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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
1. Using laser-scanning confocal microscopy, fast Ca2+ transients were recorded in individual not yet myelinated axons of Purkinje neurones in cerebellar slices from young rats. Axonal Ca2+ transients could be detected during a single action potential and had progressively larger amplitudes when the number of action potentials was increased. 2. Under voltage-clamp conditions, axonal Ca2+ transients were as large as those observed in dendrites and in the cell body. Axonal Ca2+ transients were completely blocked by 100 nM of the neurotoxin omega-agatoxin IVA, indicating that they were caused by Ca2+ entry through P-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channels. 3. In conclusion, our results demonstrate action potential-mediated Ca2+ entry through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels in axons of cerebellar Purkinje neurones. Experimental evidence indicates that the resulting transient Ca2+ accumulations regulate the frequency of action potentials travelling along the axon.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3751
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
495 ( Pt 3)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
641-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Axonal calcium entry during fast 'sodium' action potentials in rat cerebellar Purkinje neurones.
pubmed:affiliation
I. Physiologisches Institute, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't