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Four types of reactions of neurons of the sensorimotor region of the cortex of the rat are described: excitatory (36%); excitatory-inhibitory (16%); inhibitory-excitatory (30%); inhibitory-excitatory-inhibitory (18%).
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The type of reaction of the neuron does not depend on the quantity of the mediator applied.
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The duration of the excitatory component of the reaction to the mediator, for the population of neurons studied (56 cells), was represented as a continuous series of values. There are two maxima of the duration of this component at 3–5 and 7–9 sec.
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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 156–162, January–February, 1986.
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Kotlyar, B.I., Myasnikov, A.A. & Medvedovskii, B.V. Reactivity of cortical neurons of the rat to acetylcholine. Neurosci Behav Physiol 17, 119–124 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01184901
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