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Bimbard C, Takács F, Catarino JA, Fabre JMJ, Gupta S, Lenzi SC, Melin MD, O’Neill N, Orsolic I, Robacha M, Street JS, Teixeira J, Townsend S, van Beest EH, Zhang AM, Churchland AK, Duan CA, Harris KD, Kullmann DM, Lignani G, Mainen ZF, Margrie TW, Rochefort N, Wikenheiser AM, Carandini M, Coen P. An adaptable, reusable, and light implant for chronic Neuropixels probes. bioRxiv 2024:2023.08.03.551752. [PMID: 37577563 PMCID: PMC10418246 DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.03.551752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Electrophysiology has proven invaluable to record neural activity, and the development of Neuropixels probes dramatically increased the number of recorded neurons. These probes are often implanted acutely, but acute recordings cannot be performed in freely moving animals and the recorded neurons cannot be tracked across days. To study key behaviors such as navigation, learning, and memory formation, the probes must be implanted chronically. An ideal chronic implant should (1) allow stable recordings of neurons for weeks; (2) allow reuse of the probes after explantation; (3) be light enough for use in mice. Here, we present the "Apollo Implant", an open-source and editable device that meets these criteria and accommodates up to two Neuropixels 1.0 or 2.0 probes. The implant comprises a "payload" module which is attached to the probe and is recoverable, and a "docking" module which is cemented to the skull. The design is adjustable, making it easy to change the distance between probes, the angle of insertion, and the depth of insertion. We tested the implant across eight labs in head-fixed mice, freely moving mice, and freely moving rats. The number of neurons recorded across days was stable, even after repeated implantations of the same probe. The Apollo implant provides an inexpensive, lightweight, and flexible solution for reusable chronic Neuropixels recordings.
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- C. Bimbard
- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK
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- Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London, London, UK
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- Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Av. Brasilia, Lisbon, Portugal
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- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Av. Brasilia, Lisbon, Portugal
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- The FabLab, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London, UK
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Av. Brasilia, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
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Azar AD, Finley E, Harris KD. Instrument for evaluating the electrical resistance and wavelength-resolved transparency of stretchable electronics during strain. Rev Sci Instrum 2015; 86:013901. [PMID: 25638091 DOI: 10.1063/1.4904840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A complete analysis of strain tolerance in a stretchable transparent conductor (TC) should include tracking of both electrical conductivity and transparency during strain; however, transparency is generally neglected in contemporary analyses. In this paper, we describe an apparatus that tracks both parameters while TCs of arbitrary composition are deformed under stretching-mode strain. We demonstrate the tool by recording the electrical resistance and light transmission spectra for indium tin oxide-coated plastic substrates under both linearly increasing strain and complex cyclic strain processes. The optics are sensitive across the visible spectrum and into the near-infrared region (∼400-900 nm), and without specifically optimizing for sampling speed, we achieve a time resolution of ∼200 ms. In our automated analysis routine, we include a calculation of a common TC figure of merit (FOM), and because solar cell electrodes represent a key TC application, we also weigh both our transparency and FOM results against the solar power spectrum to determine "solar transparency" and "solar FOM." Finally, we demonstrate how the apparatus may be adapted to measure the basic performance metrics for complete solar cells under uniaxial strain.
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- A D Azar
- National Institute for Nanotechnology, 11421 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M9, Canada
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- National Institute for Nanotechnology, 11421 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M9, Canada
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- National Institute for Nanotechnology, 11421 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M9, Canada
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Harris KD, Zahavi A. The evolution of ACh and GABA as neurotransmitters: a hypothesis. Med Hypotheses 2013; 81:760-2. [PMID: 23942033 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2013] [Revised: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The development of a signaling system requires the evolution of a mechanism for producing signals, receptors and adaptive reactions to the signal. It is reasonable to assume that the evolution of such a system cannot be the consequence of a coordinated set of mutations resulting in a complete signaling system. It is more likely that each component evolved due to an advantage that was independent of its role in the signaling system. We hypothesize how the neurotransmitters acetylcholine (ACh) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) evolved gradually, from an initial stage in which the efflux of these molecules from the cell was an inevitable consequence of specific metabolic activities of the cell. The efflux later served as a cue that reflects the activity of the cell that released the molecules. These cues can later evolve into paracrine signals. We further suggest that the signals used in paracrine signaling were adopted by the central nervous system, as peripheral cells were already attentive to these signals. Signaling molecules released by the target cells of neurons, as an inevitable consequence of the activities of the target cells, could function as retrograde signals of the activity of the target cell. We hypothesize that ACh released by innervated myocytes functions as a retrograde signal of myocyte response to neuronal stimulation.
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- K D Harris
- Tel-Aviv University, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Le Mouel C, Yger P, Harris KD. Supervised learning in spiking neurons. BMC Neurosci 2013. [PMCID: PMC3704424 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-14-s1-p159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Allen CS, Deyle GD, Wilken JM, Gill NW, Baker SM, Rot JA, Cook CE, Beaty S, Kissenberth M, Siffri P, Hawkins R, Cook CE, Hegedus EJ, Ross MD, Cook CE, Beaty S, Kissenberth M, Siffri P, Pill S, Hawkins R, Erhardt JW, Harris KD, Deyle GD, Gill NW, Howes RR, Koch WK, Kramer CD, Kumar SP, Adhikari P, Jeganathan PS, D’Souza SC, Misri ZK, Manning DM, Dedrick GS, Sizer PS, Brismée JM, Matthijs OC, Dedrick GS, Brismée JM, McGalliard MK, James CR, Sizer PS, Ross MD, Childs JD, Middel C, Kujawa J, Brown D, Corrigan M, Parsons N, Schmidt SG, Grant R, Spryopolous P, Dansie D, Taylor J, Wang H, Silvernail JL, Gill NW, Teyhen DS, Allison SC, Sueki DG, Almaria SM, Bender MA, Kamara M, Magpali A, Mancilla A, McConnell BJ, Montoya RC, Murphy AW, Romero ML, Viti JA, Rot JA, Augustsson H, Werstine RJ, Birmingham T, Jenkyn T, Yung EY, Tonley JC. AAOMPT platform presentations selection. J Man Manip Ther 2011; 19:239-46. [DOI: 10.1179/106698111x12998437860712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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van Oosten CL, Harris KD, Bastiaansen CWM, Broer DJ. Glassy photomechanical liquid-crystal network actuators for microscale devices. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter 2007; 23:329-36. [PMID: 17687511 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10196-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2007] [Accepted: 06/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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In light-driven liquid-crystal network (LCN) actuators, large performance improvements are obtained by varying the orientation of the molecular director through the thickness of the film actuator. Experiments show that sub-millimeter bending radii are achieved using a splayed molecular orientation. Systems with a splayed or twisted nematic (TN) director profile drive greater amplitude and faster bending than uniaxial planar systems with the same chemical composition. The bending radii of these systems are predicted using a simple model including effects of light intensity, material composition and actuator thickness.
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- C L van Oosten
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Postbus 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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Elias AL, Harris KD, Bastiaansen CWM, Broer DJ, Brett MJ. Photopatterned liquid crystalline polymers for microactuators. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1039/b605511g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Genetic engineering of the mouse brain allows investigators to address novel hypotheses in vivo. Because of the paucity of information on the network patterns of the mouse hippocampus, we investigated the electrical patterns in the behaving animal using multisite silicon probes and wire tetrodes. Theta (6-9 Hz) and gamma (40-100 Hz) oscillations were present during exploration and rapid eye movement sleep. Gamma power and theta power were comodulated and gamma power varied as a function of the theta cycle. Pyramidal cells and putative interneurons were phase-locked to theta oscillations. During immobility, consummatory behaviors and slow-wave sleep, sharp waves were present in cornu ammonis region CA1 of the hippocampus stratum radiatum associated with 140-200-Hz "ripples" in the pyramidal cell layer and population burst of CA1 neurons. In the hilus, large-amplitude "dentate spikes" occurred in association with increased discharge of hilar neurons. The amplitude of field patterns was larger in the mouse than in the rat, likely reflecting the higher neuron density in a smaller brain. We suggest that the main hippocampal network patterns are mediated by similar pathways and mechanisms in mouse and rat.
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- G Buzsáki
- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 197 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
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- S O Lee
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Lee SO, Kariuki BM, Richardson AL, Harris KD. A new type of layered structure for urea inclusion compounds containing local segments of tunnels. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:12684-5. [PMID: 11741436 DOI: 10.1021/ja011467s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- S O Lee
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- N E Kelly
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Cortical pyramidal cells fire single spikes and complex spike bursts. However, neither the conditions necessary for triggering complex spikes, nor their computational function are well understood. CA1 pyramidal cell burst activity was examined in behaving rats. The fraction of bursts was not reliably higher in place field centers, but rather in places where discharge frequency was 6-7 Hz. Burst probability was lower and bursts were shorter after recent spiking activity than after prolonged periods of silence (100 ms-1 s). Burst initiation probability and burst length were correlated with extracellular spike amplitude and with intracellular action potential rising slope. We suggest that bursts may function as "conditional synchrony detectors," signaling strong afferent synchrony after neuronal silence, and that single spikes triggered by a weak input may suppress bursts evoked by a subsequent strong input.
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- K D Harris
- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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Harris KD, Ayachitula R, Strutz SJ, Hayden LM, Twieg RJ. Dual-use chromophores for photorefractive and irreversible photochromic applications. Appl Opt 2001; 40:2895-2901. [PMID: 18357308 DOI: 10.1364/ao.40.002895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Holographic experiments are performed on a series of dual-use chromophore molecules wherein both irreversible photochromic and erasable photorefractive holographic gratings can be written in the same storage volume. At 675 nm, the chromophore undergoes a photochemical reaction leading to the creation of irreversible holographic gratings. Alternatively, at longer wavelengths, application of an electric field during grating formation allows the storage of erasable photorefractive holograms in the same location as previously stored permanent photochemical holograms. Photochemical gratings (eta > 60%) can be written in less than 1 min, whereas photorefractive gratings (eta > 50%) can be written in less than 1 s. The photochemical gratings have a diffusion-limited dark half-life of as long as two weeks depending on the glass transition temperature of the composite.
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Campbell JD, Harris KD, Hodge R. Introducing telemedicine technology to rural physicians and settings. J Fam Pract 2001; 50:419-424. [PMID: 11350706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2000] [Revised: 12/22/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The researchers investigated rural health providers' perceptions of telemedicine, developed a framework for assessing their readiness to adopt this type of technology, and offered a guide for its implementation. STUDY DESIGN Qualitative data were collected from semistructured interviews with thematic analysis. POPULATION The study population included physicians, nurses, and administrative personnel located in 10 health care practices in 4 communities in 3 rural Missouri counties. OUTCOMES MEASURED The researchers measured how often health providers used telemedicine technology and their perceptions of the advantages, disadvantages, barriers, and facilitators involved in adopting it. RESULTS Participants varied widely in their perceptions of telemedicine. Providers in practices affiliated with the university's tertiary center were more likely to use it than were those in private practice. Interviews and other data yielded 6 themes related to a provider's receptivity to technological change: These themes were turf, efficacy, practice context, apprehension, time to learn, and ownership. Each theme applies to the computer and videoconferencing components of telemedicine, and each may operate as a perceived barrier or facilitator of change. CONCLUSIONS Care providers and administrators consider a range of factors, including economic ramifications, efficacy, social pressure, and apprehension, when deciding whether and how fast to adopt telemedicine. Since adopting this technology can be a major change, agencies trying to introduce it into rural areas should take all these factors into account in their approach to health care providers, staff, and communities.
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- J D Campbell
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 65212, USA.
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A homologous series of bis-diphenylphosphine oxides (C6H5)2PO(CH2)(n)PO(C6H5)2 (with n = 2-8; denoted 2-8] have been investigated to explore the effects of a range of competing and cooperative intermolecular and intramolecular interactions on the structural properties in the solid state. The important factors influencing the structural properties include intramolecular aspects such as the conformation of the aliphatic chain and the intramolecular interaction between the two P=O dipoles in the molecule, and intermolecular aspects such as long-range electrostatic interactions (dominated by the arrangement of the P=O dipoles), C-H...O interactions, C-H...pi interactions and pi...pi interactions. Compounds 3 and 5 could be crystallized only as solvate co-crystals (3 water and 5 x (toluene)2], whereas the crystal structures of all the other compounds contain only the bis-diphenylphosphine oxide molecule. The crystal structures have been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, with the exception of 7 (which has been determined here from powder X-ray diffraction data) and 4 (which was known previously). The compounds with even n represent a systematic structural series, exhibiting characteristic, essentially linear P=O...P=O...P=O dipolar arrays, together with C-H...O and C-H...pi interactions. For the compounds with odd n, on the other hand, uniform structural behaviour is not observed across the series, although certain aspects of these crystal structures contribute in a general sense to our understanding of the structural properties of bis-diphenylphosphine oxides. Importantly, for the compounds with odd n, there is "frustration" with regard to the molecular conformation, as the preferred all-anti conformation of the aliphatic chain gives rise to an unfavourable parallel alignment of the two P=O dipoles within the molecule. Clearly the importance of avoiding a parallel alignment of the P=O dipoles becomes greater as n decreases. Local structural aspects (investigated by high-resolution solid-state 31P NMR spectroscopy) and thermal properties of the bis-diphenylphosphine oxide materials are also reported.
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- P Calcagno
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
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Henze DA, Borhegyi Z, Csicsvari J, Mamiya A, Harris KD, Buzsáki G. Intracellular features predicted by extracellular recordings in the hippocampus in vivo. J Neurophysiol 2000; 84:390-400. [PMID: 10899213 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.84.1.390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 553] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Multichannel tetrode array recording in awake behaving animals provides a powerful method to record the activity of large numbers of neurons. The power of this method could be extended if further information concerning the intracellular state of the neurons could be extracted from the extracellularly recorded signals. Toward this end, we have simultaneously recorded intracellular and extracellular signals from hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells and interneurons in the anesthetized rat. We found that several intracellular parameters can be deduced from extracellular spike waveforms. The width of the intracellular action potential is defined precisely by distinct points on the extracellular spike. Amplitude changes of the intracellular action potential are reflected by changes in the amplitude of the initial negative phase of the extracellular spike, and these amplitude changes are dependent on the state of the network. In addition, intracellular recordings from dendrites with simultaneous extracellular recordings from the soma indicate that, on average, action potentials are initiated in the perisomatic region and propagate to the dendrites at 1.68 m/s. Finally we determined that a tetrode in hippocampal area CA1 theoretically should be able to record electrical signals from approximately 1, 000 neurons. Of these, 60-100 neurons should generate spikes of sufficient amplitude to be detectable from the noise and to allow for their separation using current spatial clustering methods. This theoretical maximum is in contrast to the approximately six units that are usually detected per tetrode. From this, we conclude that a large percentage of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells are silent in any given behavioral condition.
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- D A Henze
- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.
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Harris KD, Henze DA, Csicsvari J, Hirase H, Buzsáki G. Accuracy of tetrode spike separation as determined by simultaneous intracellular and extracellular measurements. J Neurophysiol 2000; 84:401-14. [PMID: 10899214 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.84.1.401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 744] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Simultaneous recording from large numbers of neurons is a prerequisite for understanding their cooperative behavior. Various recording techniques and spike separation methods are being used toward this goal. However, the error rates involved in spike separation have not yet been quantified. We studied the separation reliability of "tetrode" (4-wire electrode)-recorded spikes by monitoring simultaneously from the same cell intracellularly with a glass pipette and extracellularly with a tetrode. With manual spike sorting, we found a trade-off between Type I and Type II errors, with errors typically ranging from 0 to 30% depending on the amplitude and firing pattern of the cell, the similarity of the waveshapes of neighboring neurons, and the experience of the operator. Performance using only a single wire was markedly lower, indicating the advantages of multiple-site monitoring techniques over single-wire recordings. For tetrode recordings, error rates were increased by burst activity and during periods of cellular synchrony. The lowest possible separation error rates were estimated by a search for the best ellipsoidal cluster shape. Human operator performance was significantly below the estimated optimum. Investigation of error distributions indicated that suboptimal performance was caused by inability of the operators to mark cluster boundaries accurately in a high-dimensional feature space. We therefore hypothesized that automatic spike-sorting algorithms have the potential to significantly lower error rates. Implementation of a semi-automatic classification system confirms this suggestion, reducing errors close to the estimated optimum, in the range 0-8%.
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- K D Harris
- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA
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Aliev AE, Elizabe L, Kariuki BM, Kirschnick H, Thomas JM, Epple M, Harris KD. In situ monitoring of solid-state polymerization reactions in sodium chloroacetate and sodium bromoacetate by 23Na and 13C solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Chemistry 2000; 6:1120-6. [PMID: 10785796 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(20000403)6:7<1120::aid-chem1120>3.3.co;2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The thermally induced solidstate polymerization reactions in sodium chloroacetate and sodium bromoacetate, leading to poly(hydroxyacetic acid) (polyglycolide) and NaCl and NaBr, respectively, were studied by isothermal in situ solid-state NMR spectroscopy at 120, 130 and 140 degrees C with a time resolution of the order of 5 to 25 min. The nuclei probed were 23Na and 13C, allowing the parent compounds (sodium halogenoacetates) and both reaction products (polymer and alkali halide) to be monitored. For sodium chloroacetate, there is no evidence for the involvement of intermediate phases during the reaction whereas this cannot be excluded for sodium bromoacetate. The crystal structure of sodium bromoacetate was determined directly from powder diffraction data by the Monte Carlo method, and was found to be isostructural with sodium chloroacetate. The topochemical reaction mechanism proposed previously for sodium chloroacetate is thus also applicable for the polymerization reaction in sodium bromoacetate. The mechanistic and kinetic information obtained from our in situ solid-state NMR investigations is compared and contrasted with information obtained from other in situ probes of the polymerization reactions in these materials.
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- AE Aliev
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, UK
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Digerness SB, Harris KD, Kirklin JW, Urthaler F, Viera L, Beckman JS, Darley-Usmar V. Peroxynitrite irreversibly decreases diastolic and systolic function in cardiac muscle. Free Radic Biol Med 1999; 27:1386-92. [PMID: 10641733 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(99)00184-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Much of the damaging action of nitric oxide in heart may be due to its diffusion-limited reaction with superoxide to form peroxynitrite. Direct infusion of peroxynitrite into isolated perfused hearts fails to model the effects of in situ formation because the bulk of peroxynitrite decomposes before reaching the myocytes. To examine the direct effects of peroxynitrite on the contractile apparatus of the heart, we exposed intact and skinned rat papillary muscles to a steady state concentration of 4-microM peroxynitrite for 5 min, followed by a 30-min recovery period to monitor irreversible effects. In intact muscles developed force fell immediately to 26% of initial force, recovering to 43% by 30 min. Resting tension increased by 600% immediately, and was still elevated 500% by 30 min. Nitrotyrosine immunochemistry showed that peroxynitrite can induce tyrosine nitration at low concentrations and is capable of penetrating 200-380 microm into the papillary muscle after a 5-min infusion. Decomposed peroxynitrite had no effect on either intact or skinned muscle developed force or resting tension. Our results show that peroxynitrite directly damages both developed force and resting tension of isolated heart muscle, which can be extrapolated to systolic and diastolic injury in intact hearts.
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- S B Digerness
- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
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It is common to estimate the frequency separation between peaks in a digitized frequency-domain spectrum by fitting an appropriate function to the experimental spectrum using least-squares procedures. In this paper, we assess from first principles the precision associated with such measurements of frequency separation. In addition to the frequency separation between the peaks, other parameters involved in fitting the spectrum are the peak widths, the lineshape functions (Gaussian, Lorentzian, etc.) for the peaks, and the peak amplitudes. The precision also depends on the signal-to-noise ratio and the spacing between adjacent data points in the digitized spectrum. It is assumed that the residuals considered in the least-squares fitting procedure are the differences between the intensities of corresponding digitized data points in the experimental and fitted spectra. Under these conditions, analytical expressions for the precision in peak separation are derived for the following cases: (i) when the amplitudes of two peaks are known and the two peaks have known equal widths; (ii) when the ratio of the amplitudes of two peaks is known, and the widths of the two peaks are known to be equal, but the actual value of the peak width is not known. In each case, the situation with two Gaussian peaks and the situation with two Lorentzian peaks are considered. In all cases, the absolute precision P(eta) in the estimated frequency separation eta between the two peaks is approximated by an equation of the type P(eta) approximately F(eta/Delta, alpha)SK, where Delta is the peak width, alpha is the ratio A2/A1 of amplitudes of the two peaks, S is the signal-to-noise ratio, and K is the density of data points in the frequency-domain spectrum. The form of the function F(eta/Delta, alpha) depends on the type of lineshape (Gaussian or Lorentzian), and depends on which of the parameters A1, A2, and Delta are known independently of the fitting procedure. Attempts to extend our first-principles approach to assess the precision in least-squares estimates of frequency separation between peaks in more complex situations than those discussed above generally lead to analytical expressions that are formidably complicated. In such cases, numerical approaches based on the theoretical framework developed here may be employed to assess the precision in estimating the frequency separation.
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- P E Jupp
- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom.
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Urthaler F, Wolkowicz PE, Digerness SB, Harris KD, Walker AA. MDL-28170, a membrane-permeant calpain inhibitor, attenuates stunning and PKC epsilon proteolysis in reperfused ferret hearts. Cardiovasc Res 1997; 35:60-7. [PMID: 9302348 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6363(97)00099-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES This paper tests the hypothesis that calpains are activated in the ischemic (I)/reperfused (R) heart and contribute to myocardial stunning. METHODS Isolated ferret hearts were Langendorff perfused isovolumically, and subjected to 20 min of global I followed by 30 min of R in the presence or absence of 0.2 microM MDL-28170, a membrane-permeant calpain inhibitor. Right trabeculae then were isolated from these hearts, skinned chemically, and pCa(2+)-force curves obtained. Samples of left ventricle were extracted subjected to SDS-PAGE, and Western analyzed for PKC epsilon and PKM epsilon. RESULTS Perfused ferret hearts exhibit a 43% decline in left ventricular developed pressure during R. Pre-treatment of hearts with MDL-28170 prior to I significantly improves function during R. Trabecular myofilaments from normal hearts have a KD for Ca2+ of 6.27 +/- 0.06; I/R decreased the KD to 6.09 +/- 0.04; trabeculae from I/R hearts pre-treated with MDL-28170 have a KD of 6.28 +/- 0.04. Western analysis shows ferret hearts to contain a single approximately equal to 96 kDa species of PKC epsilon. I/R hearts contain the native PKC epsilon and a approximately equal to 25 kDa smaller species of PKC epsilon which corresponds to PKM epsilon, the calpain proteolyzed form of PKC epsilon. Pre-treatment of I/R hearts with MDL-28170 markedly diminishes PKM epsilon in reperfused hearts. CONCLUSIONS Mechanical stunning during R is sensitive to MDL-28170. Depressed mechanical function is reflected in a hyposensitization of trabecular myofilaments to Ca2+. Western analysis shows that PKM epsilon is present in R hearts.
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- F Urthaler
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA
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In this report we describe a model that applies Marr's theory of hippocampal function to the problem of map-based navigation. Like many others we attribute a spatial memory function to the hippocampus, but we suggest that the additional functional components required for map-based navigation are located elsewhere in the brain. One of the key functional components in this model is an egocentric map of space, located in the neocortex, that is continuously updated using ideothetic (self-motion) information. The hippocampus stores snapshots of this egocentric map. The modeled activity pattern of head direction cells is used to set the best egocentric map rotation to match the snapshots stored in the hippocampus, resulting in place cells with a nondirectional firing pattern. We describe an evaluation of this model using a mobile robot and demonstrate that with this model the robot can recognize an environment and find a hidden goal. This model is discussed in the context of prior experiments that were designed to discover the map-based spatial processing of animals. We also predict the results of further experiments.
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- M Recce
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, England
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George AR, Harris KD. Representing and understanding geometric features of one-dimensional tunnel structures in solid inclusion compounds. J Mol Graph 1995; 13:138-41, 190. [PMID: 7577840 DOI: 10.1016/0263-7855(94)00016-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A computational method is presented for probing geometric, topological, and structural characteristics of one-dimensional tunnel structures in solid inclusion compounds. The method is illustrated for the urea and thiourea inclusion compounds, highlighting important structural differences between the urea and thiourea tunnel structures, and potential areas of application of the methodology are discussed.
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- A R George
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, U.K
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Zahradka P, Harris KD, Triggs-Raine B, Lamontagne G, Leblanc N. PCR-based analysis of voltage-gated K+ channels in vascular smooth muscle. Mol Cell Biochem 1995; 145:39-44. [PMID: 7544866 DOI: 10.1007/bf00925711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Irregularities in K+ currents form the basis of several cardiovascular dysfunctions, among which are arrhythmias and vasospasms. The developmental regulation of voltage-gated K+ channels, however, has been difficult to study. A novel approach was therefore employed to examine these channels in muscle tissue. Primers for a PCR-based analysis were designed using published nucleic acid sequences for voltage-gated K+ channels. Final selection of the primer pairs was based on the homology present in the S4 and H5 transmembrane domains. A specific band was amplified with these primers using RNA isolated from both rat A10 vascular smooth muscle cells and rat heart tissue.
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- P Zahradka
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre
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Schmicker D, Haas AC, Harris KD. Observation of the Sliding Mode in Incommensurate Intergrowth Compounds: Brillouin Scattering from the Inclusion Compound of Urea and Heptadecane. Phys Rev Lett 1995; 74:734-737. [PMID: 10058834 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.74.734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Schmicker D, Haas C, Harris KD. Elastic constants of the dioctanoyl peroxide/urea inclusion compound determined by Brillouin scattering. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1994; 49:11572-11579. [PMID: 10010023 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.49.11572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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