SPONTANEOUS FIRING PATTERNS AND AXONAL PROJECTIONS OF SINGLE CORTICOSTRIATAL NEURONS IN THE RAT MEDIAL AGRANULAR CORTEX
SPONTANEOUS FIRING PATTERNS AND AXONAL PROJECTIONS OF SINGLE CORTICOSTRIATAL NEURONS IN THE RAT MEDIAL AGRANULAR CORTEX
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DOI:
10.1152/jn.1994.71.1.17
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发表时间:
1994-01-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
WILSON, CJ
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作者:
COWAN, RL;WILSON, CJ
1. Spontaneous fluctuations of membrane potential, patterns of spontaneous firing, dendritic branching patterns, and intracortical and striatal axonal arborizations were compared for two types of corticostriatal neurons in the medial agranular cortex of urethan-anesthetized rats: 1) pyramidal tract (PT) cells identified by antidromic activation from the medullary pyramid and 2) crossed corticostriatal (CST) neurons identified by antidromic activation from the contralateral neostriatum. The ipsilateral corticostriatal projections of intracellularly stained PT neurons as well as contralateral corticostriatal neurons were confirmed after labeling by intracellular injection of biocytin. 2. All well-stained PT neurons had intracortical and intrastriatal collaterals. The more common type (6 of 8) was a large, deep layer V neuron that had an extensive intracortical axon arborization but a limited axon arborization in the neostriatum. The less common type of PT neuron (2 of 8) was a medium-sized, superficial layer V neuron that had a limited intracortical axon arborization but a larger and more dense intrastriatal axonal arborization. Both subclasses of PT neurons had anatomic and physiological properties associated with slow PT cells in cats and monkeys and conduction velocities