Herbicides inhibit enzymatic systems of plants. Acetolactate synthase (ALS, EC = 4.1.3.18) and 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS, EC 2.5.1.19) are key enzymes for herbicide action. Hundreds of compounds inhibit ALS. This enzyme is highly variable, enabling the selective control of weeds in a number of crops. Glyphosate, the only commercial herbicide inhibiting EPSPS is widely u...

A field study was conducted at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center to determine the effect of transgenic glyphosate-resistant soybean in combination with herbicide (Roundup) application on its endosymbiont Bradyrhizobium japonicum. DNA of bacteroids from isolated nodules was analysed for the presence of the transgenic 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (CP4-EPSPS) DNA se...

The initial synapse in the olfactory system is from olfactory nerve (ON) terminals to postsynaptic targets in olfactory bulb glomeruli. Recent studies have disclosed multiple presynaptic factors that regulate this important linkage, but less is known about the contribution of postsynaptic intrinsic conductances to integration at these synapses. The present study demonstrates voltage-dependent a...

Simultaneous whole cell recordings from monosynaptically connected cortical cells were performed with the use of two patch pipettes to determine the effect of acetylcholine (ACh) on both excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs and IPSPs, respectively) in cultured neurons from rat visual cortex. For 96% of EPSPs and 73% of IPSPs, ACh potently suppressed postsynaptic potentials i...

This study examined whether mucosal stimulation activates long secretomotor neural reflexes and, if so, how they are organized. The submucosa of in vitro full thickness guinea pig ileal preparations was exposed in the distal portion and intracellular recordings were obtained from electrophysiologically identified secretomotor neurons. Axons in the intact mucosa of the oral segment were stimulat...

The properties of the connections made by the axons of pyramidal cells with cortico-thalamic (CT)-like morphology with a range of postsynaptic layer 6 targets were studied with dual intracellular recordings in slices of adult rat and cat neocortex. The cells were filled with biocytin and identified morphologically and, where appropriate, immunofluorescently. CT-like pyramids contacted interneur...

Intrinsic circuit of the superior colliculus (SC), in particular the pathway from the optic tract (OT) to neurons in the intermediate layer (SGI), was investigated by whole-cell patch-clamp recording in slice preparations obtained from 17- to 24-d-old rats. Stimulation of the OT induced monosynaptic EPSPs in neurons in the superficial gray layer (SGS) and the optic layer (SO), and disynaptic or...

The effects of the antipsychotic drugs haloperidol and clozapine on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA receptor-mediated neurotransmission were examined and compared in pyramidal cells of the medial prefrontal cortex in rat brain slices by using the techniques of intracellular recording and single-electrode voltage-clamp. The bath administration of either haloperidol or clozapine produced...

A enzyme inhibitors used in agriculture, glyphosate (N-phosphomethyl glycine) is remarkable. A nonselective herbicide discovered in 1970 by a group of scientists at Monsanto led by Dr. John Franz (1), glyphosate, since first commercialization under the trade name Roundup, has been used globally as a safe and effective means of weed control. The discovery of glyphosate’s herbicidal activity was ...