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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
6
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1986-3-5
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pubmed:abstractText |
Intracellular recordings of rat supraoptic nucleus neurons were obtained from perfused hypothalamic explants. Individual action potentials were followed by hyperpolarizing afterpotentials (HAPs) having a mean amplitude of -7.4 +/- 0.8 mV (SD). The decay of the HAP was approximated by a single exponential function having a mean time constant of 17.5 +/- 6.1 ms. This considerably exceeded the cell time constant of the same neurons (9.5 +/- 0.8 ms), thus indicating that the ionic conductance underlying the HAP persisted briefly after each spike. The HAP had a reversal potential of -85 mV and was unaffected by intracellular Cl- ionophoresis of during exposure to elevated extracellular concentrations of Mg2+. In contrast, the peak amplitude of the HAP was proportional to the extracellular Ca2+ concentration and could be reversibly eliminated by replacing Ca2+ with Co2+, Mn2+, or EGTA in the perfusion fluid. During depolarizing current pulses, evoked action potential trains demonstrated a progressive increase in interspike intervals associated with a potentiation of successive HAPs. This spike frequency adaptation was reversibly abolished by replacing Ca2+ with Co2+, Mn2+, or EGTA. Bursts of action potentials were followed by a more prolonged afterhyperpolarization (AHP) whose magnitude was proportional to the number of impulses elicited (greater than 20 Hz) during a burst. Current injection revealed that the AHP was associated with a 20-60% decrease in input resistance and showed little voltage dependence in the range of -70 to -120 mV. The reversal potential of the AHP shifted with the extracellular concentration of K+ [( K+]o) with a mean slope of -50 mV/log[K+]o.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Dec
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pubmed:issn |
0022-3077
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
54
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1375-82
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Action Potentials,
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Calcium,
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Electric Conductivity,
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Neural Conduction,
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Neurons,
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Neurosecretory Systems,
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Potassium,
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Rats, Inbred Strains,
pubmed-meshheading:4087038-Supraoptic Nucleus
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pubmed:year |
1985
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Calcium-dependent potassium conductance in rat supraoptic nucleus neurosecretory neurons.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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