FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF UNMYELINATED FIBERS IN HIPPOCAMPAL CORTEX
FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF UNMYELINATED FIBERS IN HIPPOCAMPAL CORTEX
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(78)90431-6
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
WIGSTROM, H
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作者:
ANDERSEN, P;SILFVENIUS, H;WIGSTROM, H
In transverse hippocampal slices (350 .mu.m thick), taken from guinea pigs initially anesthetized with ether, intracortical afferent fibers were activated by small current pulses delivered through tungsten microelectrodes. Extracellular potentials were recorded from the zone of activated fibers in dendritic layers; intracellular recordings were made from the soma of CAl pyramidal cells. When a recording was made from the same level as the stimulating cathode, the extracellular potential consisted of a diphasic deflection followed by a larger negative wave with a superimposed population spike. The negative wave corresponded to an intracellularly recorded EPSP [excitatory postsynaptic potential] and is called an extracellular EPSP; the initial diphasic deflection had no intracellular counterpart. The initial diphasic deflection was linearly related to the size of the intracellular and extracellular EPSP. It was not changed by removal of Ca2+ from the bathing fluid; all postsynaptic activity disappeared. The diphasic deflection was propagated along fibers lying parallel to the pyramidal layer with a velocity of 0.3 m/s. It could follow short bursts of stimulation at 300 Hz. The absolute refractory period was 2.0 ms. The initial diphasic deflection is interpreted as the compound action potential of the largely unmyelinated afferent fibers to the CAl neurons.