Intracellular recording from visually identified motoneurons in rat spinal cord slices
- 26 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences
- Vol. 202 (1148), 417-421
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1978.0076
Abstract
Motoneurons were directly visualized with Nomarski optics in slices prepared from new born rat spinal cord. Intracellular recordings from these neurons showed spontaneous potentials, probably triggered by interneuronal activity. Action potentials could also be evoked by direct intracellular stimulation of the motoneurons. Iontophoretically applied L-glutamate caused a fast depolarization of the motoneuronal membrane. Considerable differences in local sensitivity to L-glutamate were found on the surface of the motoneuron.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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