Search results for "ULB"
showing 10 items of 219 documents
Doublecortin expression in the adult rat telencephalon
2001
Doublecortin (DCX) is a protein required for normal neuronal migration in the developing cerebral cortex, where it is widely expressed in both radially and tangentially migrating neuroblasts. Moreover, it has been observed in the adult rostral migratory stream, which contains the neuronal precursors traveling to the olfactory bulb. We have performed DCX immunocytochemistry in the adult rat brain to identify precisely the neuronal populations expressing this protein. Our observations confirm the presence of DCX immunoreactive cells with the characteristic morphology of migrating neuroblasts in the subventricular zone, rostral migratory stream and the main and accessory olfactory bulbs. We ha…
Pheromone-induced odor learning modifies Fos expression in the newborn rabbit brain.
2013
Research report; International audience; Associative learning contributes crucially to adjust the behavior of neonates to the permanently changing environment. In the European rabbit, the mammary pheromone (MP) excreted in milk triggers sucking behavior in newborns, and additionally promotes very rapid learning of initially neutral odor cues. Such stimuli become then as active as the MP itself to elicit the orocephalic motor responses involved in suckling. In this context, the rabbit is an interesting model to address the question of brain circuits early engaged by learning and memory. Here, we evaluated the brain activation (olfactory bulb and central regions) induced in 4-day-old pups by …
The apparent loss of tissue culture competence during leaf differentiation in yams (Dioscorea bulbifera L.)
1993
Explants taken from the leaves of yams (Dioscorea bulbifera L.) at different stages of development were cultured in vitro on a checkerboard using various combinations and/or concentrations of auxin (2,4-d) and cytokinin (6-BAP). An addition of cytokinin to the culture media was not essential for callus induction from explants derived from young leaves in the very early stages of expansion. When the leaves expanded further they required cytokinin and the requirement increased considerably during expansion. Explants taken from fully expanded leaves were no longer able to proliferate, even when extremely high concentrations of cytokinins were applied. Callus grown from highly immature leaves w…
Estudio de la conectividad de los circuitos neuronales del bulbo olfatorio de los primates. Comparación de individuos control con casos de Parkinson
2015
La enfermedad de Parkinson es una enfermedad neurodegenerativa multisistémica que afecta al sistema nervioso central y periférico. Caracterizada por la degeneración selectiva de la neuronas dopaminérgicas de la sustancia negra pars compacta (SNpc), se englobada dentro de las llamadas α-sinucleinopatías. El sello distintivo de esta patología es la propagación de agregados proteicos patológicos de α-sinucleína, en forma de cuerpos y neuritas de Lewy, a lo largo de todo el sistema nervioso. La sintomatología con la que cursa esta enfermedad puede clasificarse en dos grandes categorías: síntomas no motores o pre-clínicos y síntomas motores o clínicos. Cronológicamente, los primeros anteceden a …
Review article: intestinal lymphoid nodular hyperplasia in children - the relationship to food hypersensitivity.
2012
SummaryBackground Lymphoid aggregates are normally found throughout the small and large intestine. Known as lymphoid nodular hyperplasia (LNH), these aggregates are observed especially in young children and are not associated with clinical symptoms being considered ‘physiological’. In children presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms the number and size of the lymphoid follicles are increased. Patients suffering from gastrointestinal symptoms (i.e. recurrent abdominal pain) should systematically undergo gastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy. With these indications LNH, especially of the upper but also of the lower gastrointestinal tract has been diagnosed, and in some children it may reflect …
Olfactory and cortical projections to bulbar and hippocampal adult-born neurons
2015
New neurons are continually generated in the subependymal layer of the lateral ventricles and the subgranular zone of dentate gyrus during adulthood. In the subventricular zone, neuroblasts migrate a long distance to the olfactory bulb where they differentiate into granule or periglomerular interneurons. In the hippocampus, neuroblasts migrate a short distance from the subgranular zone to the granule cell layer of the dentate gyrus to become granule neurons. In addition to the short-distance inputs, bulbar interneurons receive long-distance centrifugal afferents from olfactory-recipient structures. Similarly, dentate granule cells receive differential inputs from the medial and lateral ento…
Access to Higher Education: An Instrument for Fair Societies?
2019
Access to higher education (HE) has a long history. To offer a view on the current debates and worldwide issues regarding access to HE, this editorial depicts how the control of educational access has historically been used as an instrument of governance at the interface of two processes: social stratification and the territorialisation of politics. Access to HE has remained embedded in these large structural processes even though HE has expanded from a highly elitist institution into mass education systems with equity of educational opportunities having become a desirable goal across societies. Analysing these processes helps understand the complex mechanisms producing inequalities in HE t…
Latvijā apgredzenoto ziemeļu gulbju Cygnus cygnus spalvu maiņas migrācija
2020
Ziemeļu gulbju Cygnus cygnus populācija valstīs ap Baltijas jūru pēdējo gadu laikā ir pieaugusi, bet joprojām trūkst datu par populāciju un tās tendencēm. Turklāt pieaug potenciālo konfliktu skaits ar lauksaimniekiem. Darba mērķis ir noskaidrot Latvijā apgredzenoto ziemeļu gulbju spalvu maiņas migrācijas aizceļošanas un atceļošanas periodus atkarībā no to vecuma. Latvijā ziemeļu gulbju gredzenošanai tiek izmantoti zilas krāsas plastmasas kakla gredzeni, kurus ir iespējams novērot no distances. Darba gaitā tika analizēti dati no vietnes www.geese.org, kur tiek glabāti iesniegtie novērojumi par Latvijā apgredzenotiem ziemeļu gulbjiem. No 2004. gada līdz 2019. gada iesniegtie novērojumi tika s…
Internal heat gain from different light sources in the building lighting systems
2017
EU directives and the Construction Law have for some time required investors to report the energy consumption of buildings, and this has indeed caused low energy consumption buildings to proliferate. Of particular interest, internal heat gains from installed lighting affect the final energy consumption for heating of both public and residential buildings. This article presents the results of analyses of the electricity consumption and the luminous flux and the heat flux emitted by different types of light sources used in buildings. Incandescent light, halogen, compact fluorescent bulbs, and LED bulbs from various manufacturers were individually placed in a closed and isolated chamber, and t…
Multiple Resistance to Betalactam Antibiotics, Azithromycin or Moxifloxacin in Implant Associated Bacteria
2013
Background Antibiotics are more and more frequently prescribed in dentistry for prevention and treatment of oral diseases. Bacterial resistance to these agents is clearly increasing, including even previously susceptible micro-organisms and true pathogens. The aim of the present investigation was to examine resistant bacterial strains with respect to possible multiple antibiotic resistance. Methods In a previous investigation, implant-associated bacteria were tested first as mixed cultures and again as pure isolates (n = 138) for resistance to one of five antibiotics (ampicillin/AM, ampicillin + sulbactam/AB, azithromycin/AZ, penicillin/PG, moxifloxacin/MX) using the Etest. The resistance o…