The source of spontaneous activity in the main olfactory bulb of the rat.

In vivo, most neurons in the main olfactory bulb exhibit robust spontaneous activity. This paper tests the hypothesis that spontaneous activity in olfactory receptor neurons drives much of the spontaneous activity in mitral and tufted cells via excitatory synapses.Single units were recorded in vivo...

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Main Authors: Josif Stakic, Jessica M Suchanek, Geoffrey P Ziegler, Edwin R Griff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3166066?pdf=render