FURSHPAN E J
Science. 1964 May 15;144(3620):878-80. doi: 10.1126/science.144.3620.878.
A type of excitatory synaptic transmission which is novel for the vertebrate brain has been found in the ner neuron (M-cell) by means of the passive spread of their action currents across the synaptic membrane. After stimulating the ipsilateral eighth cranial nerve, an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) appears in the M-cell with a latency which is very brief ( about 0.1 msec) and which proba; bly represents a negligible synaptic delay. This response is attributed to the club endings: there were steep gradients of potential along the lateral dendrite of the M-cell during activity and the early EPSP was maximal in the distal part of the dendrite where the club endings predominate. Potential changes in the M-cell spread (passively) backwards into certain eighth-nerve fibers (probably club endings) indicating the presence of special low-resistance connections between them and the M-cell.
通过神经细胞（M细胞）动作电流在突触膜上的被动扩散，在脊椎动物大脑中发现了一种新型的兴奋性突触传递。刺激同侧第八对脑神经后，M细胞中会出现兴奋性突触后电位（EPSP），其潜伏期非常短暂（约0.1毫秒），这可能代表了可忽略不计的突触延迟。这种反应归因于棒状末梢：活动期间M细胞外侧树突上存在陡峭的电位梯度，早期EPSP在棒状末梢占主导的树突远端最大。M细胞中的电位变化（被动地）向后扩散到某些第八对神经纤维（可能是棒状末梢），表明它们与M细胞之间存在特殊的低电阻连接。
