Information storage in CA1 hippocampal pyramidal neurons is compartmentalized in proximal vs. distal apical dendrites, cell bodies, and basal dendrites. This compartmentalization is thought to be essential for synaptic integration. Differences in the expression of long-term potentiation (LTP) in each of these compartments have been described, but less is known regarding potential differences in...

Ultrastructural studies were performed on normal and abnormal cilia and basal bodies associated with the choroidal epithelium of the chick embryo. Tissues were prepared in each of several fixatives including: 1% osmium tetroxide, in both phosphate and veronal acetate buffers; 2% glutaraldehyde, followed by postfixation in osmium tetroxide; 1% potassium permanganate in veronal acetate buffer. No...

light, amber and dark colored kernels were rated by eye on a scale of 3 different genotypes (zh1, zh2 and zh3). the oil content was measured using the soxhlet extraction method, ranged from 57.26 to 68.29%, for zh1 (light) and zh2 (amber) respectively. fatty acid compositions were measured using gas chromatography. the main fatty acids were linoleic, oleic and linolenic acids, respectively. als...

In this paper, the effect of infrared (IR) roasting conditions on Aflatoxins and total counts of two types of Iranian pistachio kernels, long and round, was studied. The optimized roasting conditions, 70 V for round pistachios and 90 V for long pistachios with 10 cm distance from IR source were used. Naturally Aflatoxin-contaminated kernels were supplied and roasted. Microbiological an...

We analyzed the upstream regions of the human CYP11A and bovine CYP11B genes, and identified a distal promoter in each gene. The distal promoters are located at -1.8 to -1.5 kb in the upstream region of the CYP11A gene and -1.5 to -1.1 kb in the upstream region of the CYP11B gene. Transient transfection of CAT plasmid carrying each of the two distal promoters indicated that the regions had a tr...

The new archaeorthopteran family Roqueiidae is defined for the genus and species Roqueia alpine, described from Pennsylvanian (Kasimovian) of La Mure region (Isère, Alps, France). This taxon characterised by set characters: basal fusion MA with R, its distal re-emergence RP ending into vein MP. are tentatively assigned to order Cnemidolestodea together Cnemidolestidae.

abstract in order to evaluate the effect of testa on reduction of fungal growth and aflatoxin b1 producthon, ten cultivars of pistachio were collected from different parts of pistachio belt i-e rafsanjan, damghan and ghazvin of iran. a section of testa and one mm of endosperm were scraped. 20 gr. of wounded kernels and 20 gr. of unwounded kernels were surface sterilized and then placed in petri...