid growth of neuroimaging of cognition as a dominant field
		The diversity of brain plasticity mechanisms are reviewed by Nelson and Turrigiano.		Bezanilla offers a personal history on the historical development of ion channel field.
		Donoghue explains how neural interface systems will bridge neuroscience and clinic.		Sudhof and Malenka on strategic challenges facing next generation neuroscientists.
		Miller and Wilson on the impact of multiunit technology for understanding behavior.		Barres suggests that fully understanding glia is critical to conceptualizing the brain.
		Frith and Frith propose an explicit/implicit processing framework for social cognition.		The molecular biology of gene expression in the CNS is reviewed by Qiu and Ghosh.