Dendritic action potentials of pyramidal tract neurons in the cat sensorimotor cortex

Autor:	M. G. Kokaya, V. M. Okudzhava, T. Sh. Labakhua
Rok vydání:	1986
Předmět:	Dendritic spike CATS Pyramidal tracts Iontophoresis Physiology General Neuroscience Depolarization Stimulation Strychnine Biology chemistry.chemical_compound medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry medicine Neuroscience Intracellular
Zdroj:	Neurophysiology. 18:307-314
ISSN:	1573-9007 0090-2977
DOI:	10.1007/bf01052798
Popis:	The intracellular activity of pyramidal tract neurons was studied during electrical stimulation of ventrolateral and ventroposterolateral thalamic nuclei in acute experiments on cats immobilized by myorelaxants. Somatic action potentials were observed and spontaneous spikes were also produced by single and rhythmic stimulation of the thalamic nuclei at the rate of 8–14 Hz, by iontophoretic application of strychnine, and by intracellular depolarizing current pulses. These potentials had a relatively low and variable amplitude of 5–60 mV and are presumed to be dendritic action potentials. It is postulated that these variable potentials arise in the dendrites of pyramidal neurons with multiple zones generating such activity. No interaction was observed where somatic and dendritic action potentials occur simultaneously. The possible functional role of dendritic action potentials is discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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