Action Potentials
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Decreased firing of striatal neurons related to licking during acquisition and overtraining of a licking task.

2 Nov 2009 Neurons that fire in relation to licking, in the ventral part of the dorsolateral striatum (DLS), were studied during acquisition and performance of a licking task in rats for 14 sessions (2 h/d). Task learning was indicated by fewer errors of ... Read more...

Neuroligin-2 deletion selectively decreases inhibitory synaptic transmission originating from fast-spiking but not from somatostatin-positive interneurons.

2 Nov 2009 Neuroligins are cell adhesion molecules involved in synapse formation and/or function. Neurons express four neuroligins (NL1-NL4), of which NL1 is specific to excitatory and NL2 to inhibitory synapses. Excitatory and inhibitory synapses include ... Read more...

Dynamic encoding of movement direction in motor cortical neurons.

2 Nov 2009 When we perform a skilled movement such as reaching for an object, we can make use of prior information, for example about the location of the object in space. This helps us to prepare the movement, and we gain improved accuracy and speed during ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Action Potentials'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Decreased firing of striatal neurons related to licking during acquisition and overtraining of a licking task. 2 Nov 2009
• Neuroligin-2 deletion selectively decreases inhibitory synaptic transmission originating from fast-spiking but not from somatostatin-positive interneurons. 2 Nov 2009
• Dynamic encoding of movement direction in motor cortical neurons. 2 Nov 2009
• From neurons to circuits: linear estimation of local field potentials. 2 Nov 2009
• Frequency-band coupling in surface EEG reflects spiking activity in monkey visual cortex. 27 Oct 2009
• Theta oscillations provide temporal windows for local circuit computation in the entorhinal-hippocampal loop. 27 Oct 2009
• Metaplasticity governs natural experience-driven plasticity of nascent embryonic brain circuits. 27 Oct 2009
• Spatial-temporal patterns of retinal waves underlying activity-dependent refinement of retinofugal projections. 27 Oct 2009
• Ventral striatal neurons encode the value of the chosen action in rats deciding between differently delayed or sized rewards. 19 Oct 2009
• Kv7/KCNQ channels control action potential phasing of pyramidal neurons during hippocampal gamma oscillations in vitro. 19 Oct 2009
• Nitric oxide potentiation of locomotor activity in the spinal cord of the lamprey. 19 Oct 2009
• Single-trial phase precession in the hippocampus. 19 Oct 2009
• Relationship between neural responses and visual grouping in the monkey parietal cortex. 19 Oct 2009
• Embedding multiple trajectories in simulated recurrent neural networks in a self-organizing manner. 19 Oct 2009
• Functional recovery after lesion of a central pattern generator. 19 Oct 2009
• Nonlinear integration of visual and haltere inputs in fly neck motor neurons. 19 Oct 2009
• Anatomy and physiology of a set of low-frequency vibratory interneurons in a nonhearing ensiferan (Troglophilus neglectus, rhaphidophoridae). 18 Oct 2009
• The taste of carbonation. 14 Oct 2009
• Generation of functional ventricular heart muscle from mouse ventricular progenitor cells. 14 Oct 2009
• Molecular and cellular approaches to memory allocation in neural circuits. 14 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Action Potentials'

Definition: Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli.

Descriptor UI: D000200

Alternative terms: Action Potentials; Action Potential; Potential, Action; Potentials, Action; Spike Potentials; Potential, Spike; Potentials, Spike; Spike Potential; Nerve Impulses; Impulse, Nerve; Impulses, Nerve; Nerve Impulse;

Related Mesh Headings: Neural Conduction;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: G04.580.100; G07.265.750.100; G11.561.570.100;

History Note: 68(67)

Technical Notes: do not confuse with SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS see SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION