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

The American Physiological Society

• Rapid Publication to the Journal of Neurophysiology Benzolamide Inhibits Low-Threshold Calcium Currents in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons. Gottfried, J.A. and M. Chesler. Dept. of Physiology and Neuroscience and Dept. of Neurosurgery, NYU Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016. APStracts 2:0291N, 1995.
• Mechanical Perturbation of Cultured Cortical Neurons Reveals a Stretch- Induced Delayed Depolarization. Tavalin, Steven J., Earl F. Ellis and Leslie S. Satin. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Department of Physiology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23298-0524. APStracts 2:0292N, 1995.
• Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) acutely enhances high-voltage activated Calcium currents in molluscan neurons. Wildering, Willem C., Johannes C. Lodder, Karel S. Kits and Andrew G.M. Bulloch. Neuroscience Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4N1, Graduate School of Neurosciences Amsterdam, Research Institute Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Biology, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. APStracts 2:0293N, 1995.
• DOPAMINE MODULATES THE SLOW Ca2+-ACTIVATED K+ CURRENT IAHP VIA CYCLIC AMP- DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE IN HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS. Pedarzani, Paola and Johan F. Storm. Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Oslo, PB 1104 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway. APStracts 2:0294N, 1995.
• Pallidal Neuron Activity During Sequential Arm Movements . Mushiake, Hajime and Peter L. Strick. Research Service (151), V.A. Medical Center, Departments of Neurosurgery and Physiology, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse. APStracts 2:0295N, 1995.
• Pairing-Specific Long-Term Depression of Purkinje Cell Excitatory Post Synaptic Potentials Results From a Classical Conditioning Procedure in the Rabbit Cerebellar Slice. Schreurs, Bernard G., M. Matthew Oh, and Daniel L. Alkon. Laboratory of Adaptive Systems, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892. APStracts 2:0296N, 1995.
• Presynaptic inhibition of sensory neurons during kicking movements in the locust. Hedwig, Berthold and Malcolm Burrows. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, England. APStracts 2:0297N, 1995.
• EFFECTS OF RHINAL CORTEX LESIONS COMBINED WITH HIPPOCAMPECTOMY ON VISUAL RECOGNITION MEMORY IN RHESUS MONKEYS. MEUNIER, M., W. HADFIELD, J. BACHEVALIER, E. A. MURRAY. Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD. APStracts 2:0298N, 1995.
• SPONTANEOUS RHYTHMIC BURSTS INDUCED BY PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCK OF INHIBITION IN LUMBAR MOTONEURONS OF THE NEONATAL RAT SPINAL CORD. Bracci, Enrico, Laura Ballerini and Andrea Nistri. Biophysics Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (S.I.S.S.A.), Via Beirut 4, 34013 Trieste, Italy. APStracts 2:0299N, 1995.
• Intracellular injection of a Ca 2+ chelator prevents generation of anoxic LTP. Crepel, V. and Y. Ben-Ari. Universite Ren[acute]e Descartes and INSERM U 29, 123 Boulevard de Port-Royal, 75674 Paris cedex 14 France. APStracts 2:0300N, 1995.
• Dynamical behavior of a neural network model of locomotor control in the lamprey. Jung, Ranu Tim Kiemel, and Avis H. Cohen. Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. APStracts 2:0301N, 1995.
• Characterization of GABA A Receptor Function in Human Temporal Cortical Neurons. Gibbs, John W., Yun-Fu Zhang, Chang-Qing Kao, Kathryn L. Holloway, Kwang-Soo Oh and Douglas A. Coulter. Departments of Neurology, Anatomy, and Neurosurgery Medical College of Virginia, and the MCV Comprehensive Epilepsy Institute of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0599. APStracts 2:0302N, 1995.
• Neuronal Responses in Cat Primary Auditory Cortex to Electrical Cochlear Stimulation: II. Repetition Rate Coding. Schreiner, Christoph E. and Marcia W. Raggio. Coleman Memorial Laboratory, W.M. Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Otolaryngology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0732, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences, California, State University at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94132. APStracts 2:0303N, 1995.
• Influence of Instruction, Prediction and Afferent Sensory Information on the Postural Organization of Step Initiation. Burleigh, A. and F. Horak. R.S. Dow Neurological Sciences Institute, Portland, Oregon, 97209. APStracts 2:0304N, 1995.
• In Vitro Brain Slice Studies of the Rat's Dorsal Nucleus of the Lateral Lemniscus: III. Synaptic Pharmacology. Wu, Shu Hui and Jack B. Kelly. Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6. APStracts 2:0305N, 1995.
• VISUAL RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS OF RETINAL SLIP NEURONS IN THE NUCLEUS OF THE OPTIC TRACT AND DORSAL TERMINAL NUCLEUS OF THE ACCESSORY OPTIC SYSTEM IN CATS WITH CONGENITAL STRABISMUS. Distler, C. and K. P. Hoffmann. Allgemeine Zoologie und Neurobiologie, Ruhr-Universit„t Bochum ND 7, Postfach 102148, D-44780 Bochum, FRG, Tel. 0234/7004363, Fax: 0234/7094185. APStracts 2:0306N, 1995.
• Activation of GABAB receptors at individual release boutons of the crayfish opener neuromuscular junction, produces presynaptic inhibition. Fischer, Yacov and Itzchak Parnas. The Otto Lowei Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel. APStracts 2:0307N, 1995.
• The Time-Course of Experience-Dependent Synaptic Potentiation and Depression in Barrel Cortex of Adolescent Rats. Glazewski, Stanislaw and Kevin Fox. Dept. Physiology, 6-255 Millard Hall, University of Minnesota, 435, Delaware St. S.E., Minneapolis MN 55455. APStracts 2:0308N, 1995.
• NEURAL MECHANISMS OF BLOOD FLOW REGULATION DURING SYNAPTIC ACTIVITY IN CEREBELLAR CORTEX. Iadecola, Costantino, Jun Li, Sherry Xu and Guang Yang. Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Biology and Stroke, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455. APStracts 2:0309N, 1995.
• PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF RAT VENTRAL PALLIDAL NEURONS RECORDED INTRACELLULARLY IN VIVO. Lavin, Antonieta and Anthony A. Grace. Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. APStracts 2:0310N, 1995.
• Reducing Human Biceps Brachii Spinal Stretch Reflex Magnitude. WOLF, STEVEN L. AND RICHARD L. SEGAL. Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Anatomy and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA. APStracts 2:0311N, 1995.
• ADDITIVITY OF LOUD-SOUND-INDUCED THRESHOLD LOSSES IN THE CAT UNDER CONDITIONS OF ACTIVE OR INACTIVE COCHLEAR EFFERENT-MEDIATED PROTECTION. Rajan, R. Department of Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia. APStracts 2:0312N, 1995.
• MOTOR UNIT BEHAVIOR IN HUMANS DURING FATIGUING ARM MOVEMENTS. MILLER, K. J., S. J. GARLAND, T. IVANOVA, T. OHTSUKI. Department of Physical Therapy, University of Western Ontario, S. Jayne Garland, Ph.D., Department of Physical Therapy, Elborn College, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6G 1H1, Telephone: 519-661-3905, FAX: 519-661-3866, email: jgarland@uwovax.uwo.ca. APStracts 2:0313N, 1995.
• Capsaicin-Induced Currents With Distinct Desensitization and Ca ++ Dependence in Rat Trigeminal Ganglion Cells. Liu, L. and S.A. Simon. From. APStracts 2:0314N, 1995.
• Cross-Correlation Analysis Reveals Laminar Differences in Thalamocortical Interactions in the Somatosensory System. Johnson, Martha J. and Kevin D. Alloway. Department of Neuroscience and Anatomy, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033-2255, Phone: (717) 531- 6413, Fax: (717) 531-5184. APStracts 2:0315N, 1995.
• TEMPORAL FEATURES OF DIRECTIONAL TUNING BY SPINOCEREBELLAR NEURONS RELATION TO LIMB GEOMETRY. Bosco, G. and R.E. Poppele. Department of Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. APStracts 2:0316N, 1995.
• SPONTANEOUS GABA A RECEPTOR-MEDIATED INHIBITORY CURRENTS IN ADULT RAT SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX. SALIN, PAUL A., DAVID A. PRINCE. DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. APStracts 2:0317N, 1995.
• ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MAPPING OF GABA A RECEPTOR-MEDIATED INHIBITION IN ADULT RAT SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX. SALIN, PAUL A., DAVID A. PRINCE. DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. APStracts 2:0318N, 1995.
• Response Properties of Units in the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus of Unanesthetized Decerebrate Gerbil. Davis, Kevin A., Jiang Ding, Thane E. Benson. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston MA 02215- 2407 and Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Otolaryngology, Boston University, Boston MA 02215-2407. APStracts 2:0319N, 1995.
• CENTRAL MESENCEPHALIC RETICULAR FORMATION (cMRF) NEURONS DISCHARGING BEFORE AND DURING EYE MOVEMENTS. Waitzman, David M., Bernard Cohen and Valentine L. Silakov. Department of Neurology, VA Connecticut, Newington Campus and The University of Connecticut Medical Center, 555 Willard Ave, Newington, CT 06111, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Annenberg, Building, Rm 21-74, New York, NY 10029. APStracts 2:0320N, 1995.
• B64, a Newly-Identified Central Pattern Generator Element Producing a Phase Switch From Protraction to Retraction in Buccal Motor Programs of Aplysia californica. Hurwitz, Itay and Abraham J. Susswein. Institutional Affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, 52 900, Israel. APStracts 2:0321N, 1995.
• Shared calcium signalling pathways in the induction of long-term potentiation and synaptic disinhibition in CA1 pyramidal cell dendrites. Wang, Jin-Hui & Armin Stelzer. From. APStracts 2:0322N, 1995.
• Presynaptic inhibition of calcium-dependent and -independent release elicited with ionomycin, gadolinium, and [alpha]-latrotoxin in the hippocampus. Capogna, Marco, Beat H. G[umlaut]ahwiler, and Scott M. Thompson. Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, August Forel-Strasse 1, CH- 8029 Zurich Switzerland, Tel: +41-1-385 63 55, Fax: +41-1-385 65 04, E-mail: thompson @ hifo.unizh.ch . APStracts 2:0323N, 1995.
• A voltage dependent and calcium permeable ion channel in fused presynaptic terminals of Torpedo. Meir, Alon and Rami Rahamimoff. Department of Physiology and the Bernard Katz Minerva Center for Cell Biophysics, Hebrew University- Hadassah Medical School, POBox 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. APStracts 2:0324N, 1995.
• Bistability and its regulation by serotonin in the endogenously bursting neuron R15 in Aplysia. Lechner, H. A., D. A. Baxter, J. W. Clark and J. H. Byrne. Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251-1892. APStracts 2:0325N, 1995.
• DIFFUSION, NOT UPTAKE, LIMITS GLYCINE CONCENTRATION IN THE SYNAPTIC CLEFT. Titmus, Margaret J., Henri Korn and Donald S. Faber. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical College of PA and Hahnemann University, 3200 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129. APStracts 2:0326N, 1995.
• CELLULAR SHORT TERM MEMORY FROM A SLOW POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE. Turrigiano, Gina G., Eve Marder, L.F. Abbott. Department of Biology and Volen Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254, U.S.A. APStracts 2:0327N, 1995.
• Impulse initiation in the mammalian muscle spindle during combined fusimotor stimulation and succinyl choline infusion. Carr, R.W., D.L. Morgan and U. Proske. Department of Physiology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia 3168, Department of Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering. APStracts 2:0328N, 1995.
• Activity Patterns of the B31/B32 Pattern Initiators Innervating the I2 Muscle of the Buccal Mass During Normal Feeding Movements in Aplysia californica. Hurwitz, Itay, David Neustadter, Douglas W. Morton, Hillel J. Chiel and Abraham J. Susswein. Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52 900 Israel, and Departments of Biology and Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106. APStracts 2:0329N, 1995.
• The dendritic arbor of locus coeruleus neurons contributes to opioid inhibition. Travagli, R. Alberto, Martin Wessendorf and John T. Williams. Vollum Institute, L474, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroanatomy, University of Minnesota, 4-135 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455. APStracts 2:0330N, 1995.
• THE MECHANICAL RESPONSE PROPERTIES OF NOCICEPTORS INNERVATING FELINE HAIRY SKIN. Garell, P. Charles, Sandra L. B. McGillis, and Joel D. Greenspan. Depts. of Neurosurgery and Physiology, and Program in Neuroscience, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY 13210 USA. APStracts 2:0331N, 1995.
• TWO TYPES OF NETWORK OSCILLATIONS IN NEOCORTEX MEDIATED BY DISTINCT GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR SUBTYPES AND NEURONAL POPULATIONS. Flint, Alexander C. Alexander C. and Barry W. Connors. Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. APStracts 2:0332N, 1995.
• Motor Patterns for Two Distinct Rhythmic Behaviours Evoked by Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists in the Xenopus Embryo Spinal Cord. SOFFE, S. R. School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG, United Kingdom. APStracts 2:0333N, 1995.
• Encoding of Binocular Disparity by Simple Cells in the Cat's Visual Cortex. Ohzawa, Izumi, Gregory C. DeAngelis, and Ralph D. Freeman. Group in Vision Science, School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2020. APStracts 2:0334N, 1995.
• HYPER-OSMOTIC REGULATION OF VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM CURRENTS IN RAT ANTERIOR PITUITARY CELLS. Matzner, Orna, Shlomo Ben-Tabou and Itzhak Nussinovitch. Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Hebrew-University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. APStracts 2:0335N, 1995.