Postsynaptic electrogenesis in septate giant axons. II. Comparison of medial and lateral giant axons of crayfish.
Postsynaptic electrogenesis in septate giant axons. II. Comparison of medial and lateral giant axons of crayfish.
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分隔巨轴突的突触后电发生。
DOI:
10.1152/jn.1960.23.6.618
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发表时间:
1960
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
C. Kao
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作者:
C. Kao
1. Membrane potentials. The resting and action potentials of the septate lateral and non-septate medial fibers were essentially identical. The resting potentials ranged from 70 to 90 mV.(mean 80.75, SD+ 5.67 mV.), valuessignificantly higher than those reported for the giant axons of lobster (16). Spike amplitudes varied from 104 to 139 mV.(mean 118.25, SD+ 11.18 mV.), the reversed potentials ranging from 22 to 58 mV.(mean 37.50, SD+ 10.39 mV.). High spike amplitudes recorded at the time of impalementwere often maintained for periods as long as six hours, and frequently also after repeated impalements in various parts of the same axon. The time to peak amplitudes of the spikes in both types of fibers was about 0.3 msec., but the falling phase, as in other axons, was longer-lasting and occupied the remainder of the spike duration of slightly more than 1 msec. The responses of the two types of nerves differed in their later phase, the spike of the medial giant axon subsiding to the resting potential, while the lateral fibers remained slightly depolarized for 15 msec. or longer (Fig. 2b, d). This phase is considerably larger and longer-lasting than similar after-depolarization of the earthworm median giant axon. In part, this depolarization probably represents an after-potential associated with the spike, but some contribution to it was derived from postsynaptic potentials as will be described below. Neither type of axon exhibited a phase of hyperpolarization after the spike.