Neuronal adaptation involves rapid expansion of the action potential initiation site

Action potential (AP) generation is the key to information-processing in the brain. Although APs are normally initiated in the axonal initial segment, developmental adaptation or prolonged network activity may alter the initiation site geometry thus affecting cell excitability. Here we find that hip...

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Main Authors: Scott, Ricardo S., Henneberger, Christian, Padmashri, Ragunathan, Anders, Stefanie, Jensen, Thomas P., Rusakov, Dmitri A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4050282/