BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM | Physiology of the Mauthner Cell: Discovery and Properties

A. E. Pereda; D. S. Faber

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-374553-8.00007-1

BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM | Physiology of the Mauthner Cell: Discovery and Properties

A. E. Pereda, D. S. Faber

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Abstract

The Mauthner cells are two colossal reticulospinal neurons that, based on their sensory inputs and motor output connections, mediate tail-flip escape responses. Singular cellular and synaptic properties endow the Mauthner cell system with speed and functional flexibility. Because of their experimental accessibility, the Mauthner cells have provided important insights into basic mechanisms of cellular excitability and synaptic transmission, including mechanisms of synaptic inhibition, transmitter release, and the effect of electrical fields and plasticity of gap junction-mediated electrical synapses. The rich physiological properties of the Mauthner cells will continue to provide a unique window for discovery of basic mechanisms of brain function.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology
Subtitle of host publication	From Genome to Environment: Volume 1-3
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	66-72
Number of pages	7
Volume	1-3
ISBN (Electronic)	9780123745453
ISBN (Print)	9780080923239
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374553-8.00007-1
State	Published - Jan 1 2011

Keywords

Action potential
Axon
Chemical synapse
Electrical synapse
Escape response
Field effect
Gap junctions
Long-term potentiation
Mauthner
Motor control
Reticulospinal

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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