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In experiments on rat brain slices, we carried out intracellular recording from neurons of the red nucleus (RN). Passive electrical properties of these neurons (input resistance, membrane time constant) were evaluated. We detected voltage-dependent rebound depolarization and time dependent inward rectification when passing hyperpolarizing pulses of current through the cell. Injections of depolarizing currents caused rhythmical firing of the neurons; the frequency of these firings depends upon the strength of injected current. Rhythmical firings were also characterized by rapid frequency adaptation when currents of different frequency were injected. Stimulation of regions of slices presumably corresponding to the decussion of the brachium conjunctivum mainly evoked EPSPs with a "fast" rise time in RN neurons. This suggests activation of synaptic input from the cerebellar nucleus interpositus. Stimulation of this same region sometimes evoked EPSP-IPSP mixtures and "pure" IPSPs in RN neurons.
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L. A. Orbeli Institute of Physiology, Armenian Academy of Sciences, Erevan. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 607–616, September–October, 1991.
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Babalyan, A.L., Fanardzhyan, V.V. Electrophysiological properties of neurons of the red nucleus in rat brain slices. Neurophysiology 23, 454–461 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052452
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