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J Neurophysiol 60: 869-878, 1988;
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 60, Issue 3 869-878, Copyright © 1988 by APS

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Electrophysiology of mammalian tectal neurons in vitro. II. Long-term adaptation

R. Llinas and J. Lopez-Barneo
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016.

1. The long-term adaptation of repetitive firing in guinea pig superior colliculus neurons was studied in a mesencephalic slice preparation using intracellular recording techniques. 2. This long-term adaptation was characterized by a decrease in the number of action potentials generated by a depolarizing pulse of constant amplitude applied at frequencies of 0.5-2 Hz. Long-term adaptation appeared in all cells tested regardless of whether they showed short-term spike frequency adaptation during each pulse. 3. Long-term adaptation had a close-to-exponential time course with a time constant of 4.085 +/- 0.675 s (mean +/- SD, n = 8). This phenomenon developed more rapidly as the stimulus frequency increased and was paralleled by a progressive hyperpolarization of the membrane potential which, at the termination of the train of stimuli, remained 6-10 mV more negative than the resting value. 4. The hyperpolarization and the spike frequency adaptation recovered spontaneously in approximately 60 s. The time constant of recovery was 14.66 +/- 1.189 s (n = 4). 5. The afterhyperpolarization (AHP) was also paralleled by a decrease in the input resistance of the cells. This response and the adaptation disappeared after removal of Ca2+ or after addition of Cd2+ to the external solution. This suggests that Ca2+ entry during trains of action potentials activates a Ca2+-dependent K+ conductance with an unusually slow kinetics. 6. This conductance appears to differ from other Ca2+-dependent K+ conductances in that it was blocked by 4-aminopyridine. 7. The properties of this long-term adaptation are remarkably similar to those reported for visual habituation; thus this newly described K+ conductance may be pertinent to the understanding of this behavioral phenomenon.


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