title: Decreased resting membrane conductance as the proximate cause of burst modulation by an identified interneuron in Helix.
abstract: The mechanism by which an identified interneuron modulates bursting activity was studied in the mollusc Helix pomatia. Firing of the interneuron was found to enhance endogenous bursting activity by causing a slow, persistent decrease in resting K-conductance, leading to a relative increase in the effectiveness of the burst-generating mechanism.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000502:physiology; D012146:Rest; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011188:Potassium