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KMID : 0358619950290010103
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Korean Journal of Physiology
1995 Volume.29 No. 1 p.103 ~ p.111
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Induction of Oscillatory Firing Activity by TTX in Rat Cerebellar Purkinje Cells
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Seo Wha-Sook
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Abstract
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Intracellular recordings were obtained from Purkinje cells in rat cerebellar slices maintained in vitro. Adding tetrodotoxin to the superfusion solution produced a typical pattern of repetitive burst firing consisting of a cluster of action potentials followed by a long hyperpolarization. TTX-induced oscillatory activity was not due to modulation of membrane potential although underlying mechanisms for maintenance of oscillatory activity were influenced by membrane voltage. The mechanism of TTX-induced oscillation was not related to the presence or amplitude of and could still induce the oscillatory activity after blockade of by cesium. The result from an experiment in which QX-314 was injected intracellularly strongly suggested that TTX-induced oscillatory firing activity was due to blockade of post-synaptic currents intrinsic to PCs.
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KEYWORD
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Purkinje cell, Oscillatory firing activity, Sodium current, Tetrodotoxin
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