Abstract
Intracellular recordings were obtained from medial vestibular nuclei neurones in guinea-pig brainstem slices. A subpopulation of neurones in this nucleus was found to have burst firing properties. Using ionic channel blockers the underlying mechanism was shown to be a low threshold calcium spike. It is speculated that this property could be implicated in the generation of the quick phase of the vestibular nystagmus in the behaving guinea-pig.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 187-190 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Experimental Brain Research |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1990 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Calcium conductances
- Eye movements
- Guinea-pig
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience
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