A plastic axonal hotspot

Jan Gründemann and Michael Häusser
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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

Nature, 2010, vol. 465, issue 7301, 1022-1023

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.

Date: 2010
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