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    Increase of dialysate dopamine in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis by clozapine and related neuroleptics

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    Neuroleptics are known to stimulate dopamine release in neostriatal terminal areas. In the present study we have investigated by brain microdialysis in freely mo moving mts the effect of typical and atypical neuroleptics on dopamine transmission in tl-le bed nucleus of stria terminalis, a dopamine terminal area belonging to the limbic system and recently assigned the so-called extended amygdala. Mean basal dialysate dopamine values were 14.3 moles/20 mu l sample. Dopamine output in dialysates was increased dose-by clozapine (max + 158%, 248%, and 461% of basal nt 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg LP, respectively), risperidone (max + 115% and 221% of basal at I and 3 mg/kg IF, respectively, olanzapine (max + 138% and 235% of basal at 3 and 6 mg/kg IF, respectively, BIMG 80 (max) 64% and 164% of basal at 3 and 5 mg/kg IF, respectively, amperozide(max + 110% and 194% of basal at 3 and 6 mg/kg IF, respectively, The selective dopamine D-4 antagonist L-745,870 increased dialysate dopamine but at rather high closes and not as effectively as clozapine (max + + 32%, 89%, and 130% of basal at 2.7, 5.4, and 10.8 mg/kg IF, respectively). The typical neuroleptic haloperidol (0.1 and 0.5 mg/kg SC) and the selective D-2 antagonist raclopride (0.14, 0.56, and 2.1 mg/kg SC), the serotonergic 5-HT2 antagonist ritanserin (0.5 and 1.5 mg/kg IF), and the adrenergic alpha(1) antagonist prazosin (0.91 and 2.73 mg/kg IP) did not affect dialysate dopamine in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis. Saline (I ml/kg SC or 3 ml/kg IF) did not modify dialysate dopamine. Therefore, atypical neuroleptics share the ability of stimulating dopamine transmission in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis, brit this property is not mimicked by any of the! drug tested that selectively act on individual receptors among those that lire affected by atypical neuroleptics These observations raise the possibility that the property of increasing dopamine transmission in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis is the result of combined blockade of dopamine, serotonin, and noradrenaline re receptors and that might be profile predictive of an atypical neuroleptic profile. (C) 1999 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed

    Variations on the Author

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    “Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship

    Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis

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    We provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis

    Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts

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    We conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more sophisticated methods

    Author Index

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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