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  • Title: Modulation of EPSP amplitude during high frequency stimulation depends on the correlation between potentiation, depression and facilitation.
    Author: Collins WF, Davis BM, Mendell LM.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1988 Feb 23; 442(1):161-5. PubMed ID: 2834013.
    Abstract:
    High frequency bursts were delivered every 2 s to single group Ia fibers in anesthetized cats. The modulation of EPSP amplitude in target motoneurons was determined. Changes in EPSP amplitude during the high frequency stimulation (facilitation or depression) were correlated with those occurring 2 s after the burst (potentiation). Connections displaying high levels of potentiation exhibited more depression resulting in a net negative modulation. Negative amplitude modulation was greatest at connections on low rheobase ('small') motoneurons that develop large EPSPs. Positive modulation occurred at a subset of connections on high rheobase ('large') motoneurons that exhibit small EPSPs. We suggest that these synaptic properties permit the appropriate amount of depolarization to be delivered to the heterogeneous elements of the motoneuron pool during high frequency Ia fiber activity characteristic of the step cycle.
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