Visual Stimuli Evoked Action Potentials Trigger Rapidly Propagating Dendritic Calcium Transients in the Frog Optic Tectum Layer 6 Neurons

Gytis Svirskis; Gytis Baranauskas; Natasa Svirskiene; Tatiana Tkatch

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139472

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Visual Stimuli Evoked Action Potentials Trigger Rapidly Propagating Dendritic Calcium Transients in the Frog Optic Tectum Layer 6 Neurons

Gytis Svirskis,

Affiliation Neurophysiology laboratory, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Gytis Baranauskas ,

* E-mail: gytis11@yahoo.com

Affiliation Neurophysiology laboratory, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Natasa Svirskiene,

Affiliation Neurophysiology laboratory, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Tatiana Tkatch

Affiliation Neurophysiology laboratory, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Visual Stimuli Evoked Action Potentials Trigger Rapidly Propagating Dendritic Calcium Transients in the Frog Optic Tectum Layer 6 Neurons

Gytis Svirskis,
Gytis Baranauskas,
Natasa Svirskiene,
Tatiana Tkatch

Published: September 28, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139472

About the Authors

Gytis Svirskis

Affiliation Neurophysiology laboratory, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Gytis Baranauskas

* E-mail: gytis11@yahoo.com

Affiliation Neurophysiology laboratory, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Natasa Svirskiene

Affiliation Neurophysiology laboratory, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Tatiana Tkatch

Affiliation Neurophysiology laboratory, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS GB. Performed the experiments: GS NS. Analyzed the data: GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS. Wrote the paper: GB GS TT.

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