Previous studies have shown that visual cortical neurons in old mammals exhibit higher spontaneous activity,higher responsiveness to visual stimuli,and lower selectivity for stimulus orientations and motion directions...Previous studies have shown that visual cortical neurons in old mammals exhibit higher spontaneous activity,higher responsiveness to visual stimuli,and lower selectivity for stimulus orientations and motion directions than did neurons in young adult counterparts.However,whether the responsive difference in cortical neurons between young and old animals resulted from different effects induced by anesthetics has remained unclear.To clarify this issue,we recorded the response properties of individual neurons in the primary visual cortex of old and young adult cats while systematically varying the anesthesia level of urethane,a widely used anesthetic in physiology experiments.Our results showed that cumulatively administrating 50 mg and 100 mg of urethane upon the minimal level of urethane required to anesthetize an old or young adult cat did not significantly alter the degree of neuronal response selectivity for stimulus orientations and motion directions nor significantly change the visually-driven response and spontaneous activity of neurons in old and young adult cats.Cumulatively administrating 150 mg of urethane decreased neuronal responsiveness similarly in both age groups.Therefore,urethane appears to exert similar effects on neuronal response properties of old and young adult animals.展开更多
Projective invariants are not only important objects in mathematics especially in geometry,but also widely used in many practical applications such as in computer vision and object recognition. In this work,we show a ...Projective invariants are not only important objects in mathematics especially in geometry,but also widely used in many practical applications such as in computer vision and object recognition. In this work,we show a projective invariant named as characteristic number,from which we obtain an intrinsic property of an algebraic hypersurface involving the intersections of the hypersurface and some lines that constitute a closed loop. From this property,two high-dimensional generalizations of Pascal's theorem are given,one establishing the connection of hypersurfaces of distinct degrees,and the other concerned with the intersections of a hypersurface and a simplex.展开更多
基金Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (070413138)the Key Research Foundation of Anhui Province Education Department (KJ2009A167)
文摘Previous studies have shown that visual cortical neurons in old mammals exhibit higher spontaneous activity,higher responsiveness to visual stimuli,and lower selectivity for stimulus orientations and motion directions than did neurons in young adult counterparts.However,whether the responsive difference in cortical neurons between young and old animals resulted from different effects induced by anesthetics has remained unclear.To clarify this issue,we recorded the response properties of individual neurons in the primary visual cortex of old and young adult cats while systematically varying the anesthesia level of urethane,a widely used anesthetic in physiology experiments.Our results showed that cumulatively administrating 50 mg and 100 mg of urethane upon the minimal level of urethane required to anesthetize an old or young adult cat did not significantly alter the degree of neuronal response selectivity for stimulus orientations and motion directions nor significantly change the visually-driven response and spontaneous activity of neurons in old and young adult cats.Cumulatively administrating 150 mg of urethane decreased neuronal responsiveness similarly in both age groups.Therefore,urethane appears to exert similar effects on neuronal response properties of old and young adult animals.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61033012,11171052 and 61328206)
文摘Projective invariants are not only important objects in mathematics especially in geometry,but also widely used in many practical applications such as in computer vision and object recognition. In this work,we show a projective invariant named as characteristic number,from which we obtain an intrinsic property of an algebraic hypersurface involving the intersections of the hypersurface and some lines that constitute a closed loop. From this property,two high-dimensional generalizations of Pascal's theorem are given,one establishing the connection of hypersurfaces of distinct degrees,and the other concerned with the intersections of a hypersurface and a simplex.