The potential role of the medial olivocochlear reflex in the estimation of cochlear input‐output functions.

2011 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 2593-2593
Author(s):  
Madison K. Schumann ◽  
Elizabeth A. Strickland
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Medial Olivocochlear Reflex ◽  
Medial Olivocochlear

Investigating the role of the medial olivocochlear reflex in selective attention

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (4) ◽  
pp. 1987-1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan A. Beim ◽  
Andrew J. Oxenham ◽  
Magdalena Wojtczak
Keyword(s):  
Selective Attention ◽  
Medial Olivocochlear Reflex ◽  
Medial Olivocochlear

The Potential Role of Small Depressions as Water Storage Features in the Central Maya Lowlands

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estella Weiss-Krejci ◽  
Thomas Sabbas
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Classic Maya ◽  
Ancient Maya ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Maya Lowlands ◽  
Household Activities ◽  
Landscape Feature

Small depressions are a frequent landscape feature in the northeast Petén and northwestern Belize. Although generally considered the remains of seasonal ancient Maya water cisterns, they have not been subject to systematic study. Excavation of 16 depressions in northwestern Belize showed that these features are either natural sinkholes (dolines) or quarried cavities. In three depressions, quarrying for construction materials and mining for clay was evident and two depressions are the remains of collapsed chultuns. Depressions probably also served as areas where household activities were carried out, they may have played a role as gardens, and were used as trash dumps. For one quarter of the sample, a water storage function was established. Water input-output calculations showed that these features could have held water year round and thus theoretically could have played a much more important role in supplying water than commonly assumed. The study indicates that Classic Maya population could have relied on decentralized water sources and suggests that hypotheses of centralized water management in the central Maya lowlands should be critically reviewed.

The Potential Role of the Medial Olivocochlear Bundle in the Generation of Tinnitus

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Riga ◽  
Michael Katotomichelakis ◽  
Vasilios Danielides
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Olivocochlear Bundle ◽  
Medial Olivocochlear ◽  
Medial Olivocochlear Bundle

POPDC proteins and cardiac function

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1393-1404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Brand
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Striated Muscle ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Effector Proteins ◽  
Muscle Disease ◽  
Disease Genes ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Interaction Partners ◽  
And Function

Abstract The Popeye domain-containing gene family encodes a novel class of cAMP effector proteins in striated muscle tissue. In this short review, we first introduce the protein family and discuss their structure and function with an emphasis on their role in cyclic AMP signalling. Another focus of this review is the recently discovered role of POPDC genes as striated muscle disease genes, which have been associated with cardiac arrhythmia and muscular dystrophy. The pathological phenotypes observed in patients will be compared with phenotypes present in null and knockin mutations in zebrafish and mouse. A number of protein–protein interaction partners have been discovered and the potential role of POPDC proteins to control the subcellular localization and function of these interacting proteins will be discussed. Finally, we outline several areas, where research is urgently needed.

The Effect of Path Length and Display Size on Memory for Spatial Information

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Guérard ◽  
Sébastien Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Path Length ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Recall Performance ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Length Effect ◽  
Serial Memory ◽  
Fixed Reference ◽  
A Minor

In serial memory for spatial information, some studies showed that recall performance suffers when the distance between successive locations increases relatively to the size of the display in which they are presented (the path length effect; e.g., Parmentier et al., 2005) but not when distance is increased by enlarging the size of the display (e.g., Smyth & Scholey, 1994). In the present study, we examined the effect of varying the absolute and relative distance between to-be-remembered items on memory for spatial information. We manipulated path length using small (15″) and large (64″) screens within the same design. In two experiments, we showed that distance was disruptive mainly when it is varied relatively to a fixed reference frame, though increasing the size of the display also had a small deleterious effect on recall. The insertion of a retention interval did not influence these effects, suggesting that rehearsal plays a minor role in mediating the effects of distance on serial spatial memory. We discuss the potential role of perceptual organization in light of the pattern of results.

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