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Accurately describing synaptic interactions between neurons and how interactions change over time are key challenges for systems neuroscience. Although intracellular electrophysiology is a powerful tool for studying synaptic integration and plasticity, it is limited by the small number of neurons that can be recorded simultaneously in vitro and by the technical difficulty of intracellular recording in vivo. One way around these difficulties may be to use large-scale extracellular recording of spike trains and apply statistical methods to model and infer functional connections between neurons. These techniques have the potential to reveal large-scale connectivity structure based on the spike timing alone. However, the interpretation of functional connectivity is often approximate, since only a small fraction of presynaptic inputs are typically observed. Here we use in vitro current injection in layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons to validate methods for inferring functional connectivity in a setting where input to the neuron is controlled. In experiments with partially-defined input, we inject a single simulated input with known amplitude on a background of fluctuating noise. In a fully-defined input paradigm, we then control the synaptic weights and timing of many simulated presynaptic neurons. By analyzing the firing of neurons in response to these artificial inputs, we ask 1) How does functional connectivity inferred from spikes relate to simulated synaptic input? and 2) What are the limitations of connectivity inference? We find that individual current-based synaptic inputs are detectable over a broad range of amplitudes and conditions. Detectability depends on input amplitude and output firing rate, and excitatory inputs are detected more readily than inhibitory. Moreover, as we model increasing numbers of presynaptic inputs, we are able to estimate connection strengths more accurately and detect the presence of connections more quickly. These results illustrate the possibilities and outline the limits of inferring synaptic input from spikes. 相似文献
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Tamminga C Sedegah M Regis D Chuang I Epstein JE Spring M Mendoza-Silveiras J McGrath S Maiolatesi S Reyes S Steinbeiss V Fedders C Smith K House B Ganeshan H Lejano J Abot E Banania GJ Sayo R Farooq F Belmonte M Murphy J Komisar J Williams J Shi M Brambilla D Manohar N Richie NO Wood C Limbach K Patterson NB Bruder JT Doolan DL King CR Diggs C Soisson L Carucci D Levine G Dutta S Hollingdale MR Ockenhouse CF Richie TL 《PloS one》2011,6(10):e25868
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A protective malaria vaccine will likely need to elicit both cell-mediated and antibody responses. As adenovirus vaccine vectors induce both these responses in humans, a Phase 1/2a clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of an adenovirus serotype 5-vectored malaria vaccine against sporozoite challenge.Methodology/Principal Findings
NMRC-MV-Ad-PfC is an adenovirus vector encoding the Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 circumsporozoite protein (CSP). It is one component of a two-component vaccine NMRC-M3V-Ad-PfCA consisting of one adenovector encoding CSP and one encoding apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA1) that was evaluated for safety and immunogenicity in an earlier study (see companion paper, Sedegah et al). Fourteen Ad5 seropositive or negative adults received two doses of NMRC-MV-Ad-PfC sixteen weeks apart, at particle units per dose. The vaccine was safe and well tolerated. All volunteers developed positive ELISpot responses by 28 days after the first immunization (geometric mean 272 spot forming cells/million[sfc/m]) that declined during the following 16 weeks and increased after the second dose to levels that in most cases were less than the initial peak (geometric mean 119 sfc/m). CD8+ predominated over CD4+ responses, as in the first clinical trial. Antibody responses were poor and like ELISpot responses increased after the second immunization but did not exceed the initial peak. Pre-existing neutralizing antibodies (NAb) to Ad5 did not affect the immunogenicity of the first dose, but the fold increase in NAb induced by the first dose was significantly associated with poorer antibody responses after the second dose, while ELISpot responses remained unaffected. When challenged by the bite of P. falciparum-infected mosquitoes, two of 11 volunteers showed a delay in the time to patency compared to infectivity controls, but no volunteers were sterilely protected.Significance
The NMRC-MV-Ad-PfC vaccine expressing CSP was safe and well tolerated given as two doses, but did not provide sterile protection.Trial Registration
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00392015相似文献4.
Sedegah M Tamminga C McGrath S House B Ganeshan H Lejano J Abot E Banania GJ Sayo R Farooq F Belmonte M Manohar N Richie NO Wood C Long CA Regis D Williams FT Shi M Chuang I Spring M Epstein JE Mendoza-Silveiras J Limbach K Patterson NB Bruder JT Doolan DL King CR Soisson L Diggs C Carucci D Dutta S Hollingdale MR Ockenhouse CF Richie TL 《PloS one》2011,6(10):e24586
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We model the vague-to-crisp dynamics of forming percepts in the brain by combining two methodologies: dynamic logic (DL) and operant learning process. Forming percepts upon the presentation of visual inputs is likened to model selection based on sampled evidence. Our framework utilizes the DL in selecting the correct “percept” among competing ones, but uses an intrinsic reward mechanism to allow stochastic online update in lieu of performing the optimization step of the DL framework. We discuss the connection of our framework with cognitive processing and the intentional neurodynamic cycle. 相似文献
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A very promising antiviral and antimicrobial agent FS-1 was studied for its ability to induce DNA damage and micronuclei in human tumor cell lines HeLa and Caco-2 at concentrations of 200, 500 and 1000 microg/ml without exogenous metabolic activation. The compound was additionally tested for DNA damaging ability in human lymphocytes at concentrations of 200, 400 and 800 microg/ml. Neither DNA damage nor micronucleus formation was observed after treatment of all types of cells with FS-1. Based on these results, FS-1 can be further studied for its safety to humans for potential application in clinical medicine as an antimicrobial/antiviral drug. 相似文献
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A critical analysis of data from micronucleus assays in exfoliated epithelial cells presented by the investigators from the
CIS is carried out. Twenty two articles are evaluated, and the shortcomings of several of them are discussed. These results
are compared whenever possible with literature data. The aim of this mini-review is a criticism of the shortcomings of these
papers in order to stimulate improvement of the presentation of micronucleus assay data, which will allow the comparison of
these results with data presented by foreign investigators.
Published in Russian in Tsitologiya i Genetika, 2007, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 56–66.
The text was submitted by the authors in English. 相似文献
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Sergey Novikov Pavel Krzhivitskii Sergey Kanaev Petr Krivorotko Nikolay Ilin Julia Melnik Nadejda Popova 《Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy》2019,24(6):688-694
PurposeTo evaluate the opportunities of single photon emission tomography/computerized tomography (SPECT-CT) for localization of axillary sentinel lymph nodes (ASLNs) and subsequent radiotherapy planning in women with early breast cancer.Material and methodsIndividual topography of ASLN was determined in 151 women with clinical T1-2N0M0 breast cancer. SPECT-CT visualization of ASLNs was initiated 120 min after intra-peritumoral injection of 99mTc-radiocolloids. Doses absorbed by virtual ASLNs after the whole breast irradiation with standard and extended tangential fields were calculated on a treatment planning station.ResultsSPECT-CT demonstrated a large variability of ASLN localization. They were detected in the central subgroup in 94 (61%) patients, in pectoral – in 77 (51%), and in interpectoral – in 4 (3%) patients. Sentinel lymph nodes “lying on the chest” were revealed in 35 (23%) cases.We found that with standard tangential fields coverage of ASLNs was obtained only in 20% of evaluated women. Extended tangential fields can effectively irradiate ASLNs localized in all axillary sub-regions with the exception of ASLNs “lying on the chest”.ConclusionSPECT-CT mapping of ASLNs in women with cT1-2N0M0 breast cancer reveals their variable localization. This information can be important for planning of radiation treatment in women that underwent breast conserving surgery without an axillary surgery. 相似文献
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Martha Sedegah Michael R. Hollingdale Fouzia Farooq Harini Ganeshan Maria Belmonte Yohan Kim Bjoern Peters Alessandro Sette Jun Huang Shannon McGrath Esteban Abot Keith Limbach Meng Shi Lorraine Soisson Carter Diggs Ilin Chuang Cindy Tamminga Judith E. Epstein Eileen Villasante Thomas L. Richie 《PloS one》2014,9(9)