Summary
- External tufted cells have intrinsic rhythmic bursting at
theta frequencies and are driven monosynaptically by ON
inputs.
- Short axon and periglomerular cells receive bursts of
EPSPs from external tufted cells.
- Glomerular neurons whose dendrites ramify in the same
glomerulus exhibit synchronous events (membrane
potential oscillations, bursts of spikes, bursts of EPSP/Cs,
single EPSP/Cs).
- Synchronous activity occurs near theta frequencies, which
predominate the rates of investigative sniffing in rodents,
and may play an important role in olfactory coding.