Origin of synaptic noise.

Science (New York, N.Y.) ·Vol. 157 ·No. 3786 ·1967-07-21 ·Pages 330-1

Hubbard JI, Stenhouse D, Eccles RM

Abstract

The poison from puffer fish, tetrodotoxin, was applied to the kitten spinal cord. This application greatly reduced the synaptic noise recorded from lumbar motoneurons. The noise is largely evoked by nerve impulses.

MeSH Terms

Animals Cats Electrophysiology Evoked Potentials/drug effects Lumbosacral Region Motor Neurons/drug effects,physiology Neuromuscular Junction/physiology Potassium Chloride/pharmacology Spinal Cord/drug effects,physiology Synapses/physiology Tetrodotoxin/pharmacology Toxins, Biological/pharmacology

Chemicals

Toxins, Biological Tetrodotoxin Potassium Chloride

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Hubbard J I

Stenhouse D

Eccles R M

Article Info

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Abbr.

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

DOI

10.1126/science.157.3786.330

Published

1967-07-21

Pages

330-1

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404511

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1126/science.157.3786.330 View journal details

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