Remembering the Caribbean the Spring Hippocampal Research Conference

Colbert and Johnston, 1998). Apart from the modulation S. Sloviter (University of Arizona), Dan H. Lowenstein of action potential backpropagation due to ionotropic (University of California, San Francisco), and Robert K. S. and metabotropic receptor types, there is also evidence Wong (State University of New York), brings together to suggest a major involvement of voltage-gated IA-type hippocampal aficionados interested in these complex potassium channels (Hoffman et al., 1997). With the soissues. We have organized this report around some of mato-dendritic gradient of channel density showing a the major themes that emerged from this year’s presensteep increase toward distal dendrites, at any given tations and ensuing discussions, incorporating only the membrane potential disproportionally more IA will be most salient and recent citations. activated in the dendrites when compared to the soma