title: [Excitatory postsynaptic potential evoked by stimulation of the ventrolateral region of the cerebellum in crucian carp Mauthner cell].
abstract: In the present experiments, the characteristics of the electrical responses to stimulation of the cerebellum in crucian carp Mauthner cell were explored with microeletrode intracellular recording technique. A composite excitatory postsynaptic potential (cerebellum-evoked EPSP) could be induced from the soma, the ventral dendrite and the proximal end of the lateral dendrite in crucian carp Mauthner cell (M-cell) on either side by stimulation of the ventrolateral region of the cerebellum. The cerebellum-evoked EPSP presented characteristics of relatively short latency (0.63+/-0.09 ms), longer duration (5.49+/-1.13 ms), graded amplitude and dependence on stimulation frequency. Stimulation of the cerebellum with higher intensity always activated the M-cell orthodromically. Multiple intracellular recordings showed that the cerebellum-evoked EPSP originated in the distal end of the ventral dendrite. The results suggest that the cerebellum-M-cell pathway is probably composed of a group of neuron chains with different numbers of synaptic relays projecting to the distal end of the ventral dendrite in order of length of the chains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100054. tsaizh@263.net
authors.forename: Ying-Cai
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shu-Hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-Yi
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xue-Hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Fen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Mao-Xian
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002347:Carps / Q000502:physiology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000502:physiology*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology