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A Arduini

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Activity of neurons in the deep layers of the cat superior colliculus correlated with slow eye movements.

In the encéphale isolé cats in state of drowsiness and sleep and in darkness, the spike activity of a population of neurons in the superior collicules is modulated in relation to the slow movement of the eyes. These neurons are all located in the deep layers of the colliculus and belong to a larger population which had been previously to discharge in correspondence with saccadic movements. The correlation between neuronal activity and slow movements is not present continuously and may be obscured by a number of factors. Also when the correlation is present there is always some degree of independence between strength and time course of the discharge on one side, and extent and time course of movement on the other.

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[The repair of the membrane lipid bilayer in oxidative stress: phosphatidylethanolamine reacylation in synaptosome, photoreceptor and erythrocyte membranes].

The participation of unsaturated (linoleic and arachidonic) and saturated (palmitic) fatty acids in reacylation of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) in synaptosomes, photoreceptor membranes and erythrocytes at oxidative stress was studied. Induction of lipid peroxidation (LPO) was found to result in a significant decrease in the content of PE polyenoic fatty acids due to their oxidative destruction. It might be related to both an activation of phospholipase A2 and a decrease in PE reacylation rate. On contrary, under the same conditions an increase in incorporation of palmitic acid into PE was observed. The results of this study suggest that phospholipid deacylation-reacylation reactions comprise an important mechanism of both protection and adaptation of organisms to oxidative stress.

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