329 Synaptic responses between a cerebellar purkinje cell and parallel fibres by temporal pattern stimulation

1997 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. S62
Author(s):  
Koutaro Torii ◽  
Takashi Kitsukawa ◽  
Raymond T. Kado ◽  
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi ◽  
Susumu Kunifuji ◽  
...  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonin Blot ◽  
Boris Barbour

The axon initial segment of each cerebellar Purkinje cell is ensheathed by basket cell axons in a structure called the pinceau, which is largely devoid of chemical synapses and gap junctions. These facts and ultrastructural similarities with the axon cap of the teleost Mauthner cell led to the conjecture that the pinceau mediates ephaptic (via the extracellular field) inhibition. Korn and Axelrad published a study in 1980 in which they reported confirmation of this conjecture. We have analysed their results and show that most are likely to be explained by an artefactual signal arising from the massive stimulation of parallel fibres they employed. We reproduce their experiments and confirm that all of their results are consistent with this artefact. Their data therefore provide no evidence regarding the operation of the pinceau.


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. e476-e476
Author(s):  
L T Lotta ◽  
K Conrad ◽  
D Cory-Slechta ◽  
N F Schor

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 16-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria C. Athanasiou ◽  
Wael Yunis ◽  
Natalie Coleman ◽  
Robert Ehlenfeldt ◽  
H.Brent Clark ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 418-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuko Minaki ◽  
Tomoya Nakatani ◽  
Eri Mizuhara ◽  
Takeshi Inoue ◽  
Yuichi Ono

2000 ◽  
Vol 407 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 91-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A Jiménez-Rivera ◽  
Omayra Segarra ◽  
Zoraya Jiménez ◽  
Barry D Waterhouse

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