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We have shown that the local postsynaptic potentials of the apical dendrites of pyramidal neurones are maintained at cortical temperatures down to 11°C during the development of the hibernating condition. In these conditions the excitability of the pyramidal cell-bodies is lost.
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Shtark, M.B., Danilyuk, V.P. Dendritic potentials in the cerebral cortex of mammals hibernating in winter. Bull Exp Biol Med 59, 111–113 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00782706
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