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ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2012

The activity of leech motoneurons during motor patterns is regulated by intrinsic properties and synaptic inputs.

C Bernardo Perez-Etchegoyen, Rodrigo J Alvarez, Mariano J Rodriguez, Lidia Szczupak

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Article in Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Phase-Specific Motor Efference during a Rhythmic Motor Pattern.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020
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  4. Feedback Signal from Motoneurons Influences a Rhythmic Pattern Generator.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2017
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  5. 9-Phenanthrol modulates postinhibitory rebound and afterhyperpolarizing potentials in an excitatory motor neuron of the medicinal leech.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2017
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  6. Riluzole suppresses postinhibitory rebound in an excitatory motor neuron of the medicinal leech.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2014
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C Bernardo Perez-EtchegoyenDepartamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular, FCEN-UBA, IFIBYNE UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Rodrigo J Alvarez
Mariano J Rodriguez
Lidia Szczupak
Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The activity of motoneurons during motor patterns depends on their intrinsic properties and on synaptic inputs. This study analyzed the properties of two leech motoneurons: the excitors of dorsal longitudinal muscles (DE-3) and of dorsal and ventral longitudinal muscles (MN-L) in basal conditions (normal and high Mg²⁺ saline) and during crawling. The voltage-current relationships in DE-3 and MN-L were similar. The curves exhibited the largest slope around resting potential, showed marked inward and outward rectification, and were not affected by high Mg²⁺. In response to 5-s pulses, DE-3 exhibited a fast initial adaptation, a slow recovery and a very slow late adaptation. High Mg²⁺ abolished the initial high frequency. The frequency-voltage relationship for the rest of the response was highly similar in normal and in high Mg²⁺ saline. MN-L exhibited a minor initial adaptation and then fired steadily. High Mg²⁺ diminished the frequency-voltage relationship. During crawling DE-3 and MN-L fired in phase and their frequency-voltage curves overlapped with the lower end of the curves obtained in basal conditions. The results suggest that the activity of these motoneurons during crawling was regulated, to a large extent, by synaptic inputs.

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AnimalsLeechesMembrane PotentialsMotor ActivityMotor NeuronsSynapsesSynaptic Transmission

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