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. 1959 Mar 20;42(4):749-60.
doi: 10.1085/jgp.42.4.749.

Extracellular potentials from single spinal motoneurons

W H FREYGANG Jr, K FRANK

Extracellular potentials from single spinal motoneurons

W H FREYGANG Jr et al. J Gen Physiol. .

Abstract

Extracellular action potentials found close to the surface of motoneurons are related to the intracellular spikes. Evidence is cited to support the assumption that the extracellular spikes have the same time course as the membrane current at the site of recording. Simultaneously recorded intracellular and extracellular spikes are compared. Intracellular spikes are transformed, by means of a circuit which is equivalent to the extracellular recording situation, into transients that are like those appearing extracellularly. Evidence is given that the recordings are from the cell bodies of motoneurons. The results show that the membrane at the extracellular recording site does not produce a spike since the time course of the extracellular potentials is determined by the passive properties of the membrane.

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