Modulation of unitary glutamatergic synapses by neurotrophin-4/5 or brain-derived neurotrophic factor in hippocampal microcultures: Presynaptic enhancement depends on pre-established paired-pulse facilitation

Neuroscience

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 399-413

  Lessmann V ^a   Heumann, R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autapses; Microcultures; Neurotrophins; Presynaptic modulation; TrkB; Unitary synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODULATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELLS, CULTURED; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0001555360     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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