INJECTION OF DIGITALLY SYNTHESIZED SYNAPTIC CONDUCTANCE TRANSIENTS TO MEASURE THE INTEGRATIVE PROPERTIES OF NEURONS

被引:169
作者
ROBINSON, HPC [1 ]
KAWAI, N [1 ]
机构
[1] JICHI MED SCH,DEPT PHYSIOL,MINAMI KAWACHI,TOCHIGI 32904,JAPAN
关键词
CONDUCTANCE INJECTION; SYNAPTIC CONDUCTANCE; CURRENT-CLAMP; HIPPOCAMPAL NEURON;
D O I
10.1016/0165-0270(93)90119-C
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A novel technique was developed for injecting a time-varying conductance into a neuron, to allow quantitative measurement of the processing of synaptic inputs. In current-clamp recording mode, the membrane potential was sampled continuously and used to calculate and update the level of injected current within 60 mus, using a real-time computer, so as to mimic the electrical effect of a given conductance transient. Cellular responses to synthetic conductance transients modelled on the fast (non-N-methyl-D-aspartate) phase of the glutamatergic postsynaptic potential were measured in cultured rat hippocampal neurons.
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页码:157 / 165
页数:9
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