title: Miniature endplate potential amplitudes corrected for spatial decay are not normally distributed.
abstract: Miniature endplate potentials (MEPPs) were recorded simultaneously with two intracellular electrodes placed in the muscle fiber near the ends of the frog neuromuscular junction (nmj). The MEPP amplitudes are different in each electrode and are not normally distributed. A method is proposed to correct MEPP amplitudes for spatial decay. The MEPP amplitudes corrected for spatial decay are also not normally distributed. When the class interval of the distribution is small, multiple peaks are observed.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D004566:Electrodes; D008433:Mathematics; D009045:Motor Endplate / Q000502:physiology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D011894:Rana pipiens