NeuroscienceProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Neural excitability increases with axonal resistance between soma and axon initial segment
Aurélie Fékété, Norbert Ankri, Romain Brette, Dominique Debanne
The paper shows that increasing axial resistance at the axon hillock lowers the spike threshold in L5 pyramidal neurons, supporting resistive coupling theory.
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