Pharmacological studies were performed to determine whether alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoazoleprionic acid (AMPA)- and/or kainate (KA)-preferring receptors mediate excitatory synaptic inputs to tiger salamander retinal ganglion cells. Excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs), evoked either by light or by stimulating bipolar cells with puffs of K+, were measured using whole cell recording...

This work examines the commentaries on Horace’s Odes 1, 4; 4, 7 and 12 composed by Porphyrio, Pseudo-Acro,Cristoforo Landino AntonioMancinelli (Horatius cum quatuor commentariis, Venetiis 1492). After a brief overview of Horatian exegetical tradition, we analyze similarities differences in terms content form between ancient scholia Renaissance commentaries. Thus, aim to highlight interpretation...

New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1999) 23(1): 61-67 ©New Zealand Ecological Society A. MITCHELL, K. HOGAN and H. CHAPMAN Ecology and Entomology Group. Soils, Plants and Ecological Sciences Division, Lincoln University, P.O. Box 84, Lincoln, New Zealand Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69, Lincoln, New Zealand Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Chri...

The two witnesses of Rev 11 : 312, also designated in vs. 4 as "the two olive trees" and "the two lampstands," have most frequently been interpreted as representing two personages-Moses and Elijah, James and John, Peter and Paul, or others.' The identification with Moses and Elijah (or with their eschatological counterparts) has been especially tempting because of the mention in vs. 6 of the wi...