Dissociable afferent regulation of dopamine neuron firing. Rats that received control vehicle infusions (n = 8 rats, 74 neurons) exhibited an average of 1.08 ± 0.1 spontaneously active dopamine ...

To measure reception of a tactile signal from a Merkel cell, the UAB researchers achieved patch-clamp recordings at a heminode — an accessible spot for a patch-clamp on the neurite between the Merkel ...