Camel milk (CM) is gaining scientific attention due to its potential health and therapeutic benefits. Fermented drinkable yogurts (labans) were prepared from CM bovine (BM) using mixed Streptococcus thermophilus Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus bacteria supplemented with 1 of 2 hydrocolloids: pectin (0.1–0.3%) or sodium alginate (0.1–0.5%). The different labans compared by studying the...

Immunocytochemical and electrophysiological techniques were used to localize TTX-sensitive sodium channels (NaChs) over the soma-dendritic axis of basilar and nonbasilar pyramidal cells of the electrosensory lateral line lobe (ELL) of weakly electric fish (Apteronotus leptorhynchus). Dense NaCh-like immunolabel was detected on the membranes of basilar and nonbasilar pyramidal cell somata. Punct...

The molecular transformation of an external stimulus into changes in sensory neuron activity is incompletely described. Although a number of molecules have been identified that can respond to stimuli, evidence that these molecules can transduce stimulation into useful neural activity is lacking. Here we demonstrate that pickpocket1 (ppk1), a Drosophila homolog of mammalian Degenerin/epithelial ...

A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 521 81384 0 hardback ISBN 0 521 89079 9 paperback Contents Preface page xi Acknowledgments xiv 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Elements of neuronal systems 1 1.1.1 The ideal spiking neuron 2 1.1.2 Spike trains 3 1.1.3 Synapses 4 1.2 Elements of neuronal dynamics 4 1.2.1 Postsynaptic potentials 6 1.2.2 Firing threshold and action ...

The influence of intrinsic channel noise on the spontaneous spiking activity of poisoned excitable membrane patches is studied by use of a stochastic generalization of the Hodgkin-Huxley model. Internal noise stemming from the stochastic dynamics of individual ion channels is known to affect the collective properties of the whole ion channel cluster. For example, there exists an optimal size of...