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When Neurons Fire…

Returning to some earlier research in more detail I have been investigating neuronal firing.

diagram of neuronal firing, Dottori Lab

As has been previously discussed in earlier posts, neuronal firing is the name given to the changes that take to enable neurons to  communicate with each other. This neuronal communication occurs via electrical impulses and neurotransmitters.

As you can see from the chart above, the activity of the cultured sensory neurons can be measured in a number of ways relating to the bursts of activity, spike rate and active channels.

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