Response selectivity of neocortical neurons to specific odors in the rabbit.

abstract：:Epiretinal implants for the blind are designed to stimulate surviving retinal neurons, thus bypassing the diseased photoreceptor layer. Single-unit or multielectrode recordings from isolated animal retina are commonly used to inform the design of these implants. However, such electrical recordings provide limited info...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Weitz AC,Behrend MR,Lee NS,Klein RL,Chiodo VA,Hauswirth WW,Humayun MS,Weiland JD,Chow RH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The somatotopic organization of nociceptive-specific (NS) and wide dynamic range (WDR) units in the nucleus ventralis posterolateralis (VPL) of the ventrobasal (VB) complex was studied. Experiments were carried out on adult cats anesthetized with urethane-chloralose. The recording sites of nociceptive units were ma...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Yokota T,Asato F,Koyama N,Masuda T,Taguchi H

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore a visual scene, the brain must detect an object of interest and direct the eyes to it. To investigate the brain's mechanism of saccade target selection, we trained monkeys to perform a visual search task with a response delay and recorded neuronal activity in the prefrontal (PF) cortex. Even though the monk...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Hasegawa RP,Matsumoto M,Mikami A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leopard frog saccular hair cells exhibit an electrical resonance in response to a depolarizing stimulus that has been proposed to contribute to the tuning properties of the frog sacculus by acting as an electrical band-pass filter. With the whole cell patch-clamp technique, we have investigated the effect of temperatu...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Smotherman MS,Narins PM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have studied the responses of neurons in the lateral and descending vestibular nuclei of decerebrate cats to stimulation of neck receptors, produced by rotating the body in vertical planes with the head stationary. The responses to such neck stimulation were compared with the responses to vestibular stimulation ...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Kasper J,Schor RH,Wilson VJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ovulation hormone-producing caudodorsal cells (CDCs) of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis form two clusters of electrotonically coupled cells, each containing a few specialized (ventral) cells that connect the clusters. The hormone is secreted during a pacemaker-driven discharge. The CDCs receive a biphasic choline...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： ter Maat A,Roubos EW,Lodder JC,Buma P

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The core region of primate auditory cortex contains a primary and two primary-like fields (AI, primary auditory cortex; R, rostral field; RT, rostrotemporal field). Although it is reasonable to assume that multiple core fields provide an advantage for auditory processing over a single primary field, the differential r...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Bendor D,Wang X

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the fundamental principles of neuroscience is that direct electrical interactions between neurons are not possible without specialized electrical contacts, gap junctions, because the transmembrane resistance of neurons is typically much higher than the resistance of the adjacent extracellular space. However it ...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Dmitriev AV,Mangel SC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The proton-gated current was investigated in whole-cell configuration of the neurons isolated from bullfrog heart parasympathetic ganglia with the use of the "concentration-clamp" technique, which combines intracellular perfusion and extremely rapid exchange of external solution within 1-2 ms, under a single-electr...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Kim DK,Tateishi N,Akaike N

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Whether complex (C) cells are the only truly texture-sensitive units in the cat's primary visual cortex remains controversial. In view of the strong physiological significance of having putatively only one class of cells sensitive to visual noise in the striate cortex, we reinvestigated this issue. Sensitivities of...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Casanova C,Savard T,Nordmann JP,Molotchnikoff S,Minville K

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaze is the position of the visual axis in space and is the sum of the eye movement relative to the head plus head movement relative to space. In monkeys, a gaze shift is programmed with a single saccade that will, by itself, take the eye to a target, irrespective of whether the head moves. If the head turns simultane...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Guitton D,Douglas RM,Volle M

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A brain slice preparation was used to study the hypoglossal (XII) neuronal response to anoxia. Both intra- and extracellular potassium activities (K+i,K+o) were measured by the use of ion-selective microelectrodes, and K+ flux was assessed by the use of pharmacologic blockers. 2. Extracellular recordings showed tha...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Jiang C,Haddad GG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to analyze the nature of premovement activity of neurons in medial motor areas [supplementary motor area (SMA) and pre-SMA] from a perspective of coding multiple movements. Monkeys were trained to perform a series of two movements with an intervening delay: supination or pronation with either forearm. Mov...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Nakajima T,Hosaka R,Mushiake H,Tanji J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We investigated gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors using thin slice patch-clamp techniques in the swellings along axons of posterior pituitary nerve terminals. 2. Activation of the nerve terminal GABAA receptor induced a mean conductance change of 1.5 nS. Normalizing to area gave a mean conductance density of...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Zhang SJ,Jackson MB

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that pro- and antisaccades may deploy different cognitive processes. However, the specific reason why antisaccades have longer latencies than prosaccades is still under debate. In three experiments, we studied the factors contributing to the antisaccade cost by taking attentional orienting and target ...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Liu CL,Chiau HY,Tseng P,Hung DL,Tzeng OJ,Muggleton NG,Juan CH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every time we blink our eyes, the image on the retina goes almost completely dark. And yet we hardly notice these interruptions, even though an external darkening is startling. Intuitively it would seem that if our perception is continuous, then the neuronal activity on which our perceptions are based should also be c...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Gawne TJ,Martin JM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have stimulated responses of stellate cells in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus (AVCN) to single-formant stimuli (SFSs) with the use of recorded auditory-nerve fiber (ANF) responses as inputs. In particular, two important features of temporal discharge patterns, the phase locking to best frequency (BF) tones a...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Wang X,Sachs MB

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aims of this study were 1) to determine whether the impulse activity in rabbit aortic baroreceptors (BRs) was influenced by changes in nonpulsatile flow through the aortic lumen and 2) to examine the BR and aortic arch responses to changes in temperature. 2. An in vitro aortic arch-aortic nerve preparation was ...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Munch PA

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of adriamycin (ADM, Doxorubicin) on the basic electrophysiological properties of spinal cord motoneurons in the adult cat. ADM was injected into the biceps, gastrocnemius, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus muscles of the left hindlimb (1.2 mg per muscle). Intra...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Liu RH,Yamuy J,Xi MC,Morales FR,Chase MH

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the environment require rapid modification or inhibition of ongoing behavior. We used the stop-signal paradigm and intracranial recordings to investigate response preparation, inhibition, and monitoring of task-relevant information. Electrocorticographic data were recorded in eight patients with electrodes ...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Fonken YM,Rieger JW,Tzvi E,Crone NE,Chang E,Parvizi J,Knight RT,Krämer UM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the organization of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the tree shrew (Tupaia glis) using both microelectrode recording and anatomical techniques. The tree shrew LGN contains approximately 100,000 cells, of which 20% are in layers 2 and 6. These two layers receive input from the ips...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Conway JL,Schiller PH

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated whether neurons in superficial laminae of the spinal dorsal horn respond to intracutaneous (ic) delivery of histamine and other irritant chemicals, and thus might be involved in signaling sensations of itch or chemogenic pain. Single-unit recordings were made from superficial lumbar dorsal horn ne...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Jinks SL,Carstens E

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Effects of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) applied through a patch pipette to Xenopus laevis olfactory receptor cells (ORCs) were studied using the patch-clamp technique in conjunction with calcium imaging with fura-2. 2. InsP3 activated, first, a novel voltage-independent Ca2+ current (ICa) and, second, a non...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Schild D,Lischka FW,Restrepo D

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tinnitus is a phantom auditory perception without an external sound source and is one of the most common public health concerns that impair the quality of life of many individuals. However, its neural mechanisms remain unclear. We herein examined population-level frequency tuning in the auditory cortex of unilateral t...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Sekiya K,Takahashi M,Murakami S,Kakigi R,Okamoto H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The general objectives of our research, presented in this series of papers, were to develop a computational model of the brain stem respiratory neural network and to explore possible neural mechanisms that provide the genesis of respiratory oscillations and the specific firing patterns of respiratory neurons. The pres...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Rybak IA,Paton JF,Schwaber JS

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apical dendrites of layer 5 pyramidal cells in a slice preparation of rat sensorimotor cortex were depolarized focally by long-lasting glutamate iontophoresis while recording intracellularly from their soma. In most cells the firing pattern evoked by the smallest dendritic depolarization that evoked spikes consisted o...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Schwindt P,Crill W

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous neurophysiological investigation demonstrated an increase in functional projections of expiratory bulbospinal neurons (EBSNs) in the segment above a chronic lateral thoracic spinal cord lesion that severed their axons. We have now investigated how this plasticity might be manifested in thoracic motoneurons ...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Ford TW,Anissimova NP,Meehan CF,Kirkwood PA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The spatial and temporal response characteristics of direction-selective neurons in the nucleus of the optic tract and dorsal terminal nucleus of the accessory optic system (NOT-DTN) of the wallaby were established using moving sinusoidal gratings. This is the first comprehensive investigation of the spatiotemporal...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Ibbotson MR,Mark RF,Maddess TL

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The group I metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) subtype, mGluR1, is highly expressed on the apical dendrites of olfactory bulb mitral cells and thus may be activated by glutamate released from olfactory nerve (ON) terminals. Previous studies have shown that mGluR1 agonists directly excite mitral cells. In the pres...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Ennis M,Zhu M,Heinbockel T,Hayar A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alphabetagamma GABA(A) receptor currents are phasic and desensitizing, whereas alphabetadelta GABA(A) receptor currents are tonic and have no fast desensitization. alphabetagamma receptors are subsynaptic and mediate phasic inhibition, whereas alphabetadelta receptors are extra- or perisynaptic and mediate tonic inhib...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Feng HJ,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00