BESTING AND ACTION POTENTIALS OF CULTURED CHICK EMBRYO SPINAL GANGLION CELLS
BESTING AND ACTION POTENTIALS OF CULTURED CHICK EMBRYO SPINAL GANGLION CELLS
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DOI:
10.1002/cne.901040207
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发表时间:
1956-01-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
CRAIN, SM
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作者:
CRAIN, SM
Action potentials in response to electrical stimulation were observed in chick embryo spinal ganglion cells which had been cultured by the Maximow slide method for as long as 7 weeks. Intracellular as well as extracellular recordings were made, via micro-salt-bridge leads, under direct visual control. The amplitudes of the membrane action potentials of many of the ganglion cells reached 80-95 mV, involving overshoots of 30-40 mV above a resting potential range of 50-65 mV. The spikes, which occurred after latencies varying from several tenths to 12 msec, often had rising phases of 0.2-0.4 msec and falling phases of 2-3 msec. They were frequently preceded by a more slowly rising "prepotential" and followed by a long-lasting phase of hyperpolarization. At low stimulus intensities small, graded subthreshold responses were sometimes evoked. Post-spike refractoriness, block with repetitive stimuli, and temporal summation of subliminal stimuli were also demonstrated. The spike pattern remained stable, in some cases, for periods up to one hour after microelectrode penetration, but marked deterioration was usually observed within the first minute. The data show good agreement with the basic pattern characteristic of neurons in general. Where deviations have been observed, the evidence indicates that these were probably due more to peculiarities in cell morphology and in recording technique than to significant functional alteration in vitro.