Sensory representation of temperature in mosquito warm and cold cells.

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 mechanisms of irregular firing of spontaneous action potentials in neurons from the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) were studied in hypothalamic slices using cell-attached and whole cell recording. The firing pattern of spontaneous action potentials could be divided into regular and irregular, based on the inter...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Kononenko NI,Dudek FE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial DC stimulation (tDCS) induces stimulation polarity-dependent neuroplastic excitability shifts in the human brain. Because it accomplishes long-lasting effects and its application is simple, it is used increasingly. However, one drawback is its low focality, caused by 1) the large stimulation electrode and...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Nitsche MA,Doemkes S,Karaköse T,Antal A,Liebetanz D,Lang N,Tergau F,Paulus W

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory neurons appear to adapt their gain to match the variance of signals along the dimension they encode, a property we shall call "contrast normalization." Contrast normalization has been the subject of extensive physiological and theoretical study. We previously found that neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleu...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Gaudry KS,Reinagel P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate how information is processed in the vestibuloocular reflex (VOR) pathways subserving vertical eye movements, extracellular single-unit recordings were obtained from the vestibular nuclei of alert monkeys trained to track a visual target with their eyes while undergoing sinusoidal pitch oscillations (0.2-1...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Chubb MC,Fuchs AF,Scudder CA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA) neurons and GABA neurons of the substantia nigra (SN) promote distinct functions in the control of movement and have different firing properties and action potential (AP) waveforms. APs recorded from DA and GABA neurons differed in amplitude, maximal rate of rise, and duration. In addition, the threshold...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Seutin V,Engel D

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using whole cell recordings, I analyzed the intrinsic discharge properties for 285 neurons in Rexed's laminae III-V of isolated hamster spinal cord preparations. Neurons were characterized by their responses to step-wise and ramp-hold depolarizing current applied through the recording pipettes. Tonic cells (133/285; 4...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Schneider SP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A quantal analysis of transmission at the identified molluscan synapse, V2-RPr1, was performed during development. The study was intended to determine the pre- and postsynaptic contributions to the marked changes in transmitter release described in the previous report. 2. The success of the quantal analysis was pre...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Pawson PA,Chase R

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effect of chronic exposure to ethanol on gamma-aminobutyric acid type-A (GABA(A)) receptor-mediated responses of layer II pyramidal neurons of the piriform cortex. Slices containing the piriform cortex were derived from pair-fed adult rats maintained on ethanol-supplemented or control liquid di...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Signore AP,Yeh HH

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The musculoskeletal redundancy of the body provides multiple solutions for performing motor tasks. We have proposed that the nervous system solves this unconstrained problem through the recruitment of motor modules or functional muscle synergies that map motor intention to action. Consistent with this hypothesis, we s...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Torres-Oviedo G,Ting LH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The synthesis of information from different sensory modalities in the superior colliculus is an important precursor of attentive and orientation behavior. 2. This integration of multisensory information is critically dependent on inputs from a small area of association cortex, the anterior ectosylvian sulcus. Remov...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Wallace MT,Stein BE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The movement representation in the primary motor cortex (M1) of the cat develops between postnatal weeks 7-12. The somatosensory representation in motor cortex is present by the age that the motor map begins to develop. In this study we examined the role of neural activity in development and maintenance of the M1 move...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Chakrabarty S,Martin JH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the role of the sodium/glutamate transporter at the synaptic terminals of cone photoreceptors in controlling postsynaptic response kinetics. The strategy was to measure the changes in horizontal cell response rate induced by blocking transporter uptake in cones with dihydrokainate (DHK). DHK was chosen as...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Gaal L,Roska B,Picaud SA,Wu SM,Marc R,Werblin FS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Cellular properties were studied before and after bath application of the dihydropyridine L-type calcium channel antagonist nimodipine in aging and young rabbit hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells in vitro. Various concentrations of nimodipine, ranging from 10 nM to 10 microM, were tested to investigate age- and concen...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Moyer JR Jr,Thompson LT,Black JP,Disterhoft JF

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recorded local field potentials (LFPs) and single-unit activity simultaneously in the macaque primary visual cortex (V1) and studied their responses to drifting sinusoidal gratings that were chosen to be "optimal" for the single units. Over all stimulus conditions, the LFP spectra have much greater power in the low...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Henrie JA,Shapley R

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When identical stimuli are presented in rapid temporal succession, neural responses to the second stimulation are often weaker than those observed for the first. This phenomenon is termed sensory gating and is believed to be an adaptive feature that helps prevent higher-order cortical centers from being flooded with u...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Arpin DJ,Gehringer JE,Wilson TW,Kurz MJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Neurons (n = 142) were recorded with extracellular micropipettes in the parabrachial (PB) area, in the anesthetized rat, some of them being antidromically driven from the centralis nucleus of the amygdala (Ce). The spontaneous activity of these neurons was low, (10th percentile < median frequency < 90th percentile;...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Bernard JF,Huang GF,Besson JM

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal lobe is well known for its oscillatory activity associated with exploration, navigation, and learning. Intrinsic membrane potential oscillations (MPOs) and resonance of stellate cells (SCs) in layer II of the entorhinal cortex are thought to contribute to network oscillations and thereby to the encoding o...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Boehlen A,Henneberger C,Heinemann U,Erchova I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The responses of low-frequency, primary-like neurons of the ventral cochlear nucleus were measured as a function of signal-to-noise ratio for gated tonal signals and noise maskers that were varied in bandwidth and duration. For a given signal-to-noise ratio, each of the maskers is known to produce the same amount of m...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Langford TL

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the cellular mechanism underlying presynaptic regulation of olfactory receptor neuron (ORN) input to the mouse olfactory bulb using optical-imaging techniques that selectively report activity in the ORN presynaptic terminal. First, we loaded ORNs with calcium-sensitive dye and imaged stimulus-evoked ca...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Wachowiak M,McGann JP,Heyward PM,Shao Z,Puche AC,Shipley MT

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Similar to most visual animals, crabs perform proper avoidance responses to objects directly approaching them. The monostratified lobula giant neurons of type 1 (MLG1) of crabs constitute an ensemble of 14-16 bilateral pairs of motion-detecting neurons projecting from the lobula (third optic neuropile) to the midbrain...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Oliva D,Tomsic D

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycinergic and GABAergic inhibition are juxtaposed at one retinal synaptic layer yet likely perform different functions. These functions have usually been evaluated using receptor antagonists. In examining retinal glycine receptors, we were surprised to find that commonly used concentrations of GABA antagonists block...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Wang P,Slaughter MM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether presenting an odor with a positive, neutral, or negative name would influence how people perceive it. In experiment 1, 40 participants rated 15 odors for their pleasantness, intensity, and arousal. In experiment 2, 30 participants passively smelled 10 odors while their skin conductance (SC), heart ...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Djordjevic J,Lundstrom JN,Clément F,Boyle JA,Pouliot S,Jones-Gotman M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic transmission at the inner hair cell (IHC) afferent synapse, the first synapse in the auditory pathway, is specialized for rapid and reliable signaling. Here we investigated the properties of a hyperpolarization-activated current (I(h)), expressed in the afferent dendrite of auditory nerve fibers, and its role...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Yi E,Roux I,Glowatzki E

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinothalamic (ST) neurons in the C8-T5 segments of the spinal cord were examined for responses to electrical stimulation of the left thoracic vagus nerve (LTV). Seventy-one ST neurons were studied in 39 anesthetized monkeys (Macaca fascicularis). Each neuron could be excited by manipulation of its somatic field and b...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Ammons WS,Blair RW,Foreman RD

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An orthodromically evoked late hyperpolarizing potential (LHP) was studied using intracellular recording techniques in rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells in vitro. Several tests indicated that the LHP is not blocked by GABA antagonists, but rather comprises the initial portion of the stimulation-induced burst afterhy...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Alger BE

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wilson-Cowan population model of neural activity has greatly influenced our understanding of the mechanisms for the generation of brain rhythms and the emergence of structured brain activity. As well as the many insights that have been obtained from its mathematical analysis, it is now widely used in the computati...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Byrne Á,O'Dea RD,Forrester M,Ross J,Coombes S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supratrigeminal region (SupV) receives abundant orofacial sensory inputs and descending inputs from the cortical masticatory area and contains premotor neurons that target the trigeminal motor nucleus (MoV). Thus it is possible that the SupV is involved in controlling jaw muscle activity via sensory inputs during ...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Nakamura S,Inoue T,Nakajima K,Moritani M,Nakayama K,Tokita K,Yoshida A,Maki K

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a novel phenomenon produced by focused ultrasound (US) that may be important for understanding its effects on cell membranes. When a US burst (2.1 MHz, 1-mm focal diameter, 0.1-1 MPa) was focused on a motor axon of the crayfish neuromuscular junction, it consistently produced a fast hyperpolarization, which ...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Lin JW,Yu F,Müller WS,Ehnholm G,Okada Y

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noise is a major concern in circuits processing electrical signals, including neural circuits. There are many factors that influence how noise propagates through neural circuits, and there are few systems in which noise levels have been studied throughout a processing pathway. We recorded intracellularly from multiple...

journal_title：Journal of neurophysiology

authors： Jones PW,Gabbiani F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00