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  • 1
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    The discriminative stimulus properties and detection thresholds of intracranial self-stimulation: Effects of d-amphetamine, morphine, and haloperidol (1985)
    Springer
    Psychopharmacology 85 (1985), S. 289-294 
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    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Discriminative stimulus properties ; ICSS detection thresholds ; d-Amphetamine ; Morphine ; Haloperidol
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract A two-choice discrimination task was used to evaluate the effects of psychoactive drugs on the discriminative stimulus properties of brain self-stimulation in rats. In these experiments, brain stimulation served both as a discriminative stimulus and as a reinforcing stimulus, but the two effects were manipulated separately. Animals were trained to a criterion of 95% correct in choosing between two levers, and when this levels of accuracy was reached, the ability to choose correctly remained stable over an 8-month period. Increasing the current strength of the discriminative stimulus from zero to 100% of the training current produced a graded increase in the number of trials completed on the appropriate lever. The discriminative effects produced by brain stimulation were evaluated pharmacologically by using three prototypical psychoactive drugs in an attempt to change the detection threshold for the discriminative stimulus. Morphine, d-amphetamine, and haloperidol, drugs that reliably alter reinforcement thresholds for brain stimulation, failed to change detection thresholds. These results demonstrated that: (1) brain stimulation produces potent and reliable discriminative effects and (2) the effects of psychoactive drugs on detection thresholds can be dissociated from their effects on reinforcement thresholds for brain stimulation.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00428189
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    Threshold differences for naloxone and naltrexone in the hypothalamus and midbrain using fixed ratio brain self-stimulation in rats (1981)
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    Psychopharmacology 74 (1981), S. 17-22 
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    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Brain self-stimulation ; Fixed ratio reinforcement ; Morphine ; Naloxone ; Naltrexone
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Rats were implanted with stimulating electrodes aimed either at the medial forebrain bundle-lateral hypothalamus (MFB-LH) or the midbrain-central gray (MID-GG), and were trained to lever-press for brain self-stimulation on a fixed ratio: 15 schedule of reinforcement. The dose-dependent effects of morphine (0.1–3.0 mg/kg), naloxone (0.1–30 mg/kg), and naltrexone (0.1–30 mg/kg) were then determined during 1 h test sessions. Both naloxone and naltrexone decreased the rate of responding in the MFB-LH as well as in the MID-CG. However, decrements in response rates were produced in the MID-CG by both naloxone and naltrexone at one tenth the doses required to produce similar decrements with electrodes in the MFB-LH. Dose-dependent decreases in response rates produced by morphine occurred at the same doses in the two electrode sites. At both sites, the decreases in response rates produced by the highest dose of morphine were antagonized completely by a low dose of naloxone (0.1 mg/kg). At an intermediate dose of naloxone (1.0 mg/kg), antagonism occurred in the MFB-LH but not in the MID-CG. At a high dose of naloxone (10 mg/kg), a depression in lever-pressing occurred at both sites in the morphine-treated animal indicating that the depressive action predominated over antagonism. These data explain the lack of consistency of the effects of naloxone on brain self-stimulation previously reported by different laboratories, and demonstrate that the use of partial reinforcement schedules in a rational approach to the evaluation of opioid effects on brain self-stimulation behavior.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00431750
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    Formation of the amphibian grey crescent: Effects of colchicine and cytochalasin B (1978)
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    Development genes and evolution 185 (1978), S. 99-104 
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Amphibian ; Grey crescent ; Colchicine ; Cytochalasine B
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The effects of colchicine and cytochalasin B on grey crescent formation in frog (Rana pipiens) and toad (Bufo arenarum) eggs were determined. Colchicine prevented the appearance of the grey crescent, but this inhibition was not due to the absence of an aster. Cytochalasin B did not inhibit grey crescent formation, nor did it inhibit certain activation events such as cortical granule breakdown or cortical contraction. Cytochalasin B caused a detachment of the cortex from the cytoplasm and induced the formation of a morphological grey crescent in non-activated eggs. The results suggest that microtubules may play several roles in grey crescent formation and that a change in the attachment of the cortex to the cytoplasm may also be involved.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00848218
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    Ultraviolet light inhibits grey crescent formation on the frog egg (1980)
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    Development genes and evolution 189 (1980), S. 73-76 
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Ultraviolet irradiation ; Amphibian ; Grey crescent ; Embryology
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary Work by others has shown that ultraviolet (UV) irradiation of the vegetal half of the uncleaved frog egg causes defects in neural development. We find that the earliest effect of irradiation ofRana pipiens eggs is to prevent grey crescent formation, the first indication of dorso-ventral polarization of the egg. The UV effect on the grey crescent and on neural development shows similarities in timing, dose-responses, and reversal by cold. We suggest that the UV effect on neural morphogenesis may be caused by the inhibition of cortical-cytoplasmic movement involved in grey crescent formation.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00848569
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    Interactions of naloxone with morphine, amphetamine and phencyclidine on fixed interval responding for intracranial self-stimulation in rats (1990)
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    Psychopharmacology 102 (1990), S. 263-268 
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    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Fixed interval: 60 s schedule ; Intracranial self-stimulation ; Naloxone ; Morphine ; d-Amphetamine ; Phencyclidine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Rats were implanted with stimulating electrodes aimed at the medial forebrain bundle-lateral hypothalamus (MFB-LH) and were trained to lever-press for brain self-stimulation on a fixed interval: 60 s schedule of reinforcement. The effects of graded doses of naloxone (0.1–30 mg/kg), morphine (0.3–5.6 mg/kg), naloxone plus morphine,d-amphetamine (0.03–1.0 mg/kg), naloxone plusd-amphetamine, phencyclidine (0.3–5.6 mg/kg), and naloxone plus phencyclidine were tested. Naloxone produced a significant decrease in rates at 30 mg/kg. Naloxone (0.1–1.0 mg/kg) plus morphine blocked the dose-dependent decrease produced by morphine alone. In contrast, naloxone (1.0–10 mg/kg) plusd-amphetamine attenuated the graded increase in response rates produced byd-amphetamine. Naloxone (1.0–10 mg/kg) plus phencyclidine did not reliably change the increase in response rates produced by phencyclidine alone. The use of the fixed interval schedule of brain self-stimulation to study these drug interactions is novel, and further demonstrates that the highly reinforcing aspects of brain stimulation, known to be influenced by dopamine, may also be modulated by the endogenous opiate system.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02245931
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    Configurational entropy of polyethylene and other linear polymers (1966)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A-2: Polymer Physics 4 (1966), S. 869-880 
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    ISSN: 0449-2978
    Keywords: Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: The configurational entropy of the polyethylene chain at the melting points calculated in two ways. In both calculations, tetrahedral angles and discrete trans and gauche arrangements of all bonds are assumed, and trans bonds are assumed more stable than gauche by energy U1. First, calculations are made on chains of up to N = 18 bonds, disallowing all configurations having overlapping atoms, and the result is extrapolated to large N. Second, a calculation is made directly for long chains, with overlaps excluded only over every short chain segment. The results are in almost exact agreement, suggesting that the second method can be safely used with other molecules. The calculated configurational entropy is in line with that suggested by the entropy of fusion, assuming the chains to acquire a configurational freedom in the melt which approaches that of independent chains.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1966.160040604
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    Equation of state and the thermodynamic properties of liquid polymers: Application of the Hirai-Eyring modelPresented at Symposium on Thermodynamic Properties of Bulk Polymers, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Md., March 10-12, 1969. (1970)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A-2: Polymer Physics 8 (1970), S. 1337-1360 
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    ISSN: 0449-2978
    Keywords: Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: It is shown that the Hirai-Eyring model for the liquid state is capable of accurately describing the p, V, T behavior of liquid polymers in the temperature range over which measurements are now made, and below. Once the parameter choices necessary to accomplish the fit are made for a particular polymer, the excess thermodynamic functions (differences in properties, liquid less solid) are determined by the same parameters. Above the glass transition temperature Tg the volume, excess enthalpy, and square of the excess entropy are predicted by the model to be essentially linear with temperature, in agreement with experiment. Below Tg, these functions do not remain linear (as is usually assumed in extrapolating the equilibrium behavior to low temperatures), but instead they rapidly approach zero in a continuous way as the temperature is lowered. These remarks apply to glass-forming materials composed of small molecules, as well as to polymers. The “paradox” raised by Kauzmann is thus resolved, and the Gibbs-DiMarzio second-order transition appears to be unnecessary.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1970.160080807
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    Viscoelastic properties of branched polyethylene melts (1970)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A-2: Polymer Physics 8 (1970), S. 455-465 
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    ISSN: 0449-2978
    Keywords: Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: The dynamic mechanical properties of branched polyethylenes in the molten state were determined in the frequency range 10-3-10 radians/sec. The materials tested have remarkably similar rheological properties even though they vary greatly in molecular weight and molecular weight distribution. The similarity in properties is attributed to the influence of long chain branching on the relaxation spectra. A mechanistic argument is proposed to relate the observed behavior to molecular entanglement coupling. The concept of entanglement coupling involving long-chain branching leads to the expectation that the quasi-Newtonian and non-Newtonian viscosities of branched polymers may be either greater or less than those of linear polymers of the same species, which have comparable molecular weights. This is borne out by experiment.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1970.160080311
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    Dielectric properties of an epoxy resin and its composite I. Moisture effects on dipole relaxation (1986)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 31 (1986), S. 1771-1784 
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    ISSN: 0021-8995
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Dipole relaxation dielectric loss behavior of a fiberglass-epoxy composite has been studied as a function of moisture uptake. A single widely distributed loss peak, centered at -16°C for 10 kHz measurement, is observed in the dry composite. Very low moisture concentrations (〈0.1%) interact with the composite, through either dipole pairing or by inducing chemical changes, to decrease loss intensity. At moisture concentrations from 0.1 to 1.4%, loss peak intensity generally increases with moisture uptake. Over this moisture concentration range water dipoles presumably relax in phase with the epoxy segments or side groups upon which they adsorb. Arrhenius relaxation activation energy decreases, and improved loss peak definition at increasing moisture concentrations is interpreted as indicating resin plasticization by adsorbed moisture. At moisture concentrations above 1.4%, the appearance of a second loss peak suggests formation of a new colloidal or weakly adsorbed moisture phase, as well as the saturation of primary adsorption sites.
    Additional Material: 10 Ill.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1986.070310622
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    Preconcentration and determination of lead(II) at crown ether and cryptand containing chemically modified electrodes (1989)
    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Electroanalysis 1 (1989), S. 13-21 
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    ISSN: 1040-0397
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Chemically modified electrodes (CMEs) containing incorporated crown ether and cryptand ligands as modifiers were evaluated for their ability to preconcentrate metal cations prior to quantitation by conventional voltammetric methods. Stable CMEs were formed for 18-crown-6, dibenzo-18-crown-6, poly(dibenzo-18-crown-6), dibenzo-24-crown-8, and 2.2.2-cryptand by mixing the desired amount of the ligand into carbon paste. The resulting electrodes exhibited complexing capabilities that were similar to those of the free ligands. In particular, the CMEs were very reactive toward Pb2+ and Hg2+. Pb2+ uptake was sufficiently strong that a detection limit of 1 μM was obtained following a 20-sec exposure to the sample and transfer to a blank electrolysis solution for differential pulse voltammetric analysis. Accurate quantitation of micromolar levels of Pb in water and urine reference standards was achieved at the CMEs by means of a simple procedure requiring minimal sample preparation. Finally, the analytical characteristics of CME preconcentration were directly compared to those of the electrodeposition approach ordinarily employed in stripping voltammetry.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.1140010104
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