THE COMPONENTS OF SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS-EVOKED IN CAT SPINAL MOTO-NEURONS BY IMPULSES IN SINGLE GROUP-IA AFFERENTS
THE COMPONENTS OF SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS-EVOKED IN CAT SPINAL MOTO-NEURONS BY IMPULSES IN SINGLE GROUP-IA AFFERENTS
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1981.sp013972
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
WONG, K
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作者:
JACK, JJB;REDMAN, SJ;WONG, K
Excitatory post-synaptic potentials (e.p.s.p.) were evoked in cat spinal motoneurons by impulses in single group Ia afferent fibers. The probability density of the fluctuations in peak amplitude of each e.p.s.p. was calculated from the recorded peak amplitude and the probability density of the recording noise. Most e.p.s.p. fluctuated between different components (i.e., individual e.p.s.p. of a particular discrete amplitude) with peak amplitudes which were integer multiples of the increment between successive components. The average peak amplitude of this incremental e.p.s.p. was .apprx. 90 .mu.V for e.p.s.p. generated at or near the soma. The probability density of the peak amplitude generally could not be described using Poisson or binomial distributions. For many e.p.s.p. the complete time course of each component could be calculated. There was no variability in the amplitude of these components nor in their latency of onset. For some e.p.s.p. there were differences in the latency and time course of the components. The increments between successive components of e.p.s.p. generated proximally were no larger (at the soma) than the corresponding increments for e.p.s.p. generated at more distal dendritic sites. These results and those from subsequent papers (Jack, Redman and Wong; Hirst, Redman and Wong) reinforce earlier suggestions that each bouton behaves in an all-or-nothing manner with respect to post-synaptic effect, and the probability of failure varies at different boutons arising from the same afferent.