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A plastic axonal hotspot

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  • Jan Gründemann

    (Jan Gründemann and Michael Häusser are at the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. m.hausser@ucl.ac.uk)

  • Michael Häusser

    (Jan Gründemann and Michael Häusser are at the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. m.hausser@ucl.ac.uk)

Abstract

Neurons generate their output signal — the action potential — in a distinct region of the axon called the initial segment. The location and extent of this trigger zone can be modified by neural activity to control excitability.

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  • Jan Gründemann & Michael Häusser, 2010. "A plastic axonal hotspot," Nature, Nature, vol. 465(7301), pages 1022-1023, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:465:y:2010:i:7301:d:10.1038_4651022a
    DOI: 10.1038/4651022a
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