Survival of tumor fragments as a function of temperature: correlation with electric impedance]

The ability of small pieces of Rat Walker's tumour carcinome 256 to develop a subcutaneous tumour on another Rat is dependent on the value and the duration of heat treatment.     

Montane and piedmont chorus frogs (Pseudacris triseriata): Metabolic rate as a function of temperature

Zusammenfassung Die Stoffwechselraten von Fröschen (Pseudacris triseriata) aus Tiefland- und Bergpopulationen wurden bei 10 C und 20 C bestimmt. Die beiden Populationen unterschieden sich nicht signifikant in der Stoffwechselrate bei den 2 Testtemperaturen.     

Oxygen consumption of hibernating worker ants Dolichoderus quadripunctatus as a function of temperature and level of population]

The oxygen consumption of "hibernating" ants shows a grouping effect translated by a significant decrease in the level of oxygen consumption as a function of grouping effect. The general relation between oxygen consumption and the living body mass is the same, if the living material belongs to a single animal, or a social community of ants.     

Visual stimulus localization as a function of brightness

Résumé Dans une tâche consistant à localiser un point sur une barre horizontale ou verticale, on mesure l'information transmise en fonction de l'éclairement et de l'information du stimulus. On trouve une relation linéaire directe entre l'information transmise et le logarithme de l'éclairement. Cette relation reste valable pour diverses quantités d'information émise.

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Partly supported by the Fonds National belge de la Recherche Scientifique.     

Method for the quantitative evaluation of platelet function in blood coagulation

Zusammenfassung Eine Methode zur Auswertung der funktionellen Plättchenaktivität wird beschrieben. Isolierte Plättchen in konstanter Zahl (300000/cu.mm) werden einem alle übrigen Gerinnungsfaktoren in konstanter Menge enthaltenden Substrat zugesetzt. Prozente können von den Gerinnungszeiten durch eine Eichkurve ermittelt werden.     

Cell fusion as a mechanism for the origin of polyploid cells in vitro

Zusammenfassung In Kulturen vonPeromyscus maniculatus und inMuntiacus muntjak wurden Tetraploidzellen gefunden, die als Produkte von Zellfusionen aufgefasst werden. Es wird angenommen, dass die ursprünglichen diploiden Elemente sich im Zeitpunkt der Fusion in verschiedenen Phasen des Zellzyklus befunden haben.

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Supported in part by NIH fellowship No. 1-F02-CA-42, 531-02 from the National Cancer Institute, USPHS grant No. GM-15361, and Grant No. E 286 from the American Cancer Society.     

Ethanol ingestive behavior as a function of central neurotransmission

Uncontrollable alcohol ingestive behavior has been linked to deficits of central neurotransmission. The pineal gland plays an important role in modulating ethanol intake in numerous animal species. The opioidergic (i.e. beta-endorphin, enkephalin, and dynorphin) system is involved in both the actions of alcohol and opiates, as well as craving and/or genetic predisposition towards abuse of these two agents. Furthermore, there is significant evidence to link ingestive behaviors with the ventral tegmental accumbens-hypothalamic axis, whereby the biogenic amines dopamine and serotonin are reciprocally involved. Evidence is presented which implicates the striatum and the hypothalamus as possible specific loci for regional differences between alcohol-preferring and alcohol-nonpreferring mice. We believe that photoperiod-induced alcohol ingestive behavior may involve alterations in both pineal and hypothalamic opioid peptides.     

Ethanol ingestive behavior as a function of central neurotransmission

Summary Uncontrollable alcohol ingestive behavior has been linked to deficits of central neurotransmission. The pineal gland plays an important role in modulating ethanol intake in numerous animal species. The opioidergic (i.e. -endorphin, enkephalin, and dynorphin) system is involved in both the actions of alcohol and opiates, as well as craving and/or genetic predisposition towards abuse of these two agents. Furthermore, there is significant evidence to link ingestive behaviors with the ventral tegmental accumbens-hypothalamic axis, whereby the biogenic amines dopamine and serotonin are reciprocally involved. Evidence is presented which implicates the striatum and the hypothalamus as possible specific loci for regional differences between alcohol-preferring and alcohol-nonpreferring mice. We believe that photoperiod-induced alcohol ingestive behavior may involve alterations in both pineal and hypothalamic opioid peptides.