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Opt Express ; 31(1): 396-410, 2023 Jan 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36606975

ABSTRACT

Intra-arterial catheter guidance is instrumental to the success of minimally invasive procedures, such as percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. However, traditional device tracking methods, such as electromagnetic or infrared sensors, exhibits drawbacks such as magnetic interference or line of sight requirements. In this work, shape sensing of bends of different curvatures and lengths is demonstrated both asynchronously and in real-time using optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR) with a polymer extruded optical fiber triplet with enhanced backscattering properties. Simulations on digital phantoms showed that reconstruction accuracy is of the order of the interrogator's spatial resolution (millimeters) with sensing lengths of less than 1 m and a high SNR.


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Cannula , Optical Fibers , Catheters, Indwelling , Phantoms, Imaging , Polymers
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Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci ; 64: 28-40, 2017 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28667934

ABSTRACT

This paper employs a case study from the history of neuroscience-brain reward function-to scrutinize the inductive argument for the so-called 'Heuristic Identity Theory' (HIT). The case fails to support HIT, illustrating why other case studies previously thought to provide empirical support for HIT also fold under scrutiny. After distinguishing two different ways of understanding the types of identity claims presupposed by HIT and considering other conceptual problems, we conclude that HIT is not an alternative to the traditional identity theory so much as a relabeling of previously discussed strategies for mechanistic discovery.


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Brain/physiology , Neurosciences , Reward , Humans
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Brain Cogn ; 112: 3-12, 2017 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26905647

ABSTRACT

Courtesy of its free energy formulation, the hierarchical predictive processing theory of the brain (PTB) is often claimed to be a grand unifying theory. To test this claim, we examine a central case: activity of mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic (DA) systems. After reviewing the three most prominent hypotheses of DA activity-the anhedonia, incentive salience, and reward prediction error hypotheses-we conclude that the evidence currently vindicates explanatory pluralism. This vindication implies that the grand unifying claims of advocates of PTB are unwarranted. More generally, we suggest that the form of scientific progress in the cognitive sciences is unlikely to be a single overarching grand unifying theory.


Subject(s)
Brain/physiology , Dopaminergic Neurons/physiology , Motivation , Reward , Humans , Models, Neurological
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Stud Hist Philos Sci ; 54: 20-30, 2015 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26568083

ABSTRACT

Wesley Salmon's version of the ontic conception of explanation is a main historical root of contemporary work on mechanistic explanation. This paper examines and critiques the philosophical merits of Salmon's version, and argues that his conception's most fundamental construct is either fundamentally obscure, or else reduces to a non-ontic conception of explanation. Either way, the ontic conception is a misconception.

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Neuropharmacology ; 49(7): 953-62, 2005 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16005474

ABSTRACT

Gamma-aminobutyric acid subtype B (GABA(B)) receptors play an important role in regulating brain reward function. Accumulating evidence suggests that chronic exposure to drugs of abuse may alter GABA(B) receptor function. The present studies investigated whether chronic nicotine administration, using a regimen that induces nicotine dependence, increased inhibitory regulation of brain reward function by GABA(B) receptors, as measured by intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) thresholds in rats. Such an action of nicotine may contribute to the reward deficit observed during nicotine withdrawal. Nicotine-dependent and control rats received the GABA transaminase inhibitor gamma-vinyl-GABA or the GABA(B) receptor agonist CGP44532 according to a within-subjects Latin square design, and ICSS thresholds were assessed post-injection. Systemic administration of the lowest doses of GVG or CGP44532 did not alter reward thresholds in control or nicotine-treated rats, whereas the highest doses of each drug elevated thresholds similarly in both groups. Further, micro-infusion of CGP44532 directly into the ventral tegmental area elevated ICSS thresholds similarly in saline- and nicotine-treated rats. Overall, these data demonstrate that prolonged nicotine exposure did not alter GABA(B) receptor-mediated regulation of brain reward function, and suggest that alterations in GABA(B) receptor activity are unlikely to play a role in the brain reward deficits associated with spontaneous nicotine withdrawal.


Subject(s)
Brain/physiology , Nicotine/pharmacology , Nicotinic Agonists/pharmacology , Receptors, GABA-B/drug effects , Reward , 4-Aminobutyrate Transaminase/antagonists & inhibitors , Animals , Dopamine/physiology , Electrodes, Implanted , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , GABA Agonists/pharmacology , GABA-B Receptor Agonists , Limbic System/drug effects , Limbic System/physiology , Male , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Self Stimulation , Synaptic Transmission/drug effects , Ventral Tegmental Area/physiology , Vigabatrin/pharmacology
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