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. 2010 Jun 15;588(Pt 12):2015-6.
doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.192443.

Currents in space: understanding inhibitory field potentials

Iris Oren  1 , Ole Paulsen
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Currents in space: understanding inhibitory field potentials

Iris Oren et al. J Physiol. .
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Figure 1. Synaptic input generates current sinks and sources along somato-dendritic axis
A, excitatory input to the distal dendrites results in a dendritic current sink. Passive return current (dotted line) results in a passive current source in the somatic region. Field lines indicated by continuous curves. B, inhibitory input to the soma leads to an influx of Cl− and results in a somatic current source and a passive current sink in the dendrites. C, inhibitory input to the distal dendrites results in an active dendritic current source and a passive somatic current sink. On the right are schematic diagrams of the corresponding LFP at somatic and dendritic sites. Note the similarities of the field lines and LFP in A and B.
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