Facilitation is an important form of short-term plasticity that occurs in most synapses. At crayfish neuromuscular junctions, basal transmission and facilitation were significantly reduced after presynaptic introduction of "fast" high-affinity calcium buffers, and the decay of facilitation was accelerated. The existence of residual calcium during facilitation was also demonstrated. Computationa...

In sensory neurons (SNs) of adult Aplysia, serotonin (5-HT)-induced spike broadening has long been implicated as important for synaptic facilitation [spike duration-dependent (SDD) facilitation], particularly at nondepressed synapses. At depressed synapses, spike broadening has less impact on synaptic facilitation; under these conditions, 5-HT induces a spike duration-independent (SDI) form of ...

Collinear facilitation of contrast detection of achromatic stimuli has been studied over the past decade by different groups. We measured collinear facilitation of chromatic contrast detection under equal-luminance (photometric quantity) and under isoluminance (minimum motion technique) conditions, as two different controls. The facilitation was tested for chromatic contrast detection of a fove...

Although facilitation and leadership behaviors are thought to be critical to the success of virtual teams, little research has been done to examine the impact of facilitation behaviors on virtual teams. In order to fill this knowledge gap, this study empirically examines the impact of external facilitation behaviors on virtual team interactions and outcomes. Contrary to common belief, our findi...

Distributed group facilitation techniques are becoming a necessity because many of the face-toface facilitation techniques are no longer suitable in a distributed environment. Although the concept of distributed group facilitation has been proposed a decade ago, few distributed facilitation techniques have been successfully employed in the real world. We propose a new method of automating distr...

BACKGROUND Facilitation is a powerful approach to support practice change. The purpose of this study is to better understand the facilitation roles exercised by both external facilitators and interprofessional facilitation teams to foster the implementation of change. Building on Dogherty et al.'s taxonomy of facilitation activities, this study uses an organizational development lens to identif...

introduction: preparation of neuromuscular system prior to performing motor skills affects the learning of motor skills. the present study was conducted to investigate the effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (pnf) on limb coordination and accuracy in dart throwing skill. methods: thirty two male students were randomly selected as study sample. based on the pretest scores, the p...

the study describes and evaluates inter-organizational communication and relationships involving rural development management of community lands within specific perimetros florestais in portugal. the research design is an exploratory research study approach that collected information with a mail questionnaire, interviews and information gleaned from community land association meetings and an in...

While antagonistic interactions between plants have been a major topic of eco-evolutionary research, little evidence exists on the evolution positive plant (i.e., facilitation). Here, we first summarize existing empirical role facilitation as selection pressure plants. Then, develop theoretical framework based fitness-trait functions and interaction effectiveness that provides predictions for h...

Facilitačně systémová terapie je uceleným terapeutickým systémem, vycházejícím z metodologické báze Lurijovy neuropsychologické školy, opírající se o Lurijovu představu fungování mozku, vychází jeho odkazu i díla mnoha kolegů následovníků. Je zároveň souborem postupů a metod reflektujícím potřeby současné české (a s mírnou jazykovou modifikací) slovenské ...