Locating spike-initiating or spike-entry zones in a branched molluscan neuron.
A theoretical method for locating spike-initiating or spike-entry zones within a single neuron was experimentally verified using the cell RPI in the marine opisthobranch Navanax inermis. Multiple sites of spike-initiation were found to exist in RPI. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that extracellular recording alone was sufficient to map sections of cells' branching patterns and possibly locate multiple spike-initiating zones.
D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D008954:Models, Biological; D008974:Mollusca; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*