Pectin is a biopolymer that has numerous useful purposes in food and beverage industry, cosmetic products and pharmaceutical fields. One of the important properties of pectin is its bioadhesive properties. Native pect...Pectin is a biopolymer that has numerous useful purposes in food and beverage industry, cosmetic products and pharmaceutical fields. One of the important properties of pectin is its bioadhesive properties. Native pectin provides fair bioadhesive properties that can be improved by modification of pectin structure. The immobilization of thiol groups on polymer can significantly improve the bioadhesive properties due to in situ cross-linking between thiol groups of polymer and mucin [1].展开更多
Neuronal oscillations in the hippocampus are critical for many brain functions including learning and memory.The underlying mechanism of oscillation generation has been extensively investigated in terms of chemical sy...Neuronal oscillations in the hippocampus are critical for many brain functions including learning and memory.The underlying mechanism of oscillation generation has been extensively investigated in terms of chemical synapses and ion channels.Recently,electrical synapses have also been indicated to play important roles,as reported in various brain areas in vivo and in brain slices.However,this issue remains to be further clarified,including in hippocampal networks.Here,using the completely isolated hippocampus,we investigated in vitro the effect of electrical synapses on slow CA1 oscillations(0.5 Hz-1.5 Hz)generated intrinsically by the hippocampus.We found that these oscillations were totally abolished by bath application of a general blocker of gap junctions(carbenoxolone)or a specific blocker of electrical synapses(mefloquine),as determined by whole-cell recordings in both CA1 pyramidal cells and fast-spiking cells.Our findings indicate that electrical synapses are required for the hippocampal generation of slow CA1 oscillations.展开更多
文摘Pectin is a biopolymer that has numerous useful purposes in food and beverage industry, cosmetic products and pharmaceutical fields. One of the important properties of pectin is its bioadhesive properties. Native pectin provides fair bioadhesive properties that can be improved by modification of pectin structure. The immobilization of thiol groups on polymer can significantly improve the bioadhesive properties due to in situ cross-linking between thiol groups of polymer and mucin [1].
基金This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(3147107,91132711,30970960)a Key Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission(15JC1400102,19ZR1416600).
文摘Neuronal oscillations in the hippocampus are critical for many brain functions including learning and memory.The underlying mechanism of oscillation generation has been extensively investigated in terms of chemical synapses and ion channels.Recently,electrical synapses have also been indicated to play important roles,as reported in various brain areas in vivo and in brain slices.However,this issue remains to be further clarified,including in hippocampal networks.Here,using the completely isolated hippocampus,we investigated in vitro the effect of electrical synapses on slow CA1 oscillations(0.5 Hz-1.5 Hz)generated intrinsically by the hippocampus.We found that these oscillations were totally abolished by bath application of a general blocker of gap junctions(carbenoxolone)or a specific blocker of electrical synapses(mefloquine),as determined by whole-cell recordings in both CA1 pyramidal cells and fast-spiking cells.Our findings indicate that electrical synapses are required for the hippocampal generation of slow CA1 oscillations.
