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Electrical properties of frog motoneurons in the in situ spinal cord

Electrical properties of frog motoneurons in the in situ spinal cord Abstract Electrical properties of the spinal motoneurons of Rana temporaria and R. esculenta were investigated in the in situ spinal cord at 20-22 degrees C by means of intracellular recording and current injection. Input resistance values depended on the method of measurement in a given cell but were generally inversely related to axon conduction velocity. The membrane-potential response to a subthreshold current pulse was composed of at least two exponentials with mean time constants of 2.5 and 20 ms. The membrance potential reached by the peak of a spike depended on the mode of spike initiation and membrane potential. Preceding a suprathreshold depolarization by a hyperpolarizing pulse could delay and eliminate spike initiation, similar to effects reported in certain invertebrate neurons. Antidromic invasion frequently failed in motoneurons of normal resting potential. Antidromic spike components (m,IS, SD) were similar to those of cat motoneurons. The delayed depolarization and the long afterhyperpolarization following an antidromic spike had many properties in common with the analogous afterpotentials of cat motoneurons. The reversal potential of the short afterhyperpolarization occurring immediately after the spike varied with resting potential and could not be used to determine potassium equilibrium potential. Sustained rhythmic firing could be evoked by continuous synaptic drive or long pulses of injected current. The plot of firing rate versus current strength had a substantial linear region. Both steady firing and adaptation properties varied markedly with motoneuron input resistance. Copyright © 1976 the American Physiological Society http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Neurophysiology The American Physiological Society

Electrical properties of frog motoneurons in the in situ spinal cord

Magherini, P. C.; Precht, W.
Journal of Neurophysiology , Volume 39 (3): 459 – May 1, 1976
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Abstract Electrical properties of the spinal motoneurons of Rana temporaria and R. esculenta were investigated in the in situ spinal cord at 20-22 degrees C by means of intracellular recording and current injection. Input resistance values depended on the method of measurement in a given cell but were generally inversely related to axon conduction velocity. The membrane-potential response to a subthreshold current pulse was composed of at least two exponentials with mean time constants of 2.5 and 20 ms. The membrance potential reached by the peak of a spike depended on the mode of spike initiation and membrane potential. Preceding a suprathreshold depolarization by a hyperpolarizing pulse could delay and eliminate spike initiation, similar to effects reported in certain invertebrate neurons. Antidromic invasion frequently failed in motoneurons of normal resting potential. Antidromic spike components (m,IS, SD) were similar to those of cat motoneurons. The delayed depolarization and the long afterhyperpolarization following an antidromic spike had many properties in common with the analogous afterpotentials of cat motoneurons. The reversal potential of the short afterhyperpolarization occurring immediately after the spike varied with resting potential and could not be used to determine potassium equilibrium potential. Sustained rhythmic firing could be evoked by continuous synaptic drive or long pulses of injected current. The plot of firing rate versus current strength had a substantial linear region. Both steady firing and adaptation properties varied markedly with motoneuron input resistance. Copyright © 1976 the American Physiological Society

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Published: May 1, 1976

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