APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 5, 1998

The American Physiological Society

• GABA-receptor Independent Dorsal root afferents depolarization in the neonatal rat spinal cord. E. Kremer and A. Lev-Tov Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The Hebrew University Medical School, P.O.Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120. ISRAEL. APStracts 5:0063N, 1998
• DEVELOPMENT OF SPONTANEOUS SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN THE RAT SPINAL CORD. Bao-Xi Gao, Gong Cheng and Lea Ziskind-Conhaim. Department of Physiology and Center for Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1300 University Avenue, Madison Wisconsin, 53706. APStracts 5:0064N, 1998
• THE ROLE OF THE BASAL FOREBRAIN CHOLINERGIC PROJECTION IN SOMATOSENSORY CORTICAL PLASTICITY. Robert N. S. Sachdev, Shao-Ming Lu, Ron G. Wiley and Ford. F. Ebner. Institute for Developmental Neuroscience, Box 152 Peabody Station, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. Dept. of Neurology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. Dept. of Pharmacology, 263 Farmington Ave, UCHC, Farmington, CT 06030. APStracts 5:0065N, 1998
• Spatio-Temporal Structure of Cortical Activity: Properties and Behavioral Relevance. YIFAT PRUT, EILON VAADIA, HAGAI BERGMAN, IRIS HAALMAN, HAMUTAL SLOVIN AND MOSHE ABELES. Dept. of Physiology, School of Medicine and the Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. POB 12272 JERUSALEM 91120,ISRAEL; and Regional Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Box 357330, Seattle, WA 98195. APStracts 5:0066N, 1998
• Model of Cortical-Basal Ganglionic Processing: Encoding the Serial Order of Sensory Events. DAVID G. BEISER AND JAMES C. HOUK. Department of Physiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611. APStracts 5:0067N, 1998
• Contribution of Ca2+-activated K+ channels to central chemosensitivity in cultivated neurons of fetal rat medulla. M.-C. Wellner-Kienitz, H. Shams & P. Scheid. Institut f�r Physiologie, Ruhr-Universit�t Bochum, 44780 Bochum, FRG. APStracts 5:0068N, 1998
• IID Sensitivity Differs Between the Lateral Superior Olive and the Inferior Colliculus, Two Principal Centers in the Interaural Intensity Difference Pathway. Thomas J. Park. Neurobiology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607. APStracts 5:0069N, 1998
• Coincident Neuronal Activity Patterns in Macaque Prefrontal Area 8a and Posterior Parietal Area 7ip During Spatial Working Memory Performance. Matthew V. Chafee and Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic. Brain Sciences Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Minneapolis, MN 55417 Section of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520. APStracts 5:0070N, 1998
• Evidence for differential effects of morphine on corneal-responsive neurons in rostral versus caudal regions of the spinal trigeminal nucleus in the rat. Ian D. Meng, James W. Hu, and David A. Bereiter. Departments of Neuroscience and Surgery, Brown University/ Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. 02903, 3Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6 Canada. Dept. of Neurology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143. APStracts 5:0071N, 1998
• Role of platelet- activating factor in long term potentiation of the rat medial vestibular nuclei. SILVAROSA GRASSI, ERMELINDA FRANCESCANGELI, GIANFRANCESCO GORACCI and VITO E. PETTOROSSI. Institute of Human Physiology and Institute of Medical Biochemistry, University of Perugia, Via del Giochetto, I-06100 Perugia, Italy. APStracts 5:0072N, 1998
• A THALAMIC LOCUS MEDIATES HYPOXIC INHIBITION OF BREATHING IN FETAL SHEEP. Brian J. Koos, Andrew Chau, Masahiko Matsuura, Oscar Punla, and Lawrence Kruger. Nicholas S. Assali Perinatal Research Laboratory, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1740. APStracts 5:0073N, 1998
• Convergence Properties of Solitary Tract Neurons Responsive to Cardiac Receptor Stimulation in the Anesthetized Cat L. Silva-Carvalho, J.F.R. Paton, I. Rocha, G.E. Goldsmith & K.M. Spyer. Autonomic Neuroscience Institute, Department of Physiology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK & Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK. APStracts 5:0074N, 1998
• POINTING IN 3D SPACE TO REMEMBERED TARGETS: I. KINESTHETIC VERSUS VISUAL TARGET PRESENTATION. Adamovich, Sergei V., Berkinblit, Mendel B., Fookson, Olga, and Poizner, Howard. Institute for Problems of Information Transmission, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 101447; Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102. APStracts 5:075N, 1998
• Role of Monkey Cerebellar Nuclei in Skill for Sequential Movement. Xiaofeng Lu, Okihide Hikosaka, and Shigehiro Miyachi. Department of Physiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan. APStracts 5:0076N, 1998
• Trophic and contact conditions modulate synapse formation between identified neurons. Neil S. Magoski and Andrew G.M. Bulloch. Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Neuroscience Research Group Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4N1. APStracts 5:0077N, 1998
• Increasing Extracellular Potassium Concentration Induces Alternating Motor Patterns in the Neonatal Rat Spinal Cord In Vitro: Comparison with NMDA or Serotonin Induced Rhythmic Activity. E. Bracci, M. Beato and A. Nistri. Biophysics Sector and INFM Unit, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Beirut 4, 34013 Trieste, Italy. APStracts 5:0078N, 1998
• CAUDAL PONTINE RETICULAR FORMATION NEURONS OF C57BL/6J MICE AND ACOUSTIC STARTLE: RESPONSES TO STARTLE STIMULI, INHIBITION BY TONE PREPULSES, AND RELATIONSHIP TO HEARING-LOSS-INDUCED PLASTICITY. STEPHANIE CARLSON AND JAMES F. WILLOTT. Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115. APStracts 5:0079N, 1998
• DOPAMINE RECEPTOR-MEDIATED MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE EXPRESSION OF LEARNED ACTIVITY OF PRIMATE STRIATAL NEURONS. Katsushige Watanabe and Minoru Kimura. Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560 Japan, and Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma, 371, Japan. APStracts 5:0080N, 1998
• PROCESSING OF FREQUENCY-MODULATED SOUNDS IN THE CAT'S POSTERIOR AUDITORY FIELD. Biao Tian and Josef P. Rauschecker. Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences, 3970 Reservoir Road, NW, Washington, DC 20007. APStracts 5:0081N, 1998
• Diverse Signal Transduction Pathways Mediated by Endogenous P2 Receptors in Cultured Rat Cerebral Cortical Neurons TOMOYUKI NISHIZAKI AND MASAHIRO MORI. Department of Physiology, Kobe University School of Medicine 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650, Japan. APStracts 5:0082N, 1998