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. 1975 Mar;65(3):385-97.
doi: 10.1085/jgp.65.3.385.

A dual synaptic effect on hair cells in Hermissenda

D L Alkon

A dual synaptic effect on hair cells in Hermissenda

D L Alkon. J Gen Physiol. 1975 Mar.

Abstract

Type A photorecptors can produce an initial hyperpolarizing wave followed by a delayed long-lasting increase in firing which is usually accompanied by a small depolarizing wave. The initial hyperpolarizing wave arises from an increase in conductance while the depolarizing wave was shown to arise from a decrease in conductance. The data presented indicate that both effects produced by the type A photoreceptors in ipsilateral hair cells are synaptic.

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