ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF INVITRO PURKINJE-CELL SOMATA IN MAMMALIAN CEREBELLAR SLICES
ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF INVITRO PURKINJE-CELL SOMATA IN MAMMALIAN CEREBELLAR SLICES
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1980.sp013357
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
SUGIMORI, M
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作者:
LLINAS, R;SUGIMORI, M
The electrical activity of Purkinje cells was studied in guinea-pig cerebellar slices in vitro. Intracellular recordings from Purkinje cell somata were obtained under direct vision. Antidromic, synaptic and direct electroresponsiveness was demonstrated. Synaptic potentials produced by the activation of the climbing fiber afferent could be reversed by direct membrane depolarization. Purkinje cells demonstrated 3 types of voltage-dependent electroresponsiveness at the soma: a fast Na-dependent spike, a noninactivating Na conductance which generated prolonged plateaus, where the amplitude of the plateau was produced by an equilibrium between the voltage-dependent Na and K conductances and Ca-dependent spiking which was TTX[tetrodotoxin]-insensitive but responds to substances blocking slow Ca conductances. The Ca spikes were most prominent in the dendrites and were followed by prolonged K conductance changes. This Ca and K activity was the most significant self-regulatory mechanism in long-term excitability of Purkinje cells. In the absence of Ca conductance, Purkinje cells behaved in an erratic fashion, producing prolonged and unregulated periods of high frequency firing.