In a culture system where a bifurcated Aplysia sensory neuron makes synapses with two motor neurons, repeated application of serotonin (5-HT) to one synapse produces a CREB-mediated, synapse-specific, long-term facilitation, which can be captured at the opposite synapse by a single pulse of 5-HT. Repeated pulses of 5-HT applied to the cell body of the sensory neuron produce a CREB-dependent, ce...

The immunological synapse has been an area of very active scientific interest over the last decade. Surprisingly, much about the synapse remains unknown or is controversial. Here we review some of these current issues in the field: how the synapse is defined, its potential role in T-cell function, and our current understanding about how the synapse is formed.

QRISTAL [10], [13] is a question answering system making intensive use of natural language processing both for indexing documents and extracting answers. It ranked first in the EQueR evaluation campaign (Evalda, Technolangue [4]) and in first rank in French for CLEF 2005, 2006 and 2007 [11], [12], [14]. This article describes the improvements of the system since last year. Then, it presents our...

Conventional CMOS technology is slowly approaching its physical limitations and researchers are increasingly utilizing nanotechnology to both extend CMOS capabilities and to explore potential replacements. Novel memristive systems continue to attract growing attention since their reported physical realization by HP in 2008. Unique characteristics like non-volatility, reconfigurability, and anal...

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1 MOTIVATION Many human neurological and cognitive disorders are caused in part by aberrancies in the composition and volume densities of synapses in the brain [1]. The ability to analyze the underlying causes of such diseases would be greatly enhanced by detailed knowledge about the ratio and quantities of different types of synapses that are present in specific regions of a patient’s brain. I...

Communications [2] Educational Technology Services [3] Finance and Administration [4] First Generation Support Services [5] Graduate and Professional Student Association [6] International Students and Scholars Office [7] Learning Resource Services [8] Office of Career and Professional Development [9] Office of Institutional Research [10] Office of the Registrar [11] Registered Campus Organizati...

Communications [2] Educational Technology Services [3] Finance and Administration [4] First Generation Support Services [5] Graduate and Professional Student Association [6] International Students and Scholars Office [7] Learning Resource Services [8] Office of Career and Professional Development [9] Office of Institutional Research [10] Office of the Registrar [11] Registered Campus Organizati...

Communications [2] Educational Technology Services [3] Finance and Administration [4] First Generation Support Services [5] Graduate and Professional Student Association [6] International Students and Scholars Office [7] Learning Resource Services [8] Office of Career and Professional Development [9] Office of Institutional Research [10] Office of the Registrar [11] Registered Campus Organizati...

Communications [2] Educational Technology Services [3] Finance and Administration [4] First Generation Support Services [5] Graduate and Professional Student Association [6] International Students and Scholars Office [7] Learning Resource Services [8] Office of Career and Professional Development [9] Office of Institutional Research [10] Office of the Registrar [11] Registered Campus Organizati...