Durations of Unitary Synaptic Potentials Help Time a Behavioral Sequence
- 3 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 199 (4328) , 557-559
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.622557
Abstract
Recordings in identified neurons and muscles that mediate crayfish tailflips reveal inhibitory postsynaptic potentials of two distinct durations. Those of long duration are recorded in five classes of cells in the flexion circuit, while those of short duration are recorded in three classes of cells in the extension circuit. The durations of the inhibitory postsynaptic potentials are matched to the durations of inhibition required by the different phases of the behavior.This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
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