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J Neurophysiol 82: 1465-1476, 1999;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 82 No. 3 September 1999, pp. 1465-1476
Copyright ©1999 by the American Physiological Society

Oscillatory Membrane Potential Activity in the Soma of a Primary Afferent Neuron

Cristina M. Pedroarena,3 Inés E. Pose,3 Jack Yamuy,1 Michael H. Chase,1,2 and Francisco R. Morales1,2,3

 1Department of Physiology and  2the Brain Research Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90024; and  3Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Gral Flores 2125, Montevideo, Uruguay

Pedroarena, Cristina M., Inés E. Pose, Jack Yamuy, Michael H. Chase, and Francisco R. Morales. Oscillatory Membrane Potential Activity in the Soma of a Primary Afferent Neuron. J. Neurophysiol. 82: 1465-1476, 1999. In the present report, we provide evidence that mesencephalic trigeminal (Mes-V) sensory neurons, a peculiar type of primary afferent cell with its cell body located within the CNS, may operate in different functional modes depending on the degree of their membrane polarization. Using intracellular recording techniques in the slice preparation of the adult rat brain stem, we demonstrate that when these neurons are depolarized, they exhibit sustained, high-frequency, amplitude-modulated membrane potential oscillations. Under these conditions, the cells discharge high-frequency trains of spikes. Oscillations occur at membrane potential levels more depolarized than -53 ± 2.3 mV (mean ± SD). The amplitude of these oscillations increases with increasing levels of membrane depolarization. The peak-to-peak amplitude of these waves is ~3 mV when the cells are depolarized to levels near threshold for repetitive firing. The frequency of oscillations is similar in different neurons (108.9 ± 15.5 Hz) and was not modified, in any individual neuron, by changes in the membrane potential level. These oscillations are abolished by hyperpolarization and by TTX, whereas blockers of voltage-dependent K+ currents slow the frequency of oscillations but do not abolish the activity. These data indicate that the oscillations are generated by the activation of inward Na+ current/s and shaped by voltage-dependent K+ outward currents. The oscillatory activity is not modified by perfusion with low-calcium, high-magnesium, or cobalt-containing solutions nor is it modified in the presence of cadmium or Apamin. These results indicate that a calcium-dependent K+ current does not play a significant role in this activity. We postulate that the membrane oscillatory activity in Mes-V neurons is synchronized in adjoining electrotonically coupled cells and that this activity may be modulated in the behaving animal by synaptic influences.




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