LOW THRESHOLD CALCIUM SPIKES IN MEDIAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEI NEURONS INVITRO - A ROLE IN THE GENERATION OF THE VESTIBULAR-NYSTAGMUS QUICK PHASE INVIVO

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作者
SERAFIN, M
KHATEB, A
DEWAELE, C
VIDAL, PP
MUHLETHALER, M
机构
[1] CTR MED UNIV GENEVA,DEPT PHYSIOL,1 RUE SERVET,CH-1211 GENEVA 4,SWITZERLAND
[2] CNRS,PHYSIOL NEUROSENSORIELLE LAB,F-75270 PARIS 06,FRANCE
关键词
Calcium conductances; Eye movements; Guinea-pig;
D O I
10.1007/BF00230850
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Intracellular recordings were obtained from medial vestibular nuclei neurones in guinea-pig brainstem slices. A subpopulation of neurones in this nucleus was found to have burst firing properties. Using ionic channel blockers the underlying mechanism was shown to be a low threshold calcium spike. It is speculated that this property could be implicated in the generation of the quick phase of the vestibular nystagmus in the behaving guinea-pig. © 1990 Springer-Verlag.
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页码:187 / 190
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