2 PATTERNS OF FIRING IN HUMAN NEOCORTICAL NEURONS

被引:34
作者
FOEHRING, RC [1 ]
WYLER, AR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TENNESSEE,CTR HLTH SCI,DEPT NEUROSURG,MEMPHIS,TN 38163
关键词
Bursting; Epilepsy; Firing behavior; Human neocortex; Intracellular recording; Voltage dependence;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(90)90860-C
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Intracellular recordings were made in slices of human neocortex removed for surgical treatment of epilepsy. In response to prolonged suprathreshold current injection, regular spiking neurons (67.5% of sample) responded by repetitive firing throughout the stimulus from all membrane potentials. Bursting neurons (32.5% of sample) responded with a burst of 2-3 spikes which rode upon a voltage-dependent slow depolarization. Bursting behavior was only observed from membrane potentials more negative than -65 mV. © 1990.
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页码:279 / 285
页数:7
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