Calcium sensing and cell signaling processes in the local regulation of osteoclastic bone resorption

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The cell physiological studies of the local mechanisms that regulate the resorptive process are reviewed. In addition, a speculation about the possible detailed models for these transduction events and their possible interactions with other systemic mechanisms involved in Ca(super 2+) homeostasis as well as the possible role of the RyR-based signaling mechanisms in longer-term cell regulatory processes are presented.

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Parallel processing in an identified neural circuit: the Aplysia californica gill-withdrawal response model system

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The response of the gill of Aplysia californica Cooper to weak to moderate tactile simulation of the siphon, the gill-withdrawal response or GWR, has been explained. The examination suggests that they represent a 'wetware' neural network, architecturally similar to the neural network models of the widely used 'Perceptron' and/or 'Back propagation' type.

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The brain's calendar: neural mechanisms of seasonal timing

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A focus on the neuronal organization and dynamic properties of the biological clock, and the means by which it is synchronized with the environmental lighting conditions is brought out. It is shown that the functional activity of the biological clock is entrained to the seasonal photic cycle and that photoperiod may act as an effective zeitgeber.

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