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ArticleJournal of computational neuroscience2006

Role of A-type K+ channels in spike broadening observed in soma and axon of Hermissenda type-B photoreceptors: a simulation study.

Yidao Cai, Mark Flynn, Douglas A Baxter, Terry Crow

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Yidao CaiDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas at Houston Medical School, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. yidao.cai@gmail.com
Mark Flynn
Douglas A Baxter
Terry Crow

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Neural Models of Plasticity: Molecules to NetworksP01NS038310 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI BYRNE, JOHN H · 1999 to 2009
$9.3M
Motor Systems Supporting Pavlovian ConditioningR01MH058698 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CROW, TERRY J · 1998 to 2008
$2.0M
NIMH NIH HHS MH58698NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS38310
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Abstract

In Hermissenda type-B photoreceptors, the spike is generated in the axon and back-propagated to the soma, resulting in smaller somatic spikes. Experimentally, blocking the A-type K+ current (IK,A) results in broadening of somatic spikes. Similarly, in a compartmental model of the photoreceptor, reducing the maximum A-type K+ conductance (gK,Amax) results in broadening of somatic spikes. However, simulations predict that little or no broadening of axonal spikes occurs when gK,Amax is reduced. The results can be explained by the voltage-dependent properties of IK,A and the different potential ranges that the somatic and axonal spike traverse. Because of the steeper I-V curve and faster activation of the K+ channels at higher potentials, the recruitment of additional K+ channels in the axon is able to compensate for the decrease in K+ conductance, yielding less spike broadening. These results also support the idea that spike duration in the axon may not be reliably inferred based upon recordings collected from the soma.

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Computer SimulationModels, NeurologicalAction PotentialsAnimalsAxonsElectric StimulationHermissendaLarge-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha SubunitsNeural ConductionPhotoreceptor Cells, InvertebrateTime FactorsLarge-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits

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