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Early differentiation of the afferent nervous system in glabrous snout skin of the opossum (Monodelphis domesticus). 负鼠无毛鼻皮肤传入神经系统的早期分化。
Somatosensory research Pub Date : 1985-01-01 DOI: 10.3109/07367228509144582
T E Jones, B L Munger
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引用次数: 31
Functional properties of slowly adapting mechanoreceptors in cat footpad skin. 猫足垫皮肤缓慢适应机械感受器的功能特性。
Somatosensory research Pub Date : 1985-01-01 DOI: 10.3109/07367228509144567
D G Ferrington
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引用次数: 14
Differential sensitivity to airpuffs on human hairy and glabrous skin. 人类有毛和无毛皮肤对气肿的不同敏感性。
Somatosensory research Pub Date : 1985-01-01 DOI: 10.3109/07367228509144569
H A Hamalainen, S Warren, E P Gardner
{"title":"Differential sensitivity to airpuffs on human hairy and glabrous skin.","authors":"H A Hamalainen,&nbsp;S Warren,&nbsp;E P Gardner","doi":"10.3109/07367228509144569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/07367228509144569","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To compare the relative sensitivities of glabrous and hairy skin, we measured reaction times (RTs) and detectability (d') of airpuffs delivered to the hairy dorsum and glabrous thenar eminence of the hand of six human subjects. In contrast to previous studies with mechanical contact stimuli, airpuffs applied to hairy skin were detected with equal or greater fidelity than airpuffs tested on glabrous skin. Mean RTs to three simultaneously applied airpuffs were significantly shorter (p less than .005) on hairy skin in five of six subjects, and in 74% of paired sessions; no significant difference in mean RTs was observed in 16% of the sessions. The superiority of hairy skin was less evident, however, when single airpuffs were tested, as significantly shorter responses were observed on only 45% of the paired sessions, and nearly identical responses on 38% of the sessions. Detectability of airpuffs (d'), which is independent of the value of RTs, was identical on hairy and glabrous skin at high airpuff intensities (1,600 dyn), and superior (n = 4) or equal (n = 2) on hairy skin with low airpuff intensities (800 dyn). Spatial summation was more pronounced on hairy than on glabrous skin. Three simultaneously presented airpuffs produced significantly shorter RTs than one airpuff in 85% of the paired sessions on hairy skin, but on only half of the sessions on glabrous skin. The spatial distribution of stimulus force was less important on hairy skin, as three low-intensity airpuffs produced the same or shorter RTs than one high-intensity airpuff. By contrast, on glabrous skin, detectability was significantly better when force was concentrated at a single point (1 X 1,600 dyn) than when diffused over a wide skin area (3 X 800 dyn). The enhanced sensitivity of hairy skin to airpuffs appears partially attributable to hair motion in the airstream. After hair removal by chemical depilation, detectability of airpuffs was reduced on hairy skin to a level equal to or below that on glabrous skin. Spatial summation on the depilated skin corresponded to that observed on the intact hairy skin, indicating that depilation did not abolish intensity discrimination, but rather lowered the overall sensitivity of hairy skin. These results show that hair follicle units form a very sensitive detection mechanism on hairy skin of the human hand, similar to that provided by Meissner's and Pacinian afferents in glabrous skin. These findings with airpuffs provide the first example of a tactile stimulus that is less effective for mechanoreceptors in glabrous skin than in hairy skin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)</p>","PeriodicalId":77800,"journal":{"name":"Somatosensory research","volume":"2 4","pages":"281-302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/07367228509144569","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15147354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 20
Electrophysiology of raccoon cuneocerebellar neurons. 浣熊大脑小脑神经元的电生理。
Somatosensory research Pub Date : 1984-01-01 DOI: 10.3109/07367228409144549
J H Haring, M J Rowinski, B H Pubols
{"title":"Electrophysiology of raccoon cuneocerebellar neurons.","authors":"J H Haring,&nbsp;M J Rowinski,&nbsp;B H Pubols","doi":"10.3109/07367228409144549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/07367228409144549","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Electrophysiological experiments were undertaken in order to locate and functionally characterize cells of the raccoon main cuneate nucleus (MCN) that can be activated by electrical stimulation of the cerebellum. A total of 98 such units were studied in pentobarbital sodium-anesthetized, methoxyflurane-anesthetized, or decerebrate preparations. Aside from a greater likelihood of resting discharge in the decerebrate preparations, no appreciable variability in physiological properties of the neurons could be attributed to differences in the type of preparation. Using constant latency of response and ability to be blocked by collision as principal criteria, both antidromically (n = 31) and synaptically (n = 67) activated neurons of the main cuneate nucleus could be identified. A small number of MCN neurons could be activated by both cerebellar and thalamic stimulation, but no unit was antidromically activated from both locations. MCN neurons projecting to the cerebellum are located primarily in the ventral polymorphic cell region of the nucleus at and rostral to the obex, corresponding to the \"medial tongue\" region of Johnson et al. (1968). In contrast, neurons synaptically activated from the cerebellum are found throughout the dorsoventral extent of the rostral MCN, including the \"clusters\" region. The majority of antidromically activated units responded to mechanical stimulation of deeper tissues, and most of these were activated by muscle stretch. Only a small portion (13-15%) of either antidromically or synaptically activated units were classed as light touch units with peripheral receptive fields (RFs) restricted to glabrous surfaces of the forepaw. Glabrous skin RFs located on the digital surfaces are smaller than those located on the palm pads. In both cases, RFs are larger than those associated with primary afferent fibers, but toward the low end of the distribution for MCN neurons not activated by cerebellar stimulation. All MCN units activated by cerebellar stimulation, regardless of modality, respond to mechanical stimulation with trains of irregularly spaced single spikes. Glabrous skin cutaneous mechanoreceptive MCN neurons, whether rapidly or slowly adapting, respond to ramp indentations with an instantaneous frequency which may be described as a power function of ramp velocity, with exponents less than one. These values are in the same range as those previously reported for primary afferents of the cuneate fasciculus (Pubols and Pubols, 1973).</p>","PeriodicalId":77800,"journal":{"name":"Somatosensory research","volume":"1 3","pages":"247-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/07367228409144549","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17551435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 20
Anatomical studies of the spinocervical tract of the rat. 大鼠脊髓颈束的解剖学研究。
Somatosensory research Pub Date : 1984-01-01
M L Baker, G J Giesler
{"title":"Anatomical studies of the spinocervical tract of the rat.","authors":"M L Baker,&nbsp;G J Giesler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was used to identify and examine the cells of origin of the spinocervical tract (SCt) in the rat. Initially, precise data on the boundaries of the rat lateral cervical nucleus (LCn) were gathered after injecting HRP into the ventrobasal thalamus. These data indicated that the LCn of the rat is restricted to a region on the extreme lateral edge of the dorsalmost portion of the lateral funiculus (DLf) within spinal segment C2. Following small iontophoretic injections of HRP that were restricted to this area, labeled SCt neurons were found in the ipsilateral nucleus proprius at all levels of the spinal cord but were most numerous in the cervical enlargement. Lesion studies indicated that the overwhelming majority of SCt axons ascend to the LCn within the DLf. In an attempt to determine whether our injection techniques labeled a significant number of cells through axons of passage, HRP injections were made in the DLf ventral to the LCn. Such injections labeled, presumably through axons of passage, cells in several areas of the spinal cord gray matter, including a large number in the contralateral marginal zone. Injections in areas immediately rostral to the LCn labeled 20% or less of the total number of cells within the enlargements that were labeled by injections into the LCn. Thus, the majority of cells labeled by injections of HRP into the LCn were labeled through preterminal fibers or terminals themselves. The cells of origin of the SCt in the rat are similar in location to those in the cat but far fewer in number.</p>","PeriodicalId":77800,"journal":{"name":"Somatosensory research","volume":"2 1","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17563935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
A comparison of force and depth of skin indentation upon psychophysical functions of tactile intensity. 皮肤压痕的力度和深度对触觉强度的心理生理功能的比较。
Somatosensory research Pub Date : 1984-01-01
J D Greenspan
{"title":"A comparison of force and depth of skin indentation upon psychophysical functions of tactile intensity.","authors":"J D Greenspan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tactile sensory intensities related to force applied to the skin, and depth of skin indentation were measured with a magnitude estimation procedure at various sites on the left hand of four human subjects. These same skin sites were measured for \"compressibility\"--that is, the indentation depths that resulted from controlled forces. Graphic examination of the magnitude estimation data indicated that, in most cases, growth of sensory intensity was relatively shallow at the lower stimulus intensities, and steeper at higher stimulus intensities. The \"breakpoint\" between the shallow and the steep legs of the psychophysical functions was routinely found between 0.30 and 0.40 mm of indentation, and between 12.0 and 20.0 mN of force. Two subjects consistently produced positively accelerating psychophysical functions, whereas the other two produced negatively accelerating or nearly linear functions above the breakpoint. Differences in skin compressibility did not systematically alter the exponent of the psychophysical functions, regardless of the stimulus dimension (i.e., force or depth of skin indentation). Psychophysical functions based on controlled depth of skin indentation, at a constant rate of indentation, consistently produced higher r2 values than psychophysical functions based on controlled force. When the exponents of psychophysical functions based on controlled skin indentation were compared across different regions of the hand, the values were ordered such that dorsum of hand greater than finger greater than thenar. It was concluded that tactile sensory intensity is more closely related to depth of skin indentation than to force, but only when the rate of skin indentation is controlled.</p>","PeriodicalId":77800,"journal":{"name":"Somatosensory research","volume":"2 1","pages":"33-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17560819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Ruffini mechanoreceptors in isolated joint capsule: responses correlated with strain energy density. 离体关节囊中的鲁菲尼机械感受器:反应与应变能密度相关。
Somatosensory research Pub Date : 1984-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/07367244.1984.11800555
P Grigg, A H Hoffman
{"title":"Ruffini mechanoreceptors in isolated joint capsule: responses correlated with strain energy density.","authors":"P Grigg,&nbsp;A H Hoffman","doi":"10.1080/07367244.1984.11800555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07367244.1984.11800555","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mechanoreceptive afferents innervating the posterior capsule of the cat knee joint were recorded in a preparation of isolated capsule. The purpose of the experiments was to identify mechanical states in the capsule that were associated with afferent discharge. The capsule was excised from the knee with its bone attachments intact, so that the geometry of the capsule could be reproduced in vitro. The capsule was deformed, and measurements were made of stresses and strains in the plane of the capsule. Afferent discharge was correlated with each of the components of plane stress, plane strain, and strain energy density (SED). SED, the stored elastic energy at the receptor location, was the only mechanical variable that was consistently positively correlated with afferent discharge. A model of the Ruffini-type receptor is presented that accounts for the sensitivity to SED.</p>","PeriodicalId":77800,"journal":{"name":"Somatosensory research","volume":"2 2","pages":"149-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07367244.1984.11800555","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17584515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 47
Differences in the neurons that project from the dorsal column nuclei to the diencephalon, pretectum, and tectum in the cat. 猫从背柱核投射到间脑、前顶盖和顶盖的神经元的差异。
Somatosensory research Pub Date : 1984-01-01 DOI: 10.3109/07367228409144551
M S Bull, K J Berkley
{"title":"Differences in the neurons that project from the dorsal column nuclei to the diencephalon, pretectum, and tectum in the cat.","authors":"M S Bull,&nbsp;K J Berkley","doi":"10.3109/07367228409144551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/07367228409144551","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The dorsal column nuclei (DCN) project to a number of targets in the nervous system besides the ventroposterolateral nucleus (VPL) of the thalamus. Recent evidence obtained using double-labeling techniques indicates that DCN's diencephalic-projecting neurons differ in their location and morphology from those that project to some of its other targets, such as the cerebellum and tectum. The purpose of the present study was to characterize anatomically the DCN neurons that project another of DCN's targets, the pretectum, and to determine if any of these neurons have collateral projections to the tectum or diencephalon. The projections were studied using two double-labeling methods. One method made use of either tritiated inactivated horseradish peroxidase ([3H]apoHRP) or tritiated N-acetyl wheatgerm agglutinin ([3H]WGA) as a marker and HRP or WGA conjugated to HRP. The other method made use of the dyes Fast Blue and Nuclear Yellow. In each cat, one marker was injected into the DCN-recipient portions of the pretectum, tectum, or diencephalon, and the other marker was injected into another of these three targets. Neurons labeled by pretectal or tectal injections were of all sizes, fusiform and multipolar in shape, and similarly located. They were scattered through the rostral zone of DCN, but were distributed at the periphery of and at the junction between the gracile and cuneate nuclei in DCN's middle and caudal zones. In contrast to the pretectal- and tectal-labeled neurons, neurons labeled by diencephalic injections were round and large. They were found throughout the DCN complex, but were concentrated in DCN's middle and caudal zones. When both the pretectum and diencephalon were injected in the same cat, the two groups of neurons occupied similar locations in the rostral zone, but were distinct in the middle and caudal zones, with the pretectal-projecting neurons surrounding the clusters of diencephalic-projecting neurons. Very few neurons were double-labeled. These results demonstrate that the projections to the pretectum, tectum, and diencephalon originate from different populations of neurons within specific domains in DCN. When these results are compared with the results of electrophysiological and other anatomical studies, it appears that the pretectal- and tectal-projecting neurons may be part of a previously unrecognized system originating in DCN.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)</p>","PeriodicalId":77800,"journal":{"name":"Somatosensory research","volume":"1 3","pages":"281-300"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/07367228409144551","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17605112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 54
Functional organization of mouse and rat SmI barrel cortex following vibrissal damage on different postnatal days. 出生后不同天数小鼠和大鼠SmI桶皮质振动损伤后的功能组织。
Somatosensory research Pub Date : 1984-01-01 DOI: 10.3109/07367228409144548
D J Simons, D Durham, T A Woolsey
{"title":"Functional organization of mouse and rat SmI barrel cortex following vibrissal damage on different postnatal days.","authors":"D J Simons,&nbsp;D Durham,&nbsp;T A Woolsey","doi":"10.3109/07367228409144548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/07367228409144548","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study was undertaken to determine the functional properties of neurons in the anatomically altered somatosensory cortex after neonatal whisker damage. In mice and rats neonatal lesions of the facial vibrissae change the anatomical organization of barrels in the contralateral SmI cortex. These changes depend on the pattern and severity of the peripheral damage and the developmental age of the animals. To understand some of the functional correlates of these anatomical changes, the middle row of vibrissae (row C) was damaged in mice on postnatal days 1, 3, and 5 and in rats on postnatal days 1 and 5. The receptive field properties of single cortical units were studied after the animals matured. In 24 mice and 15 rats a total of 1,370 units were characterized in microelectrode penetrations which passed through the somatosensory cortex either tangential or perpendicular to the pia. Units were localized anatomically with respect to both barrel and laminar boundaries, and the extent of the peripheral damage was assessed histologically. The data revealed an orderly representation of the sensory periphery that coincided with the altered cytoarchitectonic organization of the SmI cortex. Specifically: (1) Units in the enlarged row B or row D barrels responded primarily to row B or row D whiskers. (2) In layer IV, units in the altered row C cortex either could not be reliably driven from the periphery, were activated by stimulation of scar tissue in the damaged facial row C, or were driven by adjacent, intact row B or row D whiskers. (3) Units in supra- and infragranular layers either had no row C representation or incorporated scar tissue in their receptive fields in a topographically correct fashion. Responses of units to stimulation of scar tissue were qualitatively similar to those elicited from intact vibrissae, which also activated them. (4) In SmII, units that responded to whiskers had receptive fields whose organization matched the representation of the periphery observed in SmI. (5) There was no mapping of nonmystacial pad structures in the barrel cortex, and there were no units with abnormal multiwhisker interactions when laminar boundaries were taken into account. These data indicate that neonatal damage to the whiskers alters both the anatomical arrangement of the barrels and the physiologically determined somatotopic representation of the sensory periphery in a parallel and predictable fashion.</p>","PeriodicalId":77800,"journal":{"name":"Somatosensory research","volume":"1 3","pages":"207-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/07367228409144548","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17551434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 87
Effects of cytotoxic deletions of somatic sensory cortex in fetal rats. 胎儿大鼠躯体感觉皮质细胞毒性缺失的影响。
Somatosensory research Pub Date : 1984-01-01 DOI: 10.3109/07367228409144553
L Yurkewicz, K L Valentino, M K Floeter, J W Fleshman, E G Jones
{"title":"Effects of cytotoxic deletions of somatic sensory cortex in fetal rats.","authors":"L Yurkewicz,&nbsp;K L Valentino,&nbsp;M K Floeter,&nbsp;J W Fleshman,&nbsp;E G Jones","doi":"10.3109/07367228409144553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/07367228409144553","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pregnant rats were injected on the 14th day of gestation with the cytotoxic drug methylazoxymethanol acetate. This compound causes the death of neural precursor cells that were synthesizing DNA at the time of injection. After birth, the progeny of treated mothers grew to maturity with a neocortex that was greatly reduced in area by the death of all cells, particularly at the frontal and occipital poles but at medial and lateral margins of neocortex as well. In the remaining cortex layers II through IV failed to develop. The experiment deprived growing thalamocortical axons, which innervate the somatic sensory cortex late in development, of part of their normal target area and of a substantial number of their definitive target cells. It also deprived them of any cues they might have received from these target cells migrating through them as the axons accumulate beneath the cortical plate. Anatomical experiments indicated that, despite these defects, thalamocortical axons could still colonize the sensorimotor areas and form synapses in their typically bilaminar pattern, though the outer, denser lamina of terminations occurred abnormally at the level of the apices of layer V pyramidal cell bodies. Receptive field mapping of single and multiunit responses in the somatic sensory region showed brisk responses and receptive fields of normal size. It also indicated the formation of a body map that was topographically intact except for deletions at its periphery; that is, a total map was not compressed into a smaller area. This suggests that somatic sensory thalamocortical fibers recognize only remaining cortical target cells in appropriate fields. Moreover, successful ones among them seem to recognize neighborhood relations and conserve synaptic space at the expense of those that would have innervated the deleted peripheral parts of the area. Pyramidal neurons in the remaining cortical layers and in ectopic islands of cells that had incompletely migrated from the neuroepithelium, probably on account of destruction of radial glial cell precursors, were shown by retrograde labeling to send their axons only to appropriate subcortical targets. Pyramidal neurons, though recognized as such, also adopted a variety of abnormal orientations, such as inversion, apparently in an attempt to grow apical dendrites toward major zones of synaptic terminations.</p>","PeriodicalId":77800,"journal":{"name":"Somatosensory research","volume":"1 4","pages":"303-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/07367228409144553","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17551437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 46
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