Cellular mechanisms underlying cholinergic and noradrenergic modulation of neuronal firing mode in the cat and guinea pig dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus
McCormick D. Cellular mechanisms underlying cholinergic and noradrenergic modulation of neuronal firing mode in the cat and guinea pig dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal Of Neuroscience 1992, 12: 278-289. PMID: 1309574, PMCID: PMC6575696, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.12-01-00278.1992.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInward current responseSlow depolarizationIntracellular recordingsDorsal lateral geniculate neuronsCat LGNdDorsal lateral geniculate nucleusPertussis toxin-insensitive G proteinToxin-insensitive G proteinGABAB agonist baclofenSingle spike activityActivation of muscarinicLateral geniculate neuronsSubpopulation of neuronsApplication of AChApplication of noradrenalineLateral geniculate nucleusRhythmic oscillationsPossible involvementSingle-spike firingThalamocortical relay cellsG proteinsHigh-frequency burstsLGNd neuronsPostsynaptic actionsAgonist baclofen