A novel role for MNTB neuron dendrites in regulating action potential amplitude and cell excitability during repetitive firing
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2008
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Leao, Richardson
Leao, Ricardo M.
da Costa, Luciano F.
Levinson, S. Rock
Walmsley, Bruce
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Principal cells of the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB) are simple round neurons that receive a large excitatory synapse (the calyx of Held) and many small inhibitory synapses on the soma. Strangely, these neurons also possess one or two short
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Keywords: sodium channel; sodium ion; tetrodotoxin; action potential; animal cell; animal tissue; article; brain nerve cell; brain nucleus; cell function; cell stimulation; controlled study; dendrite; electron microscopy; excitatory postsynaptic potential; imaging; Active dendrite; MNTB; Repetitive firing; Sodium currents; Sodium imaging
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European Journal of Neuroscience
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