One way in which animals localize sounds along the horizon is by detecting the level differences at the 2 ears. Neurons in the lateral superior olive (LSO) encode this cue by integrating the synaptic drive from ipsilateral excitatory and contralateral inhibitory connections. This synaptic integration was analyzed in 400-500-microns brain slices through the gerbil superior olive. Intracellular r...

While the development of excitatory responses has been the focus of considerable research, the ontogeny of inhibitory connections has received relatively little attention. The lateral superior olive (LSO), an auditory nucleus in the ventral brain stem, is a favorable system in which to compare the maturation of an inhibitory and an excitatory input. Neurons in the LSO are excited by stimuli del...

UNLABELLED In the auditory system, inhibitory transmission from the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB) to neurons of the lateral superior olivary nucleus (LSO) undergoes activity-dependent long-term depression, and may be associated with developmental elimination of these synapses [Sanes DH, Friauf E (2000). REVIEW development and influence of inhibition in the laterial superior oliv...

Background: Poor balance performance and impaired postural control have been frequently reported in patients with low back pain. However, postural control is rarely monitored during the course of treatment even though poor postural control may contribute to chronicity and recurrence of symptoms. Therefore, the present study aimed at investigating the effect of a nonextensible lumbosacral orthos...

Abstract The syntheses of [Cu(PPh 3 ) 2 (L)]NO and (L-SO Na)]NO were achieved through the reaction Cu(PPh NO equimolar amount ligands (L = 5,6-diphenyl-3-[2-pyridyl]-1,2,4-triazine; LSO Na 5,6-diphenyl-3-[2-pyridyl]-1,2,4-triazine-4,4?-disulfonic acid disodium salt). complexes characterized by NMR IR spectroscopy mass spectrometry. compounds exhibit similar absorption emission spectra, suggesti...

We investigated the impact of using detectors made of lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) on the count rate performances of wholebody PET tomographs. To that end, we used a simple computational model that predicts the prompt and random contributions to the total event rate in septaless PET tomographs. Dead time factors at all stages of a typical event acquisition stream are calculated from speciied...

Within the Crystal Clear Collaboration (CCC), four centers are developing second generation high performance small animal positron emission tomography (PET) scanners for different kinds of animals and medical applications. The first prototypes are photomultiplier tube (PMT)-based systems including depth of interaction (DOI) detection by using a phoswich layer of lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) ...

Sound localization pathway separates from the rest of auditory pathway at an early processing stage, after cochlear nuclei. At the top of the hierarchy of all sensory pathways, in cerebral cortex, the information about the sound direction is integrated together with other sound qualities to yield an unified percept. The succession of names of anatomical structures of the pathway is: from cochle...

Establishing precise neuronal connections is crucial for normal brain function. In many parts of the brain, this is accomplished by refining initially diffuse neuronal connections during development. In contrast to our understanding of the mechanisms by which excitatory connections are refined, the refinement of inhibitory circuits is poorly understood. In this thesis, I investigated the refine...