SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS EFFECT THE RELEASE OF TRANSMITTER FROM LOCUST NON-SPIKING INTERNEURONS

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BURROWS, M
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[1] Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
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10.1126/science.34878
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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An excitatory synoptic potential in a local nonspiking interneuron of a locust is able to effect the release of chemical transmitter. The consequence is that a discrete inhibitory synoptic potential is evoked in an identified postsynaptic motoneuron. These local interactions between interneurons and motoneurons are of behavioral significance in that they ensure the correct operation of a resistance reflex. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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