Paired-pulse facilitation and depression at unitary synapses in rat hippocampus: Quantal fluctuation affects subsequent release

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 491, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 163-176

  Debanne, Dominique ^a   Guérineau, Nathalie C ^a   Gähwiler, Beat H ^a   Thompson, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ANIRACETAM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029670738     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021204     Document Type: Article

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