Using mice that express enhance green fluorescent protein (EGFP) under the control of the parvalbumin promoter, we made paired recordings from interneurons and principal neurons in the basal amygdala. In synaptically connected pairs, we show that single action potentials in a parvalbumin expressing interneuron can inhibit spiking in the synaptically connected principal neuron. When principal ne...

While the existing structures, even recently constructed ones are subjected to the critical earthquakes, the catastrophic devastations are expected to occur. Therefore, at least for several important structures such as power plants, infrastructure, and buildings, there is a need to consider the critical excitation analysis. One of the important criteria in the seismic design of the structures u...

The double bond photoisomerization of fulvene has been studied with quantum dynamics calculations using the multi-configuration time-dependent Hartree method. Fulvene is a test case to develop optical control strategies based on the knowledge of the excited state decay mechanism. The decay takes place on a time scale of several hundred femtoseconds, and the potential energy surface is centered ...

We report an investigation to establish the physical mechanisms responsible for decoherence in the generation of photon pairs from atomic ensembles, via the protocol of Duan et al. for long-distance quantum communication Nature London 414, 413 2001 and present the experimental techniques necessary to properly control the process. We develop a theory to model in detail the decoherence process in...

A theoretical study of molecular, electronic, and vibrational properties of the first excited state of the phenoxyl radical, A 2B2, is presented. The calculated molecular geometries, vertical and adiabatic excitation energies, and harmonic vibrational frequencies are compared with analogous results obtained for the ground state. The calculated excitation energies correspond well to experimental...

35 Humans and cats respond to balance challenges, delivered via horizontal support surface 36 perturbations, with directionally selective muscle recruitment and constrained ground reaction 37 forces. It has been suggested that this postural strategy arises from an interaction of limb 38 biomechanics and proprioceptive networks in the spinal cord. A critical experimental validation 39 of this hy...

Planarizable push–pull flipper probes have been introduced to image order and tension of membranes in living cells. In this report, we show that fluorescent flippers can also be planarized by chemical interactions on DNA architectures rather than physical forces biomembranes. Compared fluorescence water, the planarization parallel cMyc G-quartets is characterized a 100 nm red shift excitation m...