Electrical properties and synaptic connections to neurons in parasympathetic colonic ganglia of the cat

• Published in: The American journal of physiology Vol. 247; no. 1 Pt 1; p. G52
• Main Authors: Krier, J, Hartman, D A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.1984
• Subjects: Action Potentials; Animals; Autonomic Fibers, Preganglionic - physiology; Cats; Colon - innervation; Electric Stimulation; Ganglia, Parasympathetic - cytology; Ganglia, Parasympathetic - physiology; Hexamethonium Compounds - pharmacology; Membrane Potentials; Neural Conduction; Neural Pathways - physiology; Neurons - drug effects; Neurons - physiology; Synapses - physiology; Tetrodotoxin - pharmacology

Intracellular recording techniques were used in vitro to analyze the electrophysiological properties and synaptic connections to cat parasympathetic neurons in ganglia located on the serosal surface of the distal colon. Neurons were classified into two types. The first type exhibited spontaneous act...