--- _id: '3822' abstract: - lang: eng text: Dentate gyrus granule cells transmit action potentials (APs) along their unmyelinated mossy fibre axons to the CA3 region. Although the initiation and propagation of APs are fundamental steps during neural computation, little is known about the site of AP initiation and the speed of propagation in mossy fibre axons. To address these questions, we performed simultaneous somatic and axonal whole-cell recordings from granule cells in acute hippocampal slices of adult mice at approximately 23 degrees C. Injection of short current pulses or synaptic stimulation evoked axonal and somatic APs with similar amplitudes. By contrast, the time course was significantly different, as axonal APs had a higher maximal rate of rise (464 +/- 30 V s(-1) in the axon versus 297 +/- 12 V s(-1) in the soma, mean +/- s.e.m.). Furthermore, analysis of latencies between the axonal and somatic signals showed that APs were initiated in the proximal axon at approximately 20-30 mum distance from the soma, and propagated orthodromically with a velocity of 0.24 m s(-1). Qualitatively similar results were obtained at a recording temperature of approximately 34 degrees C. Modelling of AP propagation in detailed cable models of granule cells suggested that a approximately 4 times higher Na(+) channel density ( approximately 1000 pS mum(-2)) in the axon might account for both the higher rate of rise of axonal APs and the robust AP initiation in the proximal mossy fibre axon. This may be of critical importance to separate dendritic integration of thousands of synaptic inputs from the generation and transmission of a common AP output. author: - first_name: Christoph full_name: Schmidt-Hieber, Christoph last_name: Schmidt Hieber - first_name: Peter M full_name: Peter Jonas id: 353C1B58-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jonas orcid: 0000-0001-5001-4804 - first_name: Josef full_name: Bischofberger, Josef last_name: Bischofberger citation: ama: Schmidt Hieber C, Jonas PM, Bischofberger J. Action potential initiation and propagation in hippocampal mossy fibre axons. Journal of Physiology. 2008;586(7):1849-1857. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2007.150151 apa: Schmidt Hieber, C., Jonas, P. M., & Bischofberger, J. (2008). Action potential initiation and propagation in hippocampal mossy fibre axons. Journal of Physiology. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2007.150151 chicago: Schmidt Hieber, Christoph, Peter M Jonas, and Josef Bischofberger. “Action Potential Initiation and Propagation in Hippocampal Mossy Fibre Axons.” Journal of Physiology. Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2007.150151 . ieee: C. Schmidt Hieber, P. M. Jonas, and J. Bischofberger, “Action potential initiation and propagation in hippocampal mossy fibre axons,” Journal of Physiology, vol. 586, no. 7. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 1849–57, 2008. ista: Schmidt Hieber C, Jonas PM, Bischofberger J. 2008. Action potential initiation and propagation in hippocampal mossy fibre axons. Journal of Physiology. 586(7), 1849–57. mla: Schmidt Hieber, Christoph, et al. “Action Potential Initiation and Propagation in Hippocampal Mossy Fibre Axons.” Journal of Physiology, vol. 586, no. 7, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008, pp. 1849–57, doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2007.150151 . short: C. Schmidt Hieber, P.M. Jonas, J. Bischofberger, Journal of Physiology 586 (2008) 1849–57. date_created: 2018-12-11T12:05:21Z date_published: 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:52:27Z day: '01' doi: '10.1113/jphysiol.2007.150151 ' extern: 1 intvolume: ' 586' issue: '7' main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2375716/ month: '01' oa: 1 page: 1849 - 57 publication: Journal of Physiology publication_status: published publisher: Wiley-Blackwell publist_id: '2387' quality_controlled: 0 status: public title: Action potential initiation and propagation in hippocampal mossy fibre axons type: journal_article volume: 586 year: '2008' ...