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Stimulation of spinal motoneurones with intracellular electrodes

Stimulation of spinal motoneurones with intracellular electrodes J. Physiol. (I956) I34, 45I-470 STIMULATION OF SPINAL MOTONEURONES WITH INTRACELLULAR ELECTRODES BY K. FRANK AND M. G. F. FUORTES From the Laboratory of Neurophysiology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and the Department of Neurophysiology, Reed Institute Walter Reed Walter Army of Research, D.C., U.S.A. Army Medical Center, Washington, (Received 2 July 1956) of one could dis- Some problems spinal cord function might be clarified if tinguish the features of transmission attributable to properties of the soma membrane itself from the features attributable instead motoneurone to properties of such other structures as presynaptic terminals, dendrites or axons. This can be partly answered by determining the properties of question reaction of post-synaptic structures to directly applied stimuli. Stimulation through intracellular microelectrodes is particularly advan- tageous because it is then safe to consider that both stimulation and recording are limited to the unit under consideration. In its application to spinal strictly has been motoneurones this method recently employed by Coombs, Eccles & Fatt and by Araki & Otani (1955). (1955a) Coombs et al. have Using double-barrelled microelectrodes, (1955a) applied stimulating currents through one barrel and recorded the resulting potential the second. In this the resistances are changes through way major http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Physiology Wiley

Stimulation of spinal motoneurones with intracellular electrodes

Frank, K.; Fuortes, M. G. F.
The Journal of Physiology , Volume 134 (2) – Jan 28, 1956
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J. Physiol. (I956) I34, 45I-470 STIMULATION OF SPINAL MOTONEURONES WITH INTRACELLULAR ELECTRODES BY K. FRANK AND M. G. F. FUORTES From the Laboratory of Neurophysiology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and the Department of Neurophysiology, Reed Institute Walter Reed Walter Army of Research, D.C., U.S.A. Army Medical Center, Washington, (Received 2 July 1956) of one could dis- Some problems spinal cord function might be clarified if tinguish the features of transmission attributable to properties of the soma membrane itself from the features attributable instead motoneurone to properties of such other structures as presynaptic terminals, dendrites or axons. This can be partly answered by determining the properties of question reaction of post-synaptic structures to directly applied stimuli. Stimulation through intracellular microelectrodes is particularly advan- tageous because it is then safe to consider that both stimulation and recording are limited to the unit under consideration. In its application to spinal strictly has been motoneurones this method recently employed by Coombs, Eccles & Fatt and by Araki & Otani (1955). (1955a) Coombs et al. have Using double-barrelled microelectrodes, (1955a) applied stimulating currents through one barrel and recorded the resulting potential the second. In this the resistances are changes through way major

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Published: Jan 28, 1956

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