The Nodal Origin of Intrinsic Bursting

Dominique Debanne (1)

1 UNIS - Inserm U1072 - Unité de Neurobiologie des canaux Ioniques et de la Synapse

The output of cortical neurons in the form of bursts of action potentials was thought to be controlled solely by the dendrites. In this issue of Neuron, Maarten Kole reveals that axonal sodium channels at the first node of Ranvier are essential for neuronal burst firing

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]; Neurobiology

Dominique Debanne. The Nodal Origin of Intrinsic Bursting. Neuron, 2011, 71 (4), pp.569-570. ⟨10.1016/j.neuron.2011.08.001⟩. ⟨hal-01766859⟩