APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 2, 1995

The American Physiological Society

• TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF X-LGN NEURONS IN CATS REARED WITH EARLY DISCORDANT BINOCULAR VISION. Cheng, Han, Yuzo M. Chino, Earl L. Smith III, Junji Hamamoto, Kazuyuki Yoshida. College of Optometry, University of Houston, 4901 Calhoun Blvd, Houston, TX 77204-6052. APStracts 2:0212N, 1995.
• TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF lateral geniculate nucleus X-NEURONS IN THE CAT: EFFECTS OF SPATIAL FREQUENCY AND CONTRAST. Cheng, Han, Yuzo M. Chino, Earl L. Smith III, Junji Hamamoto, Kazuyuki Yoshida. College of Optometry, University of Houston, 4901 Calhoun Blvd, Houston, TX 77204-6052. APStracts 2:0213N, 1995.
• Slow and fast synaptic inhibition evoked by pattern-generating neurons of the gastric mill network in spiny lobsters. Elson, Robert C. and Allen I. Selverston. Department of Biology 0357, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0357 APStracts 2:0214N, 1995.
• Inputs from the ipsilateral and contralateral vestibular apparatus to behaviorally-characterized abducens neurons in rhesus monkeys. Broussard, Dianne M., R. Christopher deCharms, and Stephen G. Lisberger. Department of Physiology, W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience, and Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, Playfair Neuroscience Unit, The Toronto Hospital, Western Division, Toronto, Canada M5T 2S8. APStracts 2:0215N, 1995.
• EFFECT OF CYCLOHEXIMIDE AND mRNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION ON DEATH OF TROPHICALLY-DEPRIVED CILIARY GANGLION NEURONS IN CULTURE. Brus[acute]es, Juan L. and Guillermo R. Pilar. University of Connecticut, Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, 75 N. Eagleville Rd., U-42, Storrs, CT 06269. APStracts 2:0216N, 1995.
• Halothane-induced synaptic depression at both in vivo and in vitro reconstructed synapses between identified Lymnaea neurons. Spencer, Gaynor E., Naweed I. Syed, Ken Lukowiak and William Winlow. Department of Physiology, University of Leeds, Leeds. United Kingdom. LS2 9NQ and Departments of Anatomy and Medical Physiology, Health Sciences Centre, 3330, Hospital Drive N.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. T2N 4N1. APStracts 2:0217N, 1995.
• Burst responses in thalamic relay cells of the awake, behaving cat. Guido, William & Theodore Weyand. Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience Center for Excellence, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70112. APStracts 2:0218N, 1995.
• Nonlinear Models of the First Synapse in the Light-Adapted Fly Retina. JUUSOLA, M., M. WECKSTROM , R.O. UUSITALO, M.J. KORENBERG AND A.S. FRENCH. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Department of Electrical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. APStracts 2:0219N, 1995.
• Representation of a Species-Specific Vocalization in the Primary Auditory Cortex of the Common Marmoset: Temporal and Spectral Characteristics. Wang, Xiaoqin, Michael M. Merzenich, Ralph Beitel and Christoph E. Schreiner. Coleman Laboratory and W.M.Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience, University of California at San Francisco, Box 0732, San Francisco, CA 94143- 0732, U.S.A. APStracts 2:0220N, 1995.
• Extranuclear dendrites of locus coeruleus neuronS: ACTIVATION BY glutamate and modulation OF ACTIVITY by alpha adrenoceptors. Ivanov, A., and G. Aston-Jones. Division of Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry, Hahnemann University, Mail Stop 403, Broad and Vine, Philadelphia, PA 19102. APStracts 2:0221N, 1995.
• Neuronal Elements that Mediate Escape Swimming and Suppress Feeding Behavior in the Predatory Sea Slug Pleurobranchaea. Jing, Jian, Rhanor Gillette. Department of Physiology and the Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801. APStracts 2:0222N, 1995.
• Effect of MLF transection on the vertical vestibulocollic reflex in decerebrate cats. Thomson, D. B., H. Ikegami and V. J. Wilson. The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave., New York, NY, 10021. APStracts 2:0223N, 1995.
• Neurons in the globus pallidus do not show correlated activity in the normal monkey, but phase-locked oscillations appear in the MPTP model of Parkinsonism. Nini, Asaph, Ariela Feingold, Hamutal Slovin, and Hagai Bergman. Department of Physiology and the Center for Neural Computations, The Hebrew University -Hadassah Medical School, P.O.Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel, Fax:972-2--439736; E-mail: HAGAI@MD2.HUJI.AC.IL. APStracts 2:0224N, 1995.
• PATTERNS OF SYNAPTIC ACTIVITY IN FORWARD AND FEEDBACK PATHWAYS WITHIN RAT VISUAL CORTEX. Domenici, Luciano, Gary W. Harding and Andreas Burkhalter. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine. APStracts 2:0225N, 1995.
• Outward Currents in Heart Motor Neurons of the Medicinal Leech. Opdyke, Clifford A., Ronald L. Calabrese. Department of Biology, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322. APStracts 2:0226N, 1995.
• WIDESPREAD MECHANOSENSORY ACTIVATION OF THE SEROTONERGIC SYSTEM OF THE MEDICINAL LEECH. Szczupak, Lidia and William B. Kristan. Biology Department 0357, University of California, San Diego. La Jolla, CA 92093-0357. APStracts 2:0227N, 1995.
• Light Responses From One Type On-Off Amacrine Cells in the Rabbit Retina. Dacheux, Ramon F. and Elio Raviola. Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115. APStracts 2:0228N, 1995.
• Passive Compliance and Active Force Generation in the Guinea Pig Outer Hair Cell. Hallworth, Richard. Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78284, USA. APStracts 2:0229N, 1995.
• An Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Conductance Can Accelerate the Hyperpolarizing Response in Retinal Horizontal Cells. Dong, Cun-Jian and Frank S. Werblin. Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 145 LSA, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720. APStracts 2:0230N, 1995.
• THE EXPRESSION OF LTP BY AMPA AND/OR NMDA RECEPTORS IS DETERMINED BY THE EXTENT OF NMDA RECEPTORS ACTIVATION DURING THE TETANUS. Aniksztejn, Laurent, and Yehezkel Ben-Ari. INSERM U29, H[circumflex]opital de Port-Royal, 123 Bld de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris (France). APStracts 2:0231N, 1995.
• Magnesium-dependent block of the light-activated and trp-dependent conductance in Drosophila photoreceptors. Hardie, Roger C, and Mart H Mojet. Cambridge University, Department of Zoology, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EJ UK. APStracts 2:0232N, 1995.
• One-trial Adaptation of Movement to Changes in Load. Weeks, Douglas L., Mathieu-P. Aubert, Anatol G. Feldman and Mindy F. Levin. Centre de recherche, Institut de r[acute]eadaptation de Montr[acute]eal, Institut de g[acute]enie biom[acute]edical, Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal, 3 Centre de recherche in sciences neurologiques, Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal, Ecole de r[acute]eadaptation, Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal. APStracts 2:0233N, 1995.
• Transduction and Adaptation in Spider Slit Sense Organ Mechanoreceptors. Juusola, Mikko and Andrew S. French. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie Univesity, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H7, Canada. APStracts 2:0234N, 1995.
• RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHANGES OF GLOMUS CELL CURRENT AND NEURAL RESPONSE OF RAT CAROTID BODY. CHENG, PHILLIP M., DAVID F. DONNELLY. Department of Pediatrics, Section of Respiratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510. APStracts 2:0235N, 1995.
• AXONAL PROJECTIONS OF CAUDAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLARY AND MEDULLARY RAPHE NEURONS WITH ACTIVITY CORRELATED TO THE 10-HZ RHYTHM IN SYMPATHETIC NERVE DISCHARGE. Barman, Susan M. Hakan S. Orer, and Gerard L. Gebber. Departments of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824. APStracts 2:0236N, 1995.
• Extra-retinal modulation of cerebral blood-flow in the human visual cortex: implications for saccadic suppression. Paus, Toma, Sean Marrett, Keith J. Worsley and Alan C. Evans. Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4. APStracts 2:0237N, 1995.
• SLOW AND SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENTS EVOKED BY MICROSTIMULATION IN THE SUPPLEMENTARY EYE FIELD OF CEBUS MONKEY. Tian, Jun-Ru and James C. Lynch. Departments of Anatomy, Ophthalmology and Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505. APStracts 2:0238N, 1995.
• Unexpected Motor Patterns for Hindlimb Muscles During Slope Walking in the Cat. Smith, Judith, and Patricia Carlson-Kuhta. Laboratory of Neuromotor Control, Dept. of Physiological Science and the Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095-1568. APStracts 2:0239N, 1995.
• Activation of Type-Identified Motor Units during Centrally Evoked Contractions in the Cat Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle. I. Motor-Unit Recruitment. Tansey, K. E. and B. R. Botterman. Institution: Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235. APStracts 2:0240N, 1995.
• Activation of Type-Identified Motor Units during Centrally Evoked Contractions in the Cat Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle. II. Motoneuron Firing- Rate Modulation. Tansey, K. E., and B. R. Botterman. Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235. APStracts 2:0241N, 1995.
• Activation of Type-Identified Motor Units during Centrally Evoked Contractions in the Cat Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle. III. Muscle-Unit Force Modulation. Tansey, K. E., A. K. Yee and B. R. Botterman. Institution: Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience; and Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235. APStracts 2:0242N, 1995.
• SACCADES TO SOMATOSENSORY TARGETS. I. BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS. Groh, Jennifer M., David L. Sparks. Institute of Neurological Sciences, 140 John Morgan Building, Department of Psychology, 3815 Walnut Street, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104. APStracts 2:0243N, 1995.
• SACCADES TO SOMATOSENSORY TARGETS. II. MOTOR CONVERGENCE IN PRIMATE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS. Groh, Jennifer M., David L. Sparks. Institute of Neurological Sciences, 140 John Morgan Building, Department of Psychology, 3815 Walnut Street, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104. APStracts 2:0244N, 1995.
• SACCADES TO SOMATOSENSORY TARGETS. III. EYE POSITION-DEPENDENT SOMATOSENSORY ACTIVITY IN PRIMATE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS. Groh, Jennifer M., David L. Sparks. Institute of Neurological Sciences, 140 John Morgan Building, Department of Psychology, 3815 Walnut Street, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104. APStracts 2:0245N, 1995.
• DILTIAZEM BLOCKS THE PH-INDUCED EXCITATION OF RAT NOCICEPTORS TOGETHER WITH THEIR MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EXCITABILITY, IN VITRO . Wegner, Holger, Susanne Brehm, Peter W. Reeh, Hans W. Kreysel and Kay H. Steen. Universit[umlaut]atshautklinik und Poliklinik, der Universit[umlaut]at Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany, Institut f[umlaut]ur Physiologie & experimentelle Pathophysiologie, der Universit[umlaut]at Erlangen-N[umlaut]urnberg, Universit[umlaut]atsstr. 17, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. APStracts 2:0246N, 1995.
• Neuroplastic Effects of Neonatal Capsaicin Treatment on Low-threshold Mechanoreceptive Neurons in the Rat. KWAN, C.L., J.W. HU, AND B.J. SESSLE. Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, 124 Edward Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1G6. APStracts 2:0247N, 1995.
• The medial amygdala enhances synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus of rats in vivo. Ikegaya, Yuji, Kazuho Abe, Hiroshi Saito and Nobuyoshi Nishiyama. Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113, Japan. APStracts 2:0248N, 1995.
• SENSITIVITY TO INTERAURAL INTENSITY DIFFERENCES OF NEURONS IN PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX OF THE CAT: I. TYPES OF SENSITIVITY AND EFFECTS OF VARIATIONS IN SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL. Irvine, D. R. F., R. Rajan and L. M. Aitkin. Departments of Psychology and Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia. APStracts 2:0249N, 1995.
• Structural and Functional Alterations in Rat Corticospinal Neurons Following Axotomy. Tseng, Guo-Fang and David A. Prince. National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, 1 Section 1, Jen Ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 10018, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 . APStracts 2:0250N, 1995.
• Responses to Light of Starburst Amacrine Cells. Peters, Bruce N., Richard H. Masland. Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Ma. 02114 USA, Tel: (617) - 726-6927. APStracts 2:0251N, 1995.
• GLYCINE AT THE NMDA RECEPTOR IN CAT VISUAL CORTEX: SATURATION AND CHANGES WITH AGE. Czepita, D., N.W. Daw and S.N.M. Reid. From. APStracts 2:0252N, 1995.
• BILATERAL ORGANIZATION OF PARALLEL AND SERIAL PATHWAYS IN THE DENTATE GYRUS DEMONSTRATED BY CURRENT SOURCE DENSITY ANALYSIS IN THE RAT. Golarai, Golijeh, Thomas P. Sutula. The Neuroscience Training Program, and the Departments of Neurology, Anatomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53792, USA. APStracts 2:0253N, 1995.
• FUNCTIONAL ALTERATIONS IN THE DENTATE GYRUS AFTER INDUCTION OF LONG-TERM POTENTIATION, KINDLING, AND MOSSY FIBER SPROUTING. Golarai, Golijeh, Thomas P. Sutula. The Neuroscience Training Program, and the Departments of Neurology, Anatomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792, USA. APStracts 2:0254N, 1995.
• Perception of Passive Whole-Body Rotations in the Absence of Neck and Body Proprioception. Blouin, Jean, Jean-Louis Vercher, Gabriel M. Gauthier, Jacques Paillard, Chantal Bard, and Yves Lamarre. Laboratoire de Contr[circumflex]oles Sensorimoteurs, URA CNRS 1166, Universit[acute]e de Provence, Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen 13397 Marseille Cedex 20 (France). Phone: 91.28.82.36; Fax: 91.02.05.50 Email: ? labocsm@vmesa11.u-3mrs.fr, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Fonctionnelles, CNRS, Marseille, Laboratoire de Performance Motrice Humaine, Universit[acute]e Laval, Sainte-Foy, Qu[acute]ebec, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Neurologiques, Universit[acute]e de ? Montr[acute]eal, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec. APStracts 2:0255N, 1995.
• AREA POSTREMA VOLTAGE-ACTIVATED CALCIUM CURRENTS. Hay, Meredith, Eileen M. Hasser and Kathy A. Lindsley. Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78284-7756 and Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211. APStracts 2:0256N, 1995.
• MOTOR AND SOMATOSENSORY CORTICOSTRIATAL PROJECTION MAGNIFICATIONS IN THE SQUIRREL MONKEY. Flaherty, Alice W., Ann M. Graybiel. Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Neurology, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, U.S.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, U.S.A.. APStracts 2:0257N, 1995.