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Significant differences were found in the time of action of L-glutamate, acetylcholine, γ-aminobutyric acid, and noradrenalin, applied microiontophoretically, on the firing pattern of single sensomotor cortical neurons. L-Glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid evoke short-latency responses of short duration. Responses to acetylcholine and noradrenalin characteristically have much longer latency and duration.
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Because of the specificity of the temporal ranges of action of neurotransmitters on nerve cells, time coding and effective interaction of heterofunctional information in the nervous system are possible.
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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 931–938, September–October, 1988.
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Kotlyar, B.I., Myasnikov, A.A. Neurotransmitter diversity and its role in integrative brain functions. Neurosci Behav Physiol 19, 265–271 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01236013
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