Development and regulation of response properties in spinal cord motoneurons
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Development and regulation of response properties in spinal cord motoneurons. / Perrier, J F; Hounsgaard, J.
In: Brain Research Bulletin, Vol. 53, No. 5, 15.11.2000, p. 529-35.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Development and regulation of response properties in spinal cord motoneurons
AU - Perrier, J F
AU - Hounsgaard, J
PY - 2000/11/15
Y1 - 2000/11/15
N2 - The intrinsic response properties of spinal motoneurons determine how converging premotor neuronal input is translated into the final motor command transmitted to muscles. From the patchy data available it seems that these properties and their underlying currents are highly conserved in terrestrial vertebrates in terms of both phylogeny and ontogeny. Spinal motoneurons in adults are remarkably similar in many respects ranging from the resting membrane potential to pacemaker properties. Apart from the axolotls, spinal motoneurons from all species investigated have latent intrinsic response properties mediated by L-type Ca2+ channels. This mature phenotype is reached gradually during development through phases in which A-type potassium channels and T-type calcium channels are transiently expressed. The intrinsic response properties of mature spinal motoneurons are subject to short-term adjustments via metabotropic synaptic regulation of the properties of voltage-sensitive ion channels. Recent findings also suggest that regulation of channel expression may contribute to long-term changes in intrinsic response properties of motoneurons.
AB - The intrinsic response properties of spinal motoneurons determine how converging premotor neuronal input is translated into the final motor command transmitted to muscles. From the patchy data available it seems that these properties and their underlying currents are highly conserved in terrestrial vertebrates in terms of both phylogeny and ontogeny. Spinal motoneurons in adults are remarkably similar in many respects ranging from the resting membrane potential to pacemaker properties. Apart from the axolotls, spinal motoneurons from all species investigated have latent intrinsic response properties mediated by L-type Ca2+ channels. This mature phenotype is reached gradually during development through phases in which A-type potassium channels and T-type calcium channels are transiently expressed. The intrinsic response properties of mature spinal motoneurons are subject to short-term adjustments via metabotropic synaptic regulation of the properties of voltage-sensitive ion channels. Recent findings also suggest that regulation of channel expression may contribute to long-term changes in intrinsic response properties of motoneurons.
KW - Action Potentials
KW - Animals
KW - Anterior Horn Cells
KW - Calcium Channels, L-Type
KW - Calcium Channels, T-Type
KW - Vertebrates
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 11165788
VL - 53
SP - 529
EP - 535
JO - Brain Research Bulletin
JF - Brain Research Bulletin
SN - 0361-9230
IS - 5
ER -
ID: 33731418