1997
Synchronized Oscillations in the Inferior Olive Are Controlled by the Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Current I h
Bal T, McCormick D. Synchronized Oscillations in the Inferior Olive Are Controlled by the Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Current I h. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1997, 77: 3145-3156. PMID: 9212264, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.3145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-threshold Ca2Inferior olive nucleusIO neuronsGuinea pigsHyperpolarization-activated cationic currentLocal applicationDependent action potentialsPresence of apaminMembrane potentialInferior olive neuronsIntracellular recordingsIntracellular injectionPacemaker potentialsRhythmic generationInferior oliveAfterhyperpolarizationAction potentialsCationic currentRemoval of inactivationExtracellular applicationNeuronsHyperpolarizationApaminCa2Pigs
1993
Mechanisms of oscillatory activity in guinea‐pig nucleus reticularis thalami in vitro: a mammalian pacemaker.
Bal T, McCormick D. Mechanisms of oscillatory activity in guinea‐pig nucleus reticularis thalami in vitro: a mammalian pacemaker. The Journal Of Physiology 1993, 468: 669-691. PMID: 8254530, PMCID: PMC1143849, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019794.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-threshold Ca2Nucleus reticularis thalamiRhythmic burst firingThreshold Ca2Reticularis thalamiBurst firingExtracellular Ca2Action potentialsOscillatory activityShort-latency burstsSingle spike activityVitro. 2Fast action potentialsNon-selective cationSlow ADPThalamic afferentsTonic dischargeNRT cellsIntracellular recordingsIntracellular injectionSpike AHPsSpike activitySingle neuronesExtracellular applicationReversal potential