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:Superficial laminae of the spinal cord possess a considerable number of neurons with spontaneous activity as reported in vivo and in vitro preparations of several species. Such neurons may play a role in the development of the nociceptive system and/or in the spinal coding of somatosensory signals. We have used electrophysiological techniques in a horizontal spinal cord slice preparation from adult mice to investigate how this activity is generated and what are the main patterns of activity that can be found. The results show the existence of neurons that fire regularly and irregularly. Within each of these main types, it was possible to distinguish patterns of spontaneous activity formed by single action potentials and different types of bursts according to intra-burst firing frequency. Activity in neurons with irregular patterns was blocked by a mixture of antagonists of the main neurotransmitter receptors present in the cord. Approximately 82% of neurons with a regular firing pattern were insensitive to synaptic antagonists but their activity was inhibited by specific ion channel blockers. It is suggested that these neurons generate endogenous activity due to the functional expression of hyperpolarisation-activated and persistent sodium currents driving the activity of irregular neurons.
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Lucas-Romero J,Rivera-Arconada I,Roza C,Lopez-Garcia JAdoi
10.1038/s41598-018-27993-ysubject
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2018-06-27 00:00:00pages
9735issue
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2045-2322pii
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