Warm Body Temperature Facilitates Energy Efficient Cortical Action Potentials
Yu Y, Hill A, McCormick D. Warm Body Temperature Facilitates Energy Efficient Cortical Action Potentials. PLOS Computational Biology 2012, 8: e1002456. PMID: 22511855, PMCID: PMC3325181, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAction potentialsFiring rateBody temperatureFunctional brain imaging signalsAction potential durationSingle action potentialCortical action potentialsAction potential generationNormal body temperatureSpike firing rateAverage firing rateSpike afterhyperpolarizationEfficient neural codesPotential durationBrain imaging signalsMarked reductionChannel inactivationPotential generationNeural signal transmissionBrain architectureWarmer body temperaturesImaging signalsNeural codeDurationAfterhyperpolarization