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The Journal of Neuroscience, July 15, 2001, 21(14):5311-5320
Membrane Bistability in Olfactory Bulb Mitral Cells
Philip Heyward, Matthew Ennis, Asaf Keller, and Michael T. Shipley Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and the Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings were used to investigate the electrophysiological properties of mitral cells in rat main olfactory bulb brain slice preparations. The majority of mitral cells are bistable. These cells spontaneously alternate between two membrane potentials, separated by ~10 mV: a relatively depolarized potential (upstate), which is perithreshold for spike generation, and a relatively hyperpolarized potential (downstate), in which spikes do not occur. Bistability occurs spontaneously in the absence of ionotropic excitatory or inhibitory synaptic inputs. Bistability is voltage dependent; transition from the downstate to the upstate is a regenerative event activated by brief depolarization. A brief hyperpolarization can switch the membrane potential from the upstate to the downstate. In response to olfactory nerve (ON) stimulation, mitral cells in the upstate are more likely to fire an action potential than are those in the downstate. ON stimulation can switch the membrane potential from the downstate to the upstate, producing a prolonged and amplified depolarization in response to a brief synaptic input. We conclude that bistability is an intrinsic property of mitral cells that is a major determinant of their responses to ON input.
Key words: mitral cell; bistability; main olfactory bulb; plateau potential; upstate; downstate; response to olfactory nerve
Copyright © 2001 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/01/21145311-10$05.00/0
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