Astrocytes modulate neuronal networks during hypercapnia, introducing a novel gliotransmitter pathway where prostaglandin E2 regulates breathing.

A CO₂ receptor and a mechanism for the CO₂-mediated opening of gap junction hemichannels have been identified.

Novel brainstem organotypic cultures that generate rhythmic respiratory motor activity reveal the neural networks that control breathing and a new pathway in the hypercapnic response.

The molecular identity of the temperature-sensitive ion channel of human sperm that ensures depolarization is TRPV4.

The response of the brainstem to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the blood is coordinated with the response of the cardiovascular system.

Starvation modulates thermotaxis behaviors in C. elegans via functional reconfiguration of a sensory network by gut-brain signaling.

Ubp15 regulates the ubiquitylation of the export adaptor Mex67.

Microscopic and biochemical analysis show that the stress-activated MAP kinase pathway targets the formin For3 to modulate actomyosin ring integrity in response to environmental cues.

The rhythmic patterns of activity that underlie breathing are generated and coordinated by distinct populations of neurons within the brainstem.

Two members of a widely studied family of chemoreceptors, the "orphan" chemoreceptor IR21a and its putative co-receptor IR25a, act together to mediate cool sensation in fruit fly larvae.