We examined the effects of varying vibrissa stimulation frequency on intrinsic signal and neuronal responses in rat barrel cortex. Optical imaging of intrinsic signals demonstrated that the region of cortex activated by deflection of a single vibrissa at 1 Hz is more diffuse and more widespread than the territory activated at 5 or 10 Hz. With the use of two different paradigms, constant time of...

The antibacterial and antifungal activity of zinc(II) carboxylates with composition Zn(RCOO)(2)*nH(2)O(R =H-, CH(3) (-), CH(3)CH(2)CH(2) (-), (CH(3))(2)CH-, XCH(2) (-), X=Cl, Br, I, n=0 or 2), [ZnX(2)(Nia(+)CH(2)COO(-))(2)](Nia=nicotinamide, X=Cl, Br, I) and [Zn(XCH(2)COO)(2)(Caf)(2)]*2H(2)O (Car=caffeine, X=Cl, Br) is studied against bacterial strains Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli an...

1 Membrane potential dynamics of populations of cortical neurons during auditory 2 streaming 3 4 Running title: Membrane potential dynamics during auditory streaming 5 6 Brandon J. Farley and Arnaud J. Noreña 7 8 9 1 Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, NIA UMR 7260 ; Marseille, 13331 ; France 10 3, place Victor Hugo 11 13331 Marseille, France 12 13 2 Neurology Research, Biogen, Cambridge, MA, 02142...

Caloric restriction (CR) without malnutrition increases longevity and delays the onset of age-associated disorders in short-lived species, from unicellular organisms to laboratory mice and rats. The value of CR as a tool to understand human ageing relies on translatability of CR's effects in primates. Here we show that CR significantly improves age-related and all-cause survival in monkeys on a...

The novel copper(II) coordination compound, [Cu2(O2CH)4(nia)2] (nia = nicotinamide), was isolated from the reaction mixture containing Cu2(OH)2CO3, nicotinamide, methanoic acid and ethanol. The new complex was characterized by X-ray single crystal diffraction and other standard physico-chemical methods. The structure contains binuclear centrosymmetric molecules in which two central atoms are br...

The stability constants of species present in the systems Ni(II)-pyridoxamine(pym)(A) and Ni(II)-pyridoxamine(pym)(A)-imidazole containing ligands(B) [B = imidazole(him),  benzimidazole(bim), histamine(hist) and L-histidine(his)] have been determined pH-metrically using the MINIQUAD computer program. The existence of the species NiAH, NiA and NiA2 was proven for the Ni(II)-pym(A)...

This article discusses the development and use of solicited unstructured diary-interview method to explore everyday tacit mundane nutrition information activities (NIA) people who have type 2 diabetes. Diary completion was followed by individual qualitative interviews with individuals (n = 18) one couple. entry styles ranged from succinct daily logs their NIA extensive prose reflecting on they ...

This paper describes a user interface for QoS management in mobile IP networks. The paper context is built in conformance with the generic signaling environment, which is standardized by the NSIS IETF working group. In this work, we investigate the use of some techniques of the AI (Artificial Intelligence) domain to implement a user interface called NIA (Negotiation Individual Assistant) in ord...

INTRODUCTION The neuropsychological battery of the Uniform Data Set (UDSNB) was implemented in 2005 by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Alzheimer Disease Centers program to measure cognitive performance in dementia and mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer Disease. This paper describes a revision, the UDSNB 3.0. METHODS The Neuropsychology Work Group of the NIA Clinical Task Force r...