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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
341

Characterization of synchronization periods in in vitro cultures of cortical neuronal networks with spontaneous activity

Juliana Couras Fernandes Silva 21 April 2020 (has links)
Os sistemas neuronais exibem atividade espontânea coordenada essencial para a formação de circuitos neuronais dependentes da atividade que são relevantes em processos fisiológicos, como a formação de memória, e em processos não fisiológicos, como as convulsões. In vitro, as culturas corticais exibem atividade espontânea de curtos períodos de atividade altamente sincronizada - períodos de sincronização (PS) - intercalados com períodos de atividade assíncrona mais longos. Vários estudos investigaram os mecanismos por detrás da geração desta atividade espontânea, mas como os sistemas neuronais geram estes PSs ou se estes podem ser previstos dada a atividade prévia são questões que permanecem por esclarecer. Neste trabalho, mostramos que os PSs se podem classificar em agrupamentos com base nos seus motivos temporo-espaciais, na sua rede de ignição e na sua dinâmica. Além disso, em experiências com arrays de microeléctrodos, detetámos elétrodos cuja probabilidade de um SP acontecer dado que se registou atividade era mais alta do que o esperado, permitindo identificar estes elétrodos, e consequentemente neurónios, como preditores de PSs. Ademais, mostramos que os picos da correlação cruzada ocorrem entre elétrodos cuja atividade oscila entre dois modos de frequência, o que sugere que os neurónios registados por estes elétrodos podem ter um papel relevante na manutenção da atividade espontânea. Por fim, simulando redes corticais com regras de conectividade mínimas foi possível replicar o padrão de PSs com valores de taxas de disparo semelhantes às experiências, sugerindo, assim, componentes estruturais implicadas na sua geração. Em suma, os nossos resultados sugerem que a conectividade local, neurónios com um elevado grau de saída e sub-redes fechadas poderão ter um papel importante na sustentação da atividade espontânea que gera os PSs. / Neuronal systems show coordinated spontaneous activity that impacts activity-dependent circuit formation relevant for physiological processes as memory formation, and non-physiological processes, as epileptic seizures. In vitro cortical cultures show spontaneous activity of short periods of highly coordinated activity - the synchronization periods (SP) - intercalated with longer periods of lower asynchronous activity. Several studies have investigated the mechanisms underlying the generation of this spontaneous activity, but how the neuronal system generates these SPs or if they can be predicted given the previous activity remains unclear. In this work, we show that clusters of SPs can be formed based on the temporo-spatial motif of its activity, its ignition subnetwork and its dynamics. Furthermore, in experiments with microelectrode arrays, we were able to find electrodes whose probability of a SP being about to start given that the electrode registered a spike was high could be used as a metric to identify electrodes, and consequently neurons, acting as predictors. Moreover, we show that highly cross-correlated peak values occur between electrodes whose activity oscillates in two frequency modes, suggesting that these electrodes could play a role in sustaining the network's spontaneous activity. Finally, by simulating cortical networks with minimal connectivity rules it was possible to replicate the SP pattern whose network firing rate ranges matched the experiments, thus suggesting structural components implicated in its generation. Overall, our results suggest that local connectivity, high out degree neurons and closed-loop networks may play a role sustaining the spontaneous activity and generating the SP pattern.
342

The Roles of Branched Microtubule Nucleation and Kinetochore Architecture in Chromosome Congression and Segregation

Ana Isabel Coelho de Almeida 03 May 2022 (has links)
No description available.
343

In vitro evaluation of the effect of oxidative stress in placental function

Lígia Raquel Pinto Ribeiro 04 January 2021 (has links)
No description available.
344

Progressing to a more sustainable aquaculture: Alternative diet for european lobster (Homarus gammarus) juveniles

Dionísio Teixeira de Sousa 13 January 2022 (has links)
No description available.
345

Temporal change in the calling behaviour of an isolated killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Miguel Neves dos Reis 16 January 2015 (has links)
No description available.
346

Evaluation of uremic solutes in biological samples of Chronic Kidney Disease patients

Luís António Miranda de Sousa Pinto Silva 05 January 2021 (has links)
No description available.
347

Impact of defatted mealworm larvae meal on European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) flesh quality.

Andreia da Silva Sousa 26 January 2021 (has links)
No description available.
348

Combined effects of warming, acidification and the synthetic progestin levonorgestrel on the fitness of the marine amphipod Gammarus locusta (Crustacea)

Epeli Manu Loganimoce 04 August 2016 (has links)
No description available.
349

EVALUATION OF ALGAL BIOMASSES IN DIETS FOR GILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata) JUVENILES- EFFECTS ON IMMUNE CONDITION AND GENERAL PERFORMANCE

Rute Luis de Almeida Mateus 04 February 2021 (has links)
No description available.
350

Environmental control of planktonic communities in a coastal Marine Protected Area (PNLN)

Rúben Micael Moreira Pereira 04 February 2021 (has links)
No description available.

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