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| Title |
Intense Synaptic Activity Enhances Temporal Resolution in Spinal Motoneurons
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2008
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0003218 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rune W. Berg, Susanne Ditlevsen, Jørn Hounsgaard |
| Abstract |
In neurons, spike timing is determined by integration of synaptic potentials in delicate concert with intrinsic properties. Although the integration time is functionally crucial, it remains elusive during network activity. While mechanisms of rapid processing are well documented in sensory systems, agility in motor systems has received little attention. Here we analyze how intense synaptic activity affects integration time in spinal motoneurons during functional motor activity and report a 10-fold decrease. As a result, action potentials can only be predicted from the membrane potential within 10 ms of their occurrence and detected for less than 10 ms after their occurrence. Being shorter than the average inter-spike interval, the AHP has little effect on integration time and spike timing, which instead is entirely determined by fluctuations in membrane potential caused by the barrage of inhibitory and excitatory synaptic activity. By shortening the effective integration time, this intense synaptic input may serve to facilitate the generation of rapid changes in movements. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 52 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Argentina | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 48 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 23% |
| Researcher | 12 | 23% |
| Professor | 6 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 10% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 6 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 35% |
| Neuroscience | 11 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 13% |
| Engineering | 2 | 4% |
| Psychology | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 15% |
| Unknown | 4 | 8% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 March 2009.
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#15,240,835
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#129,767
of 193,497 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#63,215
of 74,472 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#393
of 451 outputs
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