Action potentials that go the distance.
Dendrodendritic inhibition between mitral and granule cells in the olfactory bulb is thought to play an important role in olfactory discrimination. In this issue of Neuron, explore the propagation of action potentials along the secondary dendrites of mitral cells and their modulation by dendrodendritic inhibition.
Araneda
Ricardo C
RC
Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Firestein
Stuart J
SJ
D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003712:Dendrites / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000502:physiology; D018034:Olfactory Receptor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology