Functional specificity of local synaptic connections in neocortical networks

Neuronal connectivity is fundamental to information processing in the brain. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms of sensory processing requires uncovering how connection patterns between neurons relate to their function. On a coarse scale, long-range projections can preferentially link cortical regions with similar responses to sensory stimuli. But on the local scale, where dendrites and axons overlap substantially, the functional specificity of connections remains unknown. Here we determine synaptic connectivity between nearby layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons in vitro, the response properties of which were first characterized in mouse visual cortex in vivo. We found that connection probability was related to the similarity of visually driven neuronal activity. Neurons with the same preference for oriented stimuli connected at twice the rate of neurons with orthogonal orientation preferences. Neurons responding similarly to naturalistic stimuli formed connections at much higher rates than those with uncorrelated responses. Bidirectional synaptic connections were found more frequently between neuronal pairs with strongly correlated visual responses. Our results reveal the degree of functional specificity of local synaptic connections in the visual cortex, and point to the existence of fine-scale subnetworks dedicated to processing related sensory information.     

白俄罗斯泥炭沼泽的起源利用和保护

高度地概括了白俄罗斯泥炭沼泽研究进展和主要研究成果，探讨了人类活动对泥炭沼泽的影响，亦研究了白俄罗斯泥炭沼泽的开发利用，从沼泽学到沼泽业所走过的漫长而复杂的道路     

脱硫催化剂的酸法制备及性能研究

对用酸法进行催化剂制备，酸法制备的最佳镁铝比，分散介质的优化，引入对脱催化剂的氧化性能和还原性能的影响。以及实验室的还原温度等诸方面进行了研究。     

人胰岛素原乳腺表达载体的构建

通过ＰＣＲ方法扩增了人胰岛素（ＨＩ）基因１．３４ｋｂ的ＤＮＡ片段并克隆于ｐＵＣ１８的ＳｍａⅠ位点内。经ＤＮＡ序列分析表明，该片段为ＨＩ基因的氨基酸编码区及３＇端调控区序列。同时，应用ＰＣＲ方法对牛α－乳白蛋白（ＢαＬＡ）基因进行了扩增，得到了０．８４ｋｂＤＮＡ扩增片段。将其克隆于去除了ＥｃｏＲＩ位点的ｐＵＣ１８ＳｍａＩ位点内，经内切酶分析和ＤＮＡ测序证明该片段是ＢαＬＡ基因５＇调控区序列。ＥｃｏＲ     

探讨带参数微分方程边值问题的解法

主要讨论带参数微分方程边值问题的逼近值及渐近值解法,并且利用基础解系、边值函数等概念,解决了带参数的微分方程中参数充分小的范围内解的变化趋势.     

MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING： DISCORDANT PREFERENCES AND PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

There are many practical decision problems where decision makers＇ preferences may be inconsistent and contradictory. In this paper, new methods for ordering and classifying multi-attribute objects by discordant collective preferences are suggested. These methods are based on the theory of multiset metric spaces. The proposed techniques are applied to ranking companies and a competitive selection of projects, which are estimated by several experts upon multiple qualitative criteria.     

Reweighting the general household survey 1979-2007

We have calculated two new sets of weights applicable to the General Household Survey (GHS) from 1979 to 2007. One of these is for use with any general analysis of GHS topics and the second is designed for analyses of data collected in the Family Information section. The methods used follow closely those employed by ONS from 1996 onwards. The performance of the weights is assessed in estimating the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) from 1971-2007, an aggregate measure of fertility for which reliable figures are available at national level from vital registration statistics. Our weights improve the GHS estimates, reducing bias both in the TFR and in age-specific fertility rates.     

Polyreactivity increases the apparent affinity of anti-HIV antibodies by heteroligation

During immune responses, antibodies are selected for their ability to bind to foreign antigens with high affinity, in part by their ability to undergo homotypic bivalent binding. However, this type of binding is not always possible. For example, the small number of gp140 glycoprotein spikes displayed on the surface of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disfavours homotypic bivalent antibody binding. Here we show that during the human antibody response to HIV, somatic mutations that increase antibody affinity also increase breadth and neutralizing potency. Surprisingly, the responding naive and memory B cells produce polyreactive antibodies, which are capable of bivalent heteroligation between one high-affinity anti-HIV-gp140 combining site and a second low-affinity site on another molecular structure on HIV. Although cross-reactivity to self-antigens or polyreactivity is strongly selected against during B-cell development, it is a common serologic feature of certain infections in humans, including HIV, Epstein-Barr virus and hepatitis C virus. Seventy-five per cent of the 134 monoclonal anti-HIV-gp140 antibodies cloned from six patients with high titres of neutralizing antibodies are polyreactive. Despite the low affinity of the polyreactive combining site, heteroligation demonstrably increases the apparent affinity of polyreactive antibodies to HIV.