http://hdl.handle.net/1951/37399 Search the Channel search http://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/1951/43007 Title: Functional Properties Shared By Populations of Neighboring Neurons within the Thalamocortical Pathway<br/><br/>Authors: Weng, Chong Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:15:17 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1951/41605 Title: Roles of Calcium Signaling and Protein Kinase C Activation in Mediating Receptor Control of Corneal Epithelial Renewal<br/><br/>Authors: Zhang, Fan<br/><br/>Abstract: Epidermal growth factor, EGF, is one of the essential growth factors that stimulates injury-induced corneal epithelial healing rates. Cell signaling contributors mediating this response include capacitative calcium entry (CCE) activation and protein kinase C (PKC) isoform stimulation. This study shows in human corneal epithelial cells, HCEC, that CCE is preferentially activated by the PKC isoforms  and . Moreover such activation requires increases in plasma membrane Ca2+ influx through store-operated channels. Therefore, EGF-induced stimulation of cell proliferation and migration may depend on unique effects mediated by six different PKC isoforms identified in HCEC.TRPV1 is a vanilloid subtype of the transient receptor potential protein superfamily. This isoform is a subunit of a non-selective cation channel mediating downstream responses to heat, low pH, or noxious stimuli. TRPV1 expression has been recently described in some epithelial tissues and induces proinflammatory cytokine release through mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) superfamily stimulation. This study describes in HCEC the signaling pathways mediating TRPV1-induced increases in proinflammatory cytokine release. It suggests that epithelial TRPV1 receptor activation by noxious stimuli contributes in-vivo to mounting proinflammatory reactions. Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:01:51 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1951/41213 Title: Differential Roles of Potassium-Chloride Cotransporter Isoforms in Cell Volume Maintenance and Proliferation of Corneal Epithelial Cells<br/><br/>Authors: Capo-Aponte, Jose E. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:02:50 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1951/39835 Title: Electronic Text Displays: Reading Rehabilitation of Low Vision Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration<br/><br/>Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether reading performance, measured in words per minute, improved during an hour of within-session practice. The reading methods were three computer-generated presentations including (1) MNREAD, a modified page format, (2) RSVP, which presents one word at a time, and (3) SCROLL, where text pans from right to left across a screen. Forty-five young readers with normal vision, forty-five elder readers with normal vision, and forty-five readers with low vision due to age-related macular degeneration read by one of these methods. None of the participants had previous experience reading with MNREAD, RSVP of SCROLL. There was little evidence that within-session practice improved performance. Only 10 of 135 participants had modest reading rate gains, and there was no statistical difference between reading method or subject group for this small subset of readers. Sat, 22 Mar 2003 22:58:59 GMT