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  • Motor Control
  • Ion Channel Physiology

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  • Spinal motoneurons display nonlinear spiking behaviors, including spike acceleration, with unclear functional roles.
  • Previous research implicated dendritic nifedipine-sensitive L-type Ca2+ channels in these nonlinear properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the underlying mechanisms of nonlinear spiking in rodent lumbar motoneurons.
  • To determine the role of Kv1.2 channels in motoneuron spike acceleration and motor output generation.

Main Methods:

  • Pharmacological inhibition of Kv1.2 channels in rodent lumbar motoneurons.
  • Computational modeling of motoneuron electrical activity.
  • Electrophysiological recordings of rhythmic motor output during locomotor-like activity.

Main Results:

  • Nonlinear spiking properties were found to depend on the slow inactivation of nifedipine-sensitive K+ current mediated by Kv1.2 channels.
  • Kv1.2 channel inhibition abolished spike acceleration in rhythmically active motoneurons.
  • Inhibition of Kv1.2 channels reduced the slow buildup of rhythmic motor output at the onset of locomotion.

Conclusions:

  • Slow inactivation of Kv1.2 channels acts as a gain control mechanism in mammalian spinal motoneurons.
  • This Kv1.2 channel mechanism plays a behavioral role in augmenting locomotor drive during the transition from immobility to locomotion.