Editing Neuron (section)

====Discharge patterns====
Neurons have intrinsic electroresponsive properties like intrinsic transmembrane voltage [[Neural oscillation|oscillatory]] patterns.<ref name="llinas2014">{{cite journal | vauthors = Llinás RR | title = Intrinsic electrical properties of mammalian neurons and CNS function: a historical perspective | journal = Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience | volume = 8 | pages = 320 | date = 2014-01-01 | pmid = 25408634 | pmc = 4219458 | doi = 10.3389/fncel.2014.00320 | doi-access = free }}</ref> So neurons can be classified according to their [[electrophysiology|electrophysiological]] characteristics:
* Tonic or regular spiking. Some neurons are typically constantly (tonically) active, typically firing at a constant frequency. Example: interneurons in [[striatum|neurostriatum]].
* Phasic or [[bursting]]. Neurons that fire in bursts are called phasic.
* Fast-spiking. Some neurons are notable for their high firing rates, for example, some types of cortical inhibitory interneurons, cells in [[globus pallidus]], [[retinal ganglion cells]].<ref>{{cite conference | title = Ion conductances related to shaping the repetitive firing in rat retinal ganglion cells | vauthors = Kolodin YO, Veselovskaia NN, Veselovsky NS, Fedulova SA | conference = Acta Physiologica Congress | url = http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/aphmeeting/abstract.asp?MeetingID=&id=61198 | access-date = 2009-06-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121007164451/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/aphmeeting/abstract.asp?MeetingID=&id=61198 | archive-date = 2012-10-07 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ykolodin.50webs.com/ |title=Ionic conductances underlying excitability in tonically firing retinal ganglion cells of adult rat |publisher=Ykolodin.50webs.com |date=2008-04-27 |access-date=2013-02-16}}</ref>