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Spontaneous activity of cortical neurons in culture. A, Control, A whole-cell recording from a cortical pyramidal neuron after 5 d in vitro. Depolarizing synaptic potentials (arrow) could be detected, which periodically brought the neuron over threshold to fire overshooting action potentials. B, This activity was completely abolished by addition of 0.1 μm TTX to the perfusate.
