APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 4, 1997

The American Physiological Society

• NT-3 Increases Amplitude of EPSPs Produced by Axotomized Group Ia Afferents. JB Munson, RD Johnson and LM Mendell. Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine and Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610. APStracts 4:0030N, 1997.
• Order of application determines the interaction between phorbol esters and GTP-_-S in dorsal raphe neurons: Evidence that the effect of 5-HT is modified upstream of the G-protein Ca channel interaction. Yuan Chen and Nicholas J.Penington. Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, New York, 11203. APStracts 4:0031N, 1997.
• AN ANIMAL MODEL EXPLAINS THE ORIGINS OF THE CRANIAL DYSTONIA BENIGN ESSENTIAL BLEPHAROSPASM. Edward J. Schicatano, Michele A. Basso, Craig Evinger. Depts. Neurobiology & Behavior and Ophthalmology, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-5230; 2Dept. Psychology, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794. APStracts 4:0032N, 1997.
• Network Properties of the Dentate Gyrus in Epileptic Rats With Hilar Neuron Loss and Granule Cell Axon Reorganization. Paul S. Buckmaster and F. Edward Dudek. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523. APStracts 4:0033N, 1997.
• PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF CORTICOTHALAMIC STIMULATION-EVOKED RESPONSES IN RAT SOMATOSENSORY THALAMIC NEURONS IN VITRO. Chang-Qing Kao and Douglas A. Coulter. Department of Neurology, Medical College of Virginia, and the MCV Comprehensive Epilepsy Institute of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. 23298-0599. APStracts 4:0034N, 1997.
• Role of potassium and calcium in the generation of cellular bursts in the dentate gyrus. Enhui Pan and Janet L. Stringer. Department of Pharmacology and Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030. APStracts 4:0035N, 1997.
• NMDA Receptors Contribute to Primary Visceral Afferent Transmission in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract. Maria Luz Aylwin, John M. Horowitz, and Ann C. Bonham. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616. APStracts 4:0036N, 1997.
• Rapid kinetics and inward rectification of miniature EPSCs in layer I neurons of rat neocortex. Fu-Ming Zhou and John J. Hablitz. Neurobiology Research Center and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. APStracts 4:0037N, 1997.
• FAST-TO-SLOW CONVERSION FOLLOWING CHRONIC LOW-FREQUENCY ACTIVATION OF MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE IN CATS: I. MUSCLE AND MOTOR UNIT PROPERTIES. Gordon, T., Tyreman, N., Rafuse, V.F. Munson, J.B. Department of Pharmacology, Division of Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CANADA T6G 2S2. APStracts 4:0038N, 1997.
• FAST-TO-SLOW CONVERSION FOLLOWING CHRONIC LOW-FREQUENCY ACTIVATION OF MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE IN CATS. II. MOTONEURON PROPERTIES. JB Munson, RC Foehring, LM Mendell and T Gordon. Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0244 USA. APStracts 4:0039N, 1997.
• Neural tuning to sound duration in the inferior colliculus of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus. DAPHNA EHRLICH, JOHN H. CASSEDAY, AND ELLEN COVEY. Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710. APStracts 4:0040N, 1997.
• QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FIRING PROPERTIES OF PYRAMIDAL NEURONS FROM LAYER 5 OF RAT SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX. Peter Schwindt, Jennifer A. O'Brien and Wayne Crill Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 357290, Seattle, WA 98195-7290. APStracts 4:0041N, 1997.
• Effects of the volatile anaesthetic enflurane on spontaneous discharge rate and GABAA-mediated inhibition of Purkinje cells in rat cerebellar slices. Bernd Antkowiak, Detlef Heck. Max-Planck-Institut fr Biologische Kybernetik, Spemannstr. 38, 72076 Tbingen, Germany. APStracts 4:0042N, 1997.
• ABNORMAL ACCESS OF AXIAL VIBROTACTILE INPUT TO DEAFFERENTED SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX IN HUMAN UPPER LIMB AMPUTEES. John JM Kew; Peter W Halligan; John C Marshall; Richard E Passingham; John C Rothwell; Michael C Ridding; C David Marsden and David J Brooks. MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK, MRC Human Movement and Balance Unit, Institute of Neurology, London, UK Neuropsychology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, and Rivermead Rehabilitation, Centre, Oxford, UK, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. APStracts 4:0043N, 1997.
• Lateral and Medial Olivocochlear Neurons Have Distinct Electrophysiological Properties in the Rat Brain Slice. KIYOHIRO FUJINO, KONOMI KOYANO and HARUNORI OHMORI. Department of Physiology and Department of Otolaryngology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-01, JAPAN. APStracts 4:0044N, 1997.
• RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SYNAPTIC CONNECTIONS AND PLASTICITY BETWEEN SENSORY NEURONS AND MOTOR NEURONS OF APLYSIA IN CELL CULTURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR LEARNING AND REGULATION OF SYNAPTIC STRENGTH. Rosalind L. Coulson and Marc Klein. Clinical Research Institute of Montreal and University of Montreal, Centre de recherche en sciences neurologiques, 110 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1R7, Canada. APStracts 4:0045N, 1997.
• Enhancement of whole-cell synaptic currents by low osmolarity and by low [NaCl] in rat hippocampal slices. Rong Huang, Daniel F. Bossut and George G. Somjen. Departments of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. APStracts 4:0046N, 1997.
• EYE-HEAD COORDINATION DURING HEAD UNRESTRAINED GAZE SHIFTS IN RHESUS MONKEYS. Edward G. Freedman and David L. Sparks. Institute of Neurological Sciences, and the Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6196. APStracts 4:0047, 1997.
• Development of Chewing in Children from 12 to 48 Months: A Longitudinal Study of EMG Patterns. Jordan R. Green, Christopher A. Moore, Jacki L. Ruark, Paula R. Rodda, Wendy T. Morve, and Marcus J. VanWitzenburg. Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. APStracts 4:0048N, 1997.
• Ionotropic GABA Receptor from Lobster Olfactory Projection Neurons. A. B. Zhainazarov, M. Wachowiak, A. Boetcher, S.Elenes and B. W. Ache. Whitney Laboratory and Depts. of 2Zoology and 3Neuroscience, Univ. of Florida, St. Augustine, FL 32086. APStracts 4:0049N, 1997.
• Responses of Rat Spinal Dorsal Horn Neurons to Intracutaneous Microinjection of Histamine, Capsaicin and Other Irritants. E. Carstens. Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, Tel: 916-752-7805, Fax: 916-752-5582, e-mail: eecarstens@ucdavis.edu. APStracts 4:0050N, 1997.
• Spatial and temporal integration of signals in foveal line orientation. Gerald Westheimer and Eric J. Ley. Division of Neurobiology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720- 3200. APStracts 4:0051N, 1997.
• Bidirectional associative plasticity of unitary CA3-CA1 EPSPs in the rat hippocampus in vitro. Dominique Debanne, Beat H. Ghwiler and Scott M. Thompson. Brain Research Institute, August Forel-Strasse 1, CH-8029 Zurich, Switzerland, Tel: +41-1-385-6236, Fax: +41-1-422-2262, E-mail: thompson@hifo.unizh.ch. APStracts 4:0052N, 1997.
• MODIFICATION OF THE TRANSMISSION OF SYNAPTIC CURRENT BY BLOCKADE OF VOLTAGE- AND Ca2+-DEPENDENT CONDUCTANCES IN APICAL DENDRITE OF RAT NEOCORTICAL PYRAMIDAL NEURONS. Peter C. Schwindt and Wayne E. Crill. Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 357290, Seattle, WA 98195-7290. APStracts 4:0053N, 1997.
• EXCITATORY AND INHIBITORY VESTIBULAR PATHWAYS TO THE EXTRAOCULAR MOTOR NUCLEI IN GOLDFISH. Werner Graf, Robert Spencer, Harriet Baker and Robert Baker. Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Perception et de l'Action, CNRS, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Medecine, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France, Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Virginia, 1101 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA, 23298, Department of Neurology, Burke Rehabilition Center, 785 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605, Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016. APStracts 4:0054N, 1997.
• Activation of Ca2+-dependent currents in cultured dorsal root ganglion neurones from neonatal rats by metabotropic glutamate receptor activation and intracellular áNAD+ and cGMP, the precursors to cyclic ADP-ribose formation. Jane H. Crawford, John F. Wootton, Guy R. Seabrook, Roderick H. Scott. Merck Sharp & Dohme, Neuroscience Research Centre, Terlings Park, Harlow, Essex CM20 2QR, Fax 01279 440 390, E-mail jane_crawford@merck.com. APStracts 4:0055N, 1997.
• Visualization of Calcium Influx through Channels that Shape the Burst and Tonic Firing Modes of Thalamic Relay Cells. Qiang Zhou, Dwayne W. Godwin, Donald M. O'Malley and Paul R. Adams. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Life Sciences Building, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5230. APStracts 4:0056N, 1997.
• INHIBITORY EFFECTS EVOKED FROM THE ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS ARE SELECTIVE FOR THE NOCICEPTIVE RESPONSES OF DORSAL HORN NEURONES WITH HIGH AND LOW THRESHOLD INPUTS. Workman, B.J. and Lumb, B.M. Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, U.K. APStracts 4:0057N, 1997.
• Synchronized Oscillations in the Inferior Olive are Controlled by the Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Current Ih. Thierry Bal and David A. McCormick. Section of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06473, david.mccormick@yale.edu, (203) 785- 4577, FAX (203) 785-5263, Inst. Alfred Fessard, CNRS, Ave de la Terrasse, Gif sur Yvette, Cedex 91198, France, bal@bobby.iaf.cnrs-gif.fr. APStracts 4:0058N, 1997.
• Late sodium channel openings underlying epileptiform activity are preferentially diminished by the anticonvulsant phenytoin. Michael M. Segal and Andrea F. Douglas. Dept. of Neurology, Children's Hospital, and 2Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02115 USA. APStracts 4:0059N, 1997.
• GLUTAMATE CURRENTS IN MORPHOLOGICALLY IDENTIFIED HUMAN DENTATE GRANULE CELLS IN TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY. Masako Isokawa, Michel Levesque, Itzhak Fried and Jerome Engel. Brain Research Institute1, Departments of Neurology 2 and Neurosurgery 3, Center for Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024- 1761. APStracts 4:0060N, 1997.
• Recruitment of GABAergic Inhibition and Synchronization of Inhibitory Interneurons in Rat Neocortex Larry S. Benardo. Departments of Neurology and Pharmacology, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203. APStracts 4:0061N, 1997.
• Encoding of Binocular Disparity by Complex Cells in the Cat's Visual Cortex. Izumi Ohzawa, Gregory C. DeAngelis and Ralph D. Freeman. Group in Vision Science, School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-2020. APStracts 4:0062N, 1997.
• Excitation of the Brainstem Pedunculopontine Tegmentum Cholinergic Cells Induces Wakefulness and REM Sleep. Subimal Datta and Donald F. Siwek. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, Center for Behavioral Development and Mental Retardation, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, and Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, ENRM VAMC, Bedford, MA 01730. APStracts 4:0063N, 1997.
• AFFERENT INPUTS MODULATE THE ACTIVITY OF A RHYTHMIC BURST GENERATOR IN THE RAT DISINHIBITED SPINAL CORD IN VITRO. E. Bracci, M. Beato and A. Nistri. Biophysics Sector and INFM Unit, International School for Advanced Studies (S.I.S.S.A.), 34013 Trieste, Italy. APStracts 4:0064N, 1997.
• SYMPATHETICALLY-CORRELATED ACTIVITIES OF DORSAL HORN NEURONS IN SPINALLY- TRANSECTED RATS. David Chau, Namjin Kim and Lawrence P. Schramm. Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2196. APStracts 4:0065N, 1997.
• MULTIPLE EFFECTS OF SEROTONIN ON MEMBRANE PROPERTIES OF TRIGEMINAL MOTONEURONS IN VITROMULTIPLE EFFECTS OF SEROTONIN ON MEMBRANE PROPERTIES OF TRIGEMINAL MOTONEURONS IN VITRO. C.F. Hsiao, P.R. Trueblood, M.S. Levine and S.H. Chandler . Department of Physiological Science and the Mental Retardation Research Center, University of California at Los Angeles, California 90095. APStracts 4:0066N, 1997.