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Science ; 373(6556): 797-801, 2021 08 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34385397

ABSTRACT

An unconventional superconducting state was recently discovered in uranium ditelluride (UTe2), in which spin-triplet superconductivity emerges from the paramagnetic normal state of a heavy-fermion material. The coexistence of magnetic fluctuations and superconductivity, together with the crystal structure of this material, suggests that a distinctive set of symmetries, magnetic properties, and topology underlie the superconducting state. Here, we report observations of a nonzero polar Kerr effect and of two transitions in the specific heat upon entering the superconducting state, which together suggest that the superconductivity in UTe2 is characterized by a two-component order parameter that breaks time-reversal symmetry. These data place constraints on the symmetries of the order parameter and inform the discussion on the presence of topological superconductivity in UTe2.

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Science ; 368(6490): 532-534, 2020 05 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32355032

ABSTRACT

According to conventional wisdom, the extraordinary properties of the cuprate high-temperature superconductors arise from doping a strongly correlated antiferromagnetic insulator. The highly overdoped cuprates-whose doping lies beyond the dome of superconductivity-are considered to be conventional Fermi liquid metals. We report the emergence of itinerant ferromagnetic order below 4 kelvin for doping beyond the superconducting dome in thin films of electron-doped La2- x Ce x CuO4 (LCCO). The existence of this ferromagnetic order is evidenced by negative, anisotropic, and hysteretic magnetoresistance, hysteretic magnetization, and the polar Kerr effect, all of which are standard signatures of itinerant ferromagnetism in metals. This surprising result suggests that the overdoped cuprates are strongly influenced by electron correlations.

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Science ; 293(5538): 2272-5, 2001 Sep 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11567143

ABSTRACT

The dendritic arbor of pyramidal neurons is not a monolithic structure. We show here that the excitability of terminal apical dendrites differs from that of the apical trunk. In response to fluorescence-guided focal photolysis of caged glutamate, individual terminal apical dendrites generated cadmium-sensitive all-or-none responses that were subthreshold for somatic action potentials. Calcium transients produced by all-or-none responses were not restricted to the sites of photolysis, but occurred throughout individual distal dendritic compartments, indicating that electrogenesis is mediated primarily by voltage-gated calcium channels. Compartmentalized and binary behavior of parallel-connected terminal dendrites can greatly expand the computational power of a single neuron.


Subject(s)
Dendrites/physiology , Hippocampus/cytology , Pyramidal Cells/physiology , 2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate/pharmacology , Action Potentials , Animals , Cadmium/pharmacology , Calcium/metabolism , Calcium Channels/metabolism , Calcium Signaling , Cesium/pharmacology , Egtazic Acid/analogs & derivatives , Egtazic Acid/pharmacology , Glutamates , Hippocampus/physiology , Light , Organ Culture Techniques , Patch-Clamp Techniques , Photolysis , Pyramidal Cells/drug effects , Pyramidal Cells/ultrastructure , Quinoxalines/pharmacology , Rats , Receptors, AMPA/metabolism , Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism , Tetrodotoxin/pharmacology
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J Physiol ; 532(Pt 3): 685-700, 2001 May 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11313439

ABSTRACT

Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition (DSI) in central neurons is mediated by a transient reduction of [gamma]-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release from interneurons. DSI is induced by a retrograde signal emitted from principal cells. We used electrophysiological recordings from CA1 neurons of the rat hippocampal slice to test the hypothesis that only certain classes of interneurons are susceptible to DSI. DSI of action potential-dependent, spontaneous, inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs) in hippocampus is facilitated by carbachol (3 microM), which increases the occurrence of large sIPSCs. Besides carbachol, noradrenaline (norepinephrine; 10 microM), or elevated extracellular potassium (8 mM), could abruptly increase the occurrence of large sIPSCs and DSI in many cases. DSI appeared and disappeared concomitantly with the onset and offset of these large sIPSCs. In contrast, application of AP-5 and CNQX often markedly increased baseline sIPSC activity without enhancing DSI. A brief train of extracellular electrical stimulation could trigger the onset of prolonged, repetitive IPSC activity that was susceptible to DSI. The magnitude of DSI of single evoked IPSCs (eIPSCs) in a given pyramidal cell could be altered by changes in stimulus strength, but there was no simple relationship between stimulus strength and DSI. Baclofen (0.5-5 microM) eliminated the increase in sIPSC activity and DSI induced by carbachol. A GABA(B)receptor antagonist, CGP 35348, reversed the effects of baclofen. Carbachol-induced sIPSCs had relatively rapid rise and decay phases. There was no marked distinction between DSI-susceptible and non-susceptible sIPSCs. Nevertheless, two kinetically distinct components of the eIPSC could be distinguished by their decay times. DSI reduced GABA(A),(fast) without affecting GABA(A),(slow). Furosemide (frusemide), which blocks only GABA(A),(fast), reduced the eIPSC and occluded DSI. The data suggest that, with respect to DSI, there are at least three functionally distinct types of IPSCs. Two types (one susceptible to DSI and one not) have relatively rapid kinetics are probably made by perisomatic synapses. A third, slow IPSC, which is insensitive to DSI, may be produced by distal dendritic synapses.


Subject(s)
Hippocampus/physiology , Neural Inhibition/physiology , Receptors, GABA-A/physiology , gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism , 6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione/pharmacology , Action Potentials/drug effects , Action Potentials/physiology , Animals , Baclofen/pharmacology , Carbachol/pharmacology , Cholinergic Agents/pharmacology , Diuretics/pharmacology , Electric Stimulation , Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology , Furosemide/pharmacology , GABA Agonists/pharmacology , GABA Antagonists/pharmacology , Hippocampus/cytology , Interneurons/physiology , Kinetics , Male , Norepinephrine/pharmacology , Organ Culture Techniques , Organophosphorus Compounds/pharmacology , Patch-Clamp Techniques , Potassium/pharmacology , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Sympathomimetics/pharmacology
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Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao ; 19(4): 317-21, 1998 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10375775

ABSTRACT

AIM: To purify and characterize a potassium channel blocker (BmP-3) from the venom of Chinese scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch. METHODS: 1. Purification was carried out by gel-filtration, cation-exchange, and reversed-phase chromatographies. N-terminal was directly sequenced by double-coupling manual method. Molecular weight was determined on an electrospray ionization mass spectrometer. Amino acid composition was analyzed after acidic hydrolysis for 20 h in HCl 6 mol.L-1 at 110 degrees C. 2. Toxicity tests were conducted in mice and cockroaches. 3. The inhibitory effects of BmP-3 on K+ channels were tested in acutely dissociated rat hippocampal pyramidal neurons using whole-cell patch-clamp configuration. RESULTS: 1. A pure peptide (BmP-3, 8.1 mg) was obtained, about 0.08% of total proteins of the venom. The N-terminal sequences were VGCEE and the molecular weight was 2938 in ESI-mass spectra. 2. No death occurred at the dosage of 200 micrograms in mice and 8 micrograms in cockroaches. 3. The peptide at 10 mumol.L-1 reduced the peak outward K+ currents by 63% +/- 4% in vitro. CONCLUSION: BmP-3 inhibited K+ channels.


Subject(s)
Potassium Channel Blockers , Scorpion Venoms/chemistry , Scorpion Venoms/isolation & purification , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Cockroaches , Hippocampus/physiology , Male , Mice , Molecular Sequence Data , Neurons/physiology , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Scorpion Venoms/pharmacology , Scorpion Venoms/toxicity , Sequence Alignment
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Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao ; 17(3): 224-6, 1996 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9812741

ABSTRACT

AIM: To study the effect of phencyclidine (Phe) on dog coronary artery. METHODS: Contraction of spiral strips of dog coronary artery in bioassay and coronary artery blood flow (CBF) using electromagnetic flowmeter on anesthetized dogs were observed. RESULTS: Phe 0.1-100 mumol.L-1 induced contraction of strips in a concentration-dependent manner. Dextromethorphan (Dex) 10 mumol.L-1, an antagonist of Phe receptor, antagonized the action of Phe. In vivo, Phe 10 mg.kg-1 increased flow of left circumflex coronary artery of anesthetized dogs from 334 +/- 35 mL.kg-1.min-1 to 510 +/- 58 mL.kg-1.min-1, and both left ventrical pressure (LVP) and blood pressure (BP) rose slowly after medication. Dextromethorphan (Dex) 5 mg.kg-1 also antagonized the effect of Phe. CONCLUSION: The regulation of Phe on coronary artery in vivo differs from that in vitro, which may result in the contradictory effects.


Subject(s)
Coronary Circulation/drug effects , Muscle Contraction/drug effects , Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects , Phencyclidine/pharmacology , Animals , Blood Pressure/drug effects , Coronary Vessels/drug effects , Dextromethorphan/pharmacology , Dogs , Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology , Female , In Vitro Techniques , Male , Receptors, Phencyclidine/antagonists & inhibitors
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Sheng Li Xue Bao ; 46(2): 176-80, 1994 Apr.
Article in Chinese | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7973800

ABSTRACT

Bioassay of spiral strips was used to study the effect of agonists of opioid receptor on coronary artery strips of porcine. It was found that selective agonist of kappa (U-50488H), mu (ohmefentanyl OMF) and delta (morphine and DADLE) receptor and wide spectrum agonist of opioid receptor etorphine all produced the contraction of strips dose-dependently. The order of the effect was U-50488H > morphine > etorphine > OMF, DADLE. Naloxone did not antagonize but increase the effect, or even produce contraction of the strips by itself. Haloperidol inhibited the contraction of the strip produced by U-50488H noncompetitively, also in a dose-dependent manner, probably without involving dopamine mechanism. The results indicated that kappa subtype is chiefly involved in the contraction of porcine coronary artery. The conclusion agrees with our autoradiography study of opioid receptor in porcine coronary artery.


Subject(s)
Muscle Contraction/drug effects , Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects , Pyrrolidines/pharmacology , Receptors, Opioid/agonists , 3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer , Animals , Coronary Vessels/drug effects , Fentanyl/analogs & derivatives , Fentanyl/pharmacology , Haloperidol/pharmacology , In Vitro Techniques , Morphine/pharmacology , Naloxone/pharmacology , Receptors, Opioid/metabolism , Swine
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