Somal action potential duration differs in identified primary afferents.

Autor: Rose RD, Koerber HR, Sedivec MJ, Mendell LM
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Neuroscience letters [Neurosci Lett] 1986 Jan 30; Vol. 63 (3), pp. 259-64.
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(86)90366-6
Abstrakt: In the present study we examined action potentials recorded from somata in the cat L7 and S1 dorsal root ganglia. We found (i) that there is a characteristic spike duration for each receptor type (e.g. Golgi tendon organ, D-hair) and (ii) that, for a given peripheral fiber conduction velocity, somata whose axons supply low-threshold cutaneous receptors exhibit spikes with shorter durations than those innervating high-threshold cutaneous receptors. These results suggest that there may be significant differences in somal membrane composition which are specific to the physiological receptor types innervated.
Databáze: MEDLINE