体视感觉“崩溃”的阀值

视差是产生体视感觉的主要因素.但视差过大时这种体视感觉也不能存在.这时随着双眼视差的增大从融合为单一像到成复像,而引起体视“崩溃”.本文对正常人和体视欠缺者用心理物理试验方法结合视觉诱发电位(VEP)分析,测量了人眼体视“崩溃”的视差上限阈值.并在改变刺激图形亮度和面积时加以比较.我们的结果表明正常人体视上限阈值,其视差高于2度,在某些情况下这个“崩溃”阈值达到3度.体视欠缺者的“崩溃”阈值约为1.5度.亮度和面积变小会使体视“崩溃”阈值下降,但在这种情况下体视欠缺者的“崩溃”阈值不会下降.可以认为1.5度是人的最低上限阈值·体视存在时VEP的N峰潜伏期约为220—300ms,P_3峰在280—340ms之间.无体视现象(视差为零和过大)这两个峰的潜伏期明显加大.     

两种视觉刺激状态VEP的源定位分析

有关诱发电位的源定位问题是近年来受到关注的脑研究前沿领域之一。我们采用了两种视觉刺激来对这个问题作了初步探讨。用棋盘格来对双眼的全视网膜以及上、下半视网膜进行刺激。并对这三种大面积皮层活动状态的诱发电位中最稳定的成分Ｐ１００进行了偶极子源定位分析。我们还对５＇和１０＇的交叉视差、非交叉视差的红绿随机点立体图诱发的ＶＥＰ中较稳定的成分Ｐ１００和Ｐ２００进行了偶极子源定位。作者认为大脑对于视差的加工是由人脑内的一个功能性网络来完成的。对于所用的源定位模型作了进一步的讨论     

蓝斑在刺激视上核镇痛中的作用

应用核团微量注射、放射免疫测定（ＲＩＡ）和高压液相（ＨＰＬＣ）观察了刺激视上核（ＳＯＮ）对蓝斑（ＬＣ）灌流液中催产素（ＯＴ）、精氨酸加压素（ＡＶＰ）、去甲明上素（ＮＥ）和５－羟色胺（５－ＨＴ）的含量的变化以及斑注射Ｏ笔ＡＶＰ的拮抗剂对痛阈（ＰＴ）的影响。结果表明;刺激ＳＯＮ后３０到９０ｍｉｎ,ＬＣ灌流液中ＯＴ的含量,３０ｍｉｎＡＶＰ的含量,６０ｍｉｎ５－ＨＴ的含量明显增加,而ＮＥ的含量在３０和６０     

侵染西番莲属(Passiflora)植物的五个黄瓜花叶病毒分离物的特性比较

从紫果西番莲（Ｐａｓｉｆｌｏｒａｅｄｕｌｉｓ）、杂交种西番莲（Ｐ．ｅｄｕｌｉｓＸＰ．ｅｄｕｌｉｓｖａｒ．ｆｌａｖｉｃａｒｐａ）、黄果西番莲（Ｐ．ｅｄｕｌｉｓｖａｒ．ｆｌａｖｉｃａｒｐａ）、转心莲（Ｐ．ｃａｅｒｕｌｅａ）及龙珠果（Ｐ．ｆｏｅｔｉｄａ）分离到的５个黄瓜花叶病毒（ＣＭＶ）分离物（ＰＥ、ＰＥ２、ＰＥｆ、ＰＣ、ＰＦ）所作的生物学性质、理化特性和血清学关系的比较研究结果表明,５个分离物在寄主反应及血清学性质上存在不同,而在病毒粒体形态、体外抗性、蚜虫传毒和病毒外壳蛋白分子量方面无明显差异。根据５个分离物的寄主反应和血清学关系,可将其区分为ＣＭＶ的两个亚组,其中ＰＥ、ＰＥ２、ＰＣ和ＰＦ属ＣＭＶ亚组Ｉ,ＰＥｆ属ＣＭＶ亚组Ｉ。     

逆转录病毒介导CD基因在人结肠癌细胞中表达

构建了含有大肠杆菌胞嘧啶脱氨酶基因（ＥＣ－ＣＤ）的重组逆转录病毒载体ＬＣＤＤＳＮ。经ＰＡ３１７细胞包装后,感染人结肠癌细胞株ＬｏＶｏ。Ｇ４１８筛选得一的稳定表达ＥＣ－ＣＤ基因的细胞克隆ＬｏＶｏ／ＬＣＤＳＮ。ＬｏＶｏ／ＬＣＤＳＮ鹜型ＬｏＶｏ相比,生长曲线无明显差异,细胞形态亦无改变。ＬｏＶｏ／ＬＣＤＳＮ都对５－ＦＵ很敏感（ＩＣ５０约为０．５μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）。表达ＣＤ基因使细胞对基本无毒性的原药５－ＦＣ     

中枢注射U—50,488H对肾水钠钾的排出及PVH内TH —IR神经元活性的影响

本工作１２％乙醇麻醉的大鼠,观察了下丘脑室旁核（ＰＶＨ）微量注射Ｋ型阿片受体激动剂Ｕ－５０,４８８Ｈ对大鼠肾水钠钾排出的影响,以及第三脑室注射Ｕ－５０,４８８Ｈ对ＰＶＨ中多马上胺神经元活性的影响。结果如下（１）ＰＶＨ微量注射Ｕ－５０,４８８Ｈ（５μｇ／ｌ）后２０ｍｉｎ内大量尿量开始增（Ｐ＜０．０１）,持续约１００ｍｉｎ,,４１－６０ｍｉｎ尿量增加达峰值（Ｐ＜０．００１）。（２）,ＰＶＨ预先（１０ｍ     

兔2‘,5’—寡聚腺苷酸合成酶的诱导形成

通过对兔血细胞内２‘,５’－寡聚腺苷酸合成酶诱导形成的研究,发现聚肌苷酸与聚胞苷酸双链复合物只能诱导单核型细胞产生２‘,５－ＯＡＳＥ,而新城疫病毒（ＮＤＶ）、红细胞生成素（ＥＰＯ）可同时刺激ＰＢＭＣ和总红细胞中２’,５‘－ＯＡＳＥ的上升。实验证明总红细胞中２’－５‘－ＯＡＳＥ定位于网织细胞中,苯肼、ＮＤＶ和ＥＰＯ引起总红细胞中２’,５‘－ＯＡＳＥ活性的增加与外周血中网织细胞的增加有直接关系。注射ｐ     

肾多巴胺受体对血量扩张和脑室高张盐溶液注射引起促钠排泄的作用

本工作观察麻醉兔用氟哌啶醇阻断肾多巴胺受体对血量扩张（ＶＥ）和脑室高张盐溶液注射（ＩＣＨＮａ）引起促钠排泄反应的影响。在ＶＥ实验中。对照组与氟哌啶醇组排销量增加峰值分别为６５．６±１５．０与１９．０±５．５μｍｏｌ／ｍｉｎ（Ｐ＜０．０２）;在ＩＣＨＮａ实验中,对照组与氟哌啶醇组排钠量增加峰值分别为２８．９±４．６与２９．０±５．８μｍｏｌ／ｍｉｎ（Ｐ＞０．０５）,在肾多巴胺受体完好兔实验中,ＶＥ＋ＩＣＨＮａｇ;起的促钠排泄大于ＶＥ（Ｐ＜０．０１）或ＩＣＨＮａ（Ｐ＜０．０１）引起的反应。肾多巴胺受体阻断也可显著减弱ＶＥ＋ＩＣＨＮａ引起促钠排泄反应。结果表明：肾多巴胺受体阻断显著减弱ＶＥ以及ＶＥ＋ＩＣＨＮａ引起促钠排泄,对ＩＣＨＮａ的反应无效;在正常兔ＶＥ＋ＩＣＨＮａ引起促钠排泄显著大于各单一刺激的反应。     

表达新城疫病毒F48E8株融合蛋白基因的重组鸡痘病毒及其免？…

将将城疫病毒（ＮＤＶ）Ｆ４８Ｅ８株融合蛋白基因导入鸡痘病毒（ＦＰＶ）插入载体ｐＥＧＦ１１７５－１的Ｐ７．５启动子下游,得到转移载体ｐＦＧ１１７５－１重组质粒。采用脂质体转染技术,将该质粒转染ＦＰＶ２８２Ｅ株感染的鸡胚成纤维细胞（ＣＥＦ）。,经过多次蓝斑筛选纯化,获稳定的重组病毒ｒＦＰＶ－ＮＤＦ。间接免疫荧光试验表明,ｒＦＰＶ－ＮＤＦ感染的ＣＥＦ中表达了ＮＤＶ的融合蛋白。用ｒＦＰＶ－ＮＤＦ免疫的ＳＦ     

抗心律失常药UK－68798对家兔心脏房室结区不同细胞的电生理作用

在离体家兔ＡＶＮ区标本上,用微电极技术研究了Ⅲ类抗心律失常新药ＵＫ－６８７９８对ＡＮ,Ｎ,ＮＨ,Ｈ４种细胞的电生理效应。浓度５×１０－９至５×１０－６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ的ＵＫ－６８７９８对４种细胞的动作电位幅值（ＡＰＡ）、静息膜电位（ＲＰ）皆无影响。对ＡＶＮ的自搏率有剂量依赖性减慢作用,但不改变Ａ－Ｈ传导时间。在５×１０－８－５×１０－６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ剂量范围,此药使动作电位时程（ＡＰＤ５０）和（ＡＰＤ９０）发生剂量依赖性延长。４种细胞中以Ｎ细胞的ＡＰＤ５０和ＡＰＤ９０延长百分率最高。各种细胞ＡＰＤ９０延长百分率的排列次序为Ｎ＜ＡＮ＜Ｈ＜ＮＨ,当浓度为５×１０－６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ时的延长百分率分别为９５±２６％（Ｎ）,７５±２２％（ＡＮ）,６３±２６％（Ｈ）,４６±２６％（ＮＨ）。在ＵＫ－６８７９８的作用下,４种细胞的有效不应期（ＥＲＰ）也发生剂量依赖性延长,但不存在像ＡＰＤ延长百分率那样的差别。此外,４种细胞ＥＲＰ所相当的复极化膜电位未受药物影响,从而避免了由于兴奋性恢复的不均一性,使ＡＶＮ区成为折返性心律失常的发源地．     

频差在立体视觉信息加工中的作用 Ⅱ、频差“克服”视差

双眼立体视觉机制至今不很清楚,存在不少争论,研究它具有深远意义。我们的兴趣是从心理物理、电生理和理论模型三方面开展工作,最终目标是试图搞清楚视觉立体信息处理类机制。本文主要利用心理物理学方法研究频差克差视差的问题。我们利用自己研制的一种多功能立体图形发生器产生左边为非均匀条纹、右边为均匀条纹的一系列具有不同视差的立体图对。在感知到“阶梯”后,用三种方法使得“阶梯”感变平:①改变均匀条纹的频率,②改变均匀条纹与被试的距离,③改变非均匀条纹与被试者的距离。从而实现了频差“克服”视差。我们的结果支持用频差来解释双眼倾斜现象,它使我们相信频差是视差在初级视系统中的表象形式。     

频差在立体视觉信息加工中的作用 Ⅱ、频差“克服”视差

双眼立体视觉机制至今不很清楚,存在不少争论,研究它具有深远意义。我们的兴趣是从心理物理、电生理和理论模型三方面开展工作,最终目标是试图搞清楚视觉立体信息处理类机制。本文主要利用心理物理学方法研究频差克差视差的问题。我们利用自己研制的一种多功能立体图形发生器产生左边为非均匀条纹、右边为均匀条纹的一系列具有不同视差的立体图对。在感知到“阶梯”后,用三种方法使得“阶梯”感变平:①改变均匀条纹的频率,②改变均匀条纹与被试的距离,③改变非均匀条纹与被试者的距离。从而实现了频差“克服”视差。我们的结果支持用频差来解释双眼倾斜现象,它使我们相信频差是视差在初级视系统中的表象形式。     

Brain activation difference evoked by different binocular disparities of stereograms: An fMRI study

The binocular disparity of two retina images is a main cue of stereoscopic vision. However, the global dependency between brain response and binocular disparity still remains unclear. Here, we used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to identify stereopsis-related brain regions with a modified Random Dot Stereogram (RDS) and plotted the activation variation curves under different disparity size. In order to eliminate the confounding shape difference between the stereogram and the plane, commonly seen in RDS, we modified the RDS to a checkerboard version. We found that V3A, V7 and MT+/V5 in dorsal visual stream were activated in stereoscopic experiment, while little activation was found in ventral visual regions. According to the activation trends, 13 subjects were divided into three groups: 5 subjects with turning points (a shift from increased to decreased activation), 5 subjects without turning points and 3 subjects with activation unrelated to disparity. We inferred that the dorsal visual stream primarily processes spatial depth information, rather than shape information.     

The stereoscopic anisotropy affects manual pointing

Although binocular disparity can in principle provide absolute depth information, perceived stereoscopic depth depends on the relative disparities between points and their spatial arrangement. An example of this is the stereoscopic anisotropy--observers typically perceive less depth for stereoscopic surfaces when depth varies in the horizontal direction than in the vertical direction. We investigated whether this anisotropy also affects manual pointing. Participants were presented with stereograms depicting surfaces that were slanted in depth about either a horizontal axis (inclination) or a vertical axis (slant), and were asked either to point to the edge of a surface, or to estimate its inclination or slant. For both tasks, a clear anisotropy was observed, with participants perceiving greater depth, and also pointing out steeper surfaces, for inclined surfaces than for slanted surfaces. We conclude that both perception and the control of action are subject to a similar stereoscopic anisotropy, and that performance on the two tasks relies on similar depth processing mechanisms.     

Sibling Cannibalism of Young Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, in Relation to Size Disparity and Metabolic Rates

Cannibalism is a leading cause of young mortality in the red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, culture, and size disparity is its primary causative factor. Cannibalism did not occur in young fish, graded by a difference of 0.5cm from 2.0 to 4.5cm in total length. There was a shift in the size distribution from unimodal (normal) when there was no cannibalism, to bimodal or trimodal when cannibalism occurred. The results suggested that the wider was the size disparity, the greater was the sibling cannibalism. Size disparity increased with growth and in turn with sibling cannibalism, which became insignificant when the young grew to a size of about 6cm. We present threshold levels of size disparity among siblings to prevent mutual cannibalism. We hypothesize that through sibling cannibalism a hierarchy may evolve in a red drum cohort, at which a stable population will form.     

How to “hear” visual disparities: real-time stereoscopic spatial depth analysis using temporal resonance

In a stereoscopic system, both eyes or cameras have a slightly different view. As a consequence, small variations between the projected images exist (`disparities') which are spatially evaluated in order to retrieve depth information (Sanger 1988; Fleet et al. 1991). A strong similarity exists between the analysis of visual disparities and the determination of the azimuth of a sound source (Wagner and Frost 1993). The direction of the sound is thereby determined from the temporal delay between the left and right ear signals (Konishi and Sullivan 1986). Similarly, here we transpose the spatially defined problem of disparity analysis into the temporal domain and utilize two resonators implemented in the form of causal (electronic) filters to determine the disparity as local temporal phase differences between the left and right filter responses. This approach permits real-time analysis and can be solved analytically for a step function contrast change, which is an important case in all real-world applications. The proposed theoretical framework for spatial depth retrieval directly utilizes a temporal algorithm borrowed from auditory signal analysis. Thus, the suggested similarity between the visual and the auditory system in the brain (Wagner and Frost 1993) finds its analogy here at the algorithmical level. We will compare the results from the temporal resonance algorithm with those obtained from several other techniques like cross-correlation or spatial phase-based disparity estimation showing that the novel algorithm achieves performances similar to the `classical' approaches using much lower computational resources. Received: 9 April 1997 / Accepted in revised form: 15 January 1998     

PLASTID FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE DIATOMS NITZSCHIA ALBA AND NITZSCHIA LAEVIS

Among the co-dominant molecular markers, microsatellite loci have a number of advantages in population genetic studies. However, the different methods to hunt these markers are expensive, time consuming, and they require sophisticated laboratory equipment. Using in one species the microsatellites primers originally described for another one saves time and reduces costs. Examples in the literature revealed that microsatellites described for Gracilaria gracilis from France have not worked for other members of the Gracilariales. The results were not very promising, at least for Gracilaria chilensis from Chile. In this study, a number of microsatellite loci described for Laminaria digitata (Laminariaceae) from France were amplified and sequenced in two Lessonia (Lessoniaceae) species from Chile. Preliminary results show a partial conservation of both, flanking and tandem repeat regions. Some polymorphism has also been detected in Lessonia spp. The higher molecular affinity (conservation of primer sites) observed in species belonging to different families of brown algae, respect to that observed among species of the same genus in the red algae, is surprising. Such a result is strikingly counterintuitive when observing the morphological disparity among the Laminariales, respect to the similarity observed in the Gracilariales. It also reminds one of an earlier discussion by Gary Saunders about "When a family is not a family".     

An ASIC-chip for stereoscopic depth analysis in video-real-time based on visual cortical cell behavior

In a stereoscopic system both eyes or cameras have a slightly different view. As a consequence small variations between the projected images exist ("disparities") which are spatially evaluated in order to retrieve depth information. We will show that two related algorithmic versions can be designed which recover disparity. Both approaches are based on the comparison of filter outputs from filtering the left and the right image. The difference of the phase components between left and right filter responses encodes the disparity. One approach uses regular Gabor filters and computes the spatial phase differences in a conventional way as described already in 1988 by Sanger. Novel to this approach, however, is that we formulate it in a way which is fully compatible with neural operations in the visual cortex. The second approach uses the apparently paradoxical similarity between the analysis of visual disparities and the determination of the azimuth of a sound source. Animals determine the direction of the sound from the temporal delay between the left and right ear signals. Similarly, in our second approach we transpose the spatially defined problem of disparity analysis into the temporal domain and utilize two resonators implemented in the form of causal (electronic) filters to determine the disparity as local temporal phase differences between the left and right filter responses. This approach permits video real-time analysis of stereo image sequences (see movies at http://www.neurop.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Real- Time-Stereo) and a FPGA-based PC-board has been developed which performs stereo-analysis at full PAL resolution in video real-time. An ASIC chip will be available in March 2000.     

Changes in visual evoked potentials after phosphene electrostimulation in children suffering from myopia

We recorded visual evoked potentials (VEPs) in children suffering from medium and high myopia (3.0 to 6.0 and more than 6.0 D; 28 and 21 patients, respectively); a light flash was used as the stimulus. The VEPs were recorded before and after a curative course of phosphene electrostimulation (PhES; frequency 15 sec⁻¹, 10 to 15 10-min-long everyday sessions). The above course resulted in clear trends toward decreases in the peak latencies of the P60 and P100 VEP components; changes in the latencies of other components were expressed to a lesser extent. In children with medium myopia, the latency of the P60 component decreased, on average, by more than 21% (P < 0.05); in patients with high myopia, the respective decrease was about 12% (P > 0.05). These shifts were accompanied by increases in the mean amplitudes of the P60 and, to a lesser degree, P100 (more expressed in medium myopia). The data obtained allow us to suppose that the PhES course provides increases in the transmission velocity through relay structures of the visual analyzer and in neuronal networks of the visual cortex and also in the number of neuronal units whose activity is reflected in generation of VEPs. Application of the PhES technique is much more effective in relatively moderate myopia. Neirofiziologiya/Neurophysiology, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 228–235, May–June, 2008.