DENDRODENDRITIC SYNAPTIC PATHWAY FOR INHIBITION IN OLFACTORY BULB
DENDRODENDRITIC SYNAPTIC PATHWAY FOR INHIBITION IN OLFACTORY BULB
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-4886(66)90023-9
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发表时间:
1966-01-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
BRIGHTMAN, MW
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作者:
RALL, W;SHEPHERD, GM;BRIGHTMAN, MW
Anatomical and physiological evidence based on independent studies of the mammalian olfactory bulb points to synaptic interactions between dendrites. A theoretical analysis of electric potentials in the rabbit olfactory bulb led originally to the conclusion that mitral dendrites synaptically excite granule dendrites and granule dendrites then synaptically inhibit mitral dendrites. In an independent electron micrographic study of the rat olfactory bulb, synaptic contracts were found between granule and mitral dendrites. An unusual feature was the occurrence of more than one synaptic contact per single granule ending on a mitral dendrite; as inferred from the morphology of these synaptic contacts, a single granule ending was often presynaptic at one point and postsynaptic at an adjacent point with respect to the contiguous mitral dendrite. We postulate that these synaptic contacts mediate mitral-to-granule excitation and granule-to-mitral inhibition. These dendrodendritic synapses could provide a pathway for both lateral and self inhibition.