ESTIMATES OF CABLE PARAMETERS IN LAMPREY SPINAL-CORD NEURONS

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CHRISTENSEN, BN
TEUBL, WP
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JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON | 1979年 / 297卷 / DEC期
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10.1113/jphysiol.1979.sp013041
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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1. Two micro‐electrodes were used to penetrate giant interneurones in the isolated lamprey spinal cord. A brief (50‐‐100 microsec) current pulse was applied to one electrode while the other recorded the voltage transient response. 2. A formal analysis of the voltage transient was achieved by the simplifying reduction of each neurone. Somas were treated as a parallel combination of resistance and capacitance. Dendrite trees were reduced to an equivalent cylinder (Rall, 1959). 3. The voltage transients were analysed according to the procedure suggested by Jack & Redman (1971b) to estimate the cable parameters governing the passive propagation of transmembrane potentials. Membrane time constant (tau m), dendritic to soma conductance ratio (rho 00), and electrotonic length (L) of the equivalent cylinder were estimated from these data. 4. In thirty‐two interneurones it was possible to determine the membrane time constant, but rho 00 and L were determined in only twenty‐two. 5. For the twenty‐two neurones in which all cable parameters were estimated, the electrotonic length of the equivalent cylinder was similar to that found for cat spinal motoneurones (1‐‐2 space constants). 6. Simulations of the voltage transient using the Rall model of the motoneurone as developed by Jack & Redman (1971b) resulted in a voltage response which closely ditted the experimental data. 7. These results suggest that the Rall model of the motoneurone accurately describes the propagation of passive transmembrane potentials in lamprey spinal cord neurones. It is further concluded that the time constant for soma and dendritic membrane is similar in these neurones. © 1979 The Physiological Society
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