The petrosal ganglion (PG) is a peripheral sensory ganglion, composed of pseudomonopolar sensory neurons that innervate the posterior third of the tongue and the carotid sinus and body. According to their electrical properties PG neurons can be ascribed to one of two categories: (i) neurons with action potentials presenting an inflection (hump) on its repolarizing phase and (ii) neurons with fa...

identifying the chain of transmitters mentioned in the sanads for the verification of the sanad is necessary for employment of ḥadīth. one of the problems observed in the chains of transmission is the repetition of the names applicable to two or more transmitters. on the other hands, some transmitters have been referred to by various names and titles in chains of transmission; various titles th...

This paper presents a new data compression method for current loop transmitters. In this method, the 4-20 mA current domain is divided into some equal pieces that are used for distinct data domain with a constant relative resolution, resulting in widening the signal span. This technique eliminated the need for high resolution ADC’s or DAC’s in communication of 4-20mA current loop signals. Furth...

Types of Modulation. Figure 7.1 illustrates two alternative ways to generate a modulated optical signal. In Fig. 7.1 (a), the laser is turned on and off by modulating its current; this method is known as direct modulation. In Fig. 7.l(b), the laser is on at all times, a so-called continuous wave (CW) laser, and the light beam is modulated with a kind of optoelectronic shutter, a so-called modul...

2 Introduction Cochlear microphonic potentials (CM) can be recroded from the intact organ of Corti, but it is still an open question whether they are essential phenomena in the sound reception of hair cells. In order to determine what motivates the release of chemical transmitters at the synaptic end of hair cells, potentials in response to sound stimulations have to be intracellularly recorded...

Autonomic influences on the heart rate have been the subject of intense research for many decades and are classically devoted to the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. However, developments over the past few years in our knowledge of the organization of the autonomic nervous system have led to the conclusion that in addition to the classical transmitters, peptidic transmitters are clearly...

The purpose of this article is to review the contributions of transmission electron microscopy studies to the understanding of brain circuits and neurotransmitter systems. Our views on the microstructure of connections between neurons have gradually changed, and now we recognize that the classical mental image we had on a chemical synapse is no longer applicable to every neuronal connection. We...