Search results for "Ribbon diagram"
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Mouse photoreceptor synaptic ribbons lose and regain material in response to illumination changes
2004
Abstract Chemical synapses equipped with ribbons are tonically active, high-output synapses. The ribbons may play a role in the trafficking of synaptic vesicles. Recent findings in retinal rod cells of BALB/c mice indicate that ribbons are large and smooth in the dark phase, and, due to the formation and release of protrusions, small during the light phase. As a consequence of these changes, ribbons may traffick fewer vesicles in the light than in the dark phases. The aim of the present study was to find out whether the above ribbon changes in this mouse strain are strictly illumination-dependent and which signalling processes may be involved. Here, we show that ribbons form protrusions and…
Crystal structure, phase transitions and ferroelastic properties of [(CH3)2NH2]3[Bi2Cl9]
2003
Abstract A sequence of structural phase transitions in [(CH3)2NH2]3[Bi2Cl9] (DMACB) is established on the basis of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dilatometric studies. Four phase transitions are found: at 367/369, 340/341, 323/325 and 285/292 K (on cooling/heating). The crystal structure of DMACB is determined at 350 K. It crystallizes in monoclinic space group P21/n: a=8.062(2), b=21.810(4), c=14.072(3) A, β=92.63(3)°, Z=4, R1=0.0575, wR2=0.1486. The crystal is built of the double chain anions (“pleated ribbon structure”) and the dimethylammonium cations. Dielectric studies in the frequency range 75 kHz–900 MHz indicate relatively fast reorientation of the dimethylammonium cat…