Recent studies have shown that the local field potential (LFP) can provide a simple method for obtaining an accurate measure of reaching and saccade behaviors. However, it is not clear whether this signal is equally informative with respect to more complex movements. Here we recorded LFPs and single units (SUs) from different areas in the posterior parietal cortex of macaques during a prehensio...

Genetically-determined regional differences in the GABA-ergic make-up of the brain exist in two lines of Wistar rats viz apomorphine-susceptible (APO-SUS) and apomorphine-unsusceptible (APO-UNSUS) Wistar rats, Propofol is a GABA-mimetic general anesthetic. This study compared the responses to propofol in APO-SUS and APO-UNSUS rats. Propofol induced a higher incidence of involuntary muscular con...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of nitric oxide (NO) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) on L-type calcium channel (LTCC) gating properties of cardiomyocytes during long-term isoproterenol (ISO) stimulation. Expression and activity of nNOS as well as S-nitrosylation of LTCC α1C subunit significantly decreased in the myocardium of SUS rats. Long-term ISO stimulation increased ...

BACKGROUND Enhanced relapse prevention (ERP) is a psychological intervention delivered by mental health professionals to help individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) recognise and manage early warning signs for mania and depression. ERP has an emerging evidence base and is recommended as good practice for mental health professionals. However, without highly perceived value to both those receivin...

Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) injected peripherally or released in response to stressful challenges to the organism reduces gastric tone and contractility, in part by vagal pathways. However, information on the changes in gastric vagal impulse activity evoked by peripheral CRF administration is entirely lacking. Using a novel "dual recording" method in urethane-anesthetized rats, vagal e...

Linked Data promotes the publication of structured data, easing the development of an homogeneized-view over heterogeneous sources, called Linked Data Mashup view (LDM view). This article describes the processes of specification and materialization of a LDM view of two heterogeneous bases from Brazilian Public Health System (SUS): Information System on Live Births (SINASC) and SUS electronic (e...

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Cognitive radio, with the capability to flexibly adapt its transmission or reception parameters, has been proposed as the means for unlicensed secondary users (SUs) to dynamically access the licensed spectrum held by primary users (PUs) in order to increase the efficiency of spectrum utilization[1]. Recently, a new paradigm termed Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks (CCRNs) has been advocated ...

Based on the non-cooperative power control game theory, we propose an efficient and unbiased power control algorithm in cognitive radio network (CRN) by improving the utility function. Without causing interference to the primary users (PUs), this effective utility function balances the fairness and system throughput of secondary users (SUs) via a fair pricing function. The pricing punishment pa...