(n.) Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.
(n.) See Crawfish.
Example Sentences:
(1) Similar to intact crayfish, animals with an isolated protocerebrum-eyestalk complex, exhibit competent circadian rhythms in the electroretinogram (ERG).
(2) When caffeine evokes a contraction, and only then, crayfish muscle fibers become refractory to a second challenge with caffeine for up to 20 min in the standard saline (5 mM K(o)).
(3) Anthopleurin-A produced two distinct responses in crayfish giant axons: depolarization and prolongation of action potentials.
(4) After 2 weeks of chronic exposure to 75 mM EtOH, crayfish showed behavioral tolerance as measured by a decrease in righting time and an increase in tail-flip escape behavior to control levels.
(5) The factors acting at the crayfish and cockroach blood-brain barrier are summarized in FIGURE 8 and would be well suited for providing efficient K+ spatial buffering of the CNS.
(6) The equations of membrane potential developed by Kobatake and coworkers have been applied to the literature data on the resting membrane potential of the crayfish and Myxicola axons to derive values for the surface charge density present on the axon membranes.
(7) Transection of crayfish peripheral nerves proximal to the neuron cell bodies produced a more than two-fold increase in [3H]leucine incorporation, but no significant changes in labeling profiles of the proteins on SDS gels.
(8) Ultimately, I need to get rid of of crayfish and crayfish products – my dreams are so much bigger than what we are doing right now.
(9) This species preferred a higher temperature than its acclimation temperature for those acclimation temperatures ranging from 6 degrees to 26 degrees C. When acclimated to 30 degrees and 33 degrees C, the crayfish preferred a lower temperature than its acclimation temperature.
(10) All three toxins prolonged crayfish giant axon action potentials by selectively slowing Na channel inactivation without greatly affecting activation.
(11) Specific high affinity binding of the cage convulsant t-[35S]butylbicyclophosphorothionate (TBPS) was observed in membrane homogenates of housefly heads and crayfish abdominal muscles.
(12) A toxin from the Bermuda anemone Condylactis gigantea causes the early transient conductance change of crayfish giant axon membranes to persist without affecting the shape of its turning-on.
(13) Simulation results are shown to be in qualitative agreement with experimental data reported for Aplysia and crayfish.
(14) The axons of the pigmented cells terminate in the neuropil of the protocerebral bridge, together with neuronal elements that label with antibodies against serotonin and substance P. We suggest that the brain photoreceptors of the crayfish are important in the entrainment of circadian rhythms.
(15) By stimulating and recording from the same interneuron at two separate points, we have shown that coordinated output to the postural abdominal muscles of crayfish can be produced by electrical stimulation of a single cell.
(16) There are more unsaturated fatty acids in the crayfish than in the rabbit membranes.
(17) The glutathione S-transferase activity in hepatopancreas of the American red crayfish Procambarus clarkii after 15 days' acclimatization in tap water aquaria was measured in specimens collected monthly for a whole year, and shows seasonal variation.
(18) As part of its repertoire of defensive behaviors, the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, may respond to mildly threatening tactile or visual stimuli from the front of its body by walking backwards.
(19) In nonmuscle tissues, four types of isoforms were found on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and in immunoreplica tests using an antiserum against crayfish skeletal muscle tropomyosin.
(20) Visual pigment absorption spectra were measured in single photoreceptors of a stomatopod, a crayfish, a hermit crab, and five species of brachyuran crab.
Marron
Definition:
(a.) A large chestnut.
(a.) A chestnut color; maroon.
(a.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon.
Example Sentences:
(1) If public health and local government can successfully combine their respective expertise, added Marron, the end result could be that public health can then "drive the political agenda" both locally and nationally.
(2) U.S.A. 84, 7036-7040; McPherson, Perlak, Fuchs, Marrone, Lavrik & Fischhoff (1988) Biotechnology 6, 61-66] at the N-terminus.
(3) Singer Emma Marrone, who represented Italy in this year's Eurovision song contest, said Scuccia's success was "an insult to showbusiness" because the nun was not talented enough.
(4) The venerable castagna , once an essential foodstuff for poor Italians and now the basis of the sugary marron glace , is facing a double threat from the east, experts claim.
(5) Marron agreed the changes were an ideal opportunity to tackle deep-seated problems.
(6) Follow-up thought: A lot of coaches will now be asking what that pick says for Ryan Nassib - the quarterback who new Bills head coach Doug Marrone coached at Syracuse.
(7) Marron, head of the Public Health England transition team, acknowledged the challenge of working with local politics, but spoke of how public health as a result can "drive the political agenda" locally and nationally.
(8) But, Marron said, its closeness to government will prove an advantage and ensure that its expert advice is heeded.
(9) Public health also has powerful political support, Marron told the debate.
(10) Others were in place at upper river Eden, the rivers Lowther, Eamont, Kent, Bela, Cocker, Marron and Derwent as well as upper river, Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck and Derwent Water.
(11) Joining Guardian public services editor David Brindle – who chaired the main discussion – were Jonathan Marron, head of the department of health 's Public Health England transition team, chief executive of the Association of Directors of Public Health Nicola Close, chair of Skills for Care Professor David Croisdale-Appleby and joint director of public health at Camden Quentin Sandifer.
(12) The creation of the new NHS Commissioning Board means the Department of Health will in future do a lot less to set health policy, so public health professionals will have more freedom to lead, Marron said.
(13) Typical "glomeruli" consisting of a varicosity of "rosette" joined to the dendritic claws of the granule cells, and "en marron" systems with perikarya of type II Golgi cells were easily recognised.
(14) An exotic type of contact was described in the last decade, in the rat cerebellar cortex, under the designation of synapse en marron.
(15) Jonathan Marron, the Department of Health's director of PHE transition, also stressed in one of the earlier debates that PHE's closeness to the Department of Health will mean that its advice is taken seriously by officials and ministers.
(16) As well as audience members a number of speakers were invited to attend: Nicola Close, chief executive, Association of Directors of Public Health; Professor David Croisdale-Appleby, chair, Skills for Care; Jonathan Marron, director, Public Health England transition, Department of Health; and Dr Quentin Sandifer, joint director of public health, Camden.