Presynaptic long-term depression at the hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 synapse

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5275, 1996, Pages 648-650

  Kobayashi, Katsunori ^a   Manabe, Toshiya ^a   Takahashi, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

BRAIN SLICE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MOSSY FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029780982     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5275.648     Document Type: Review

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42. We thank Y. Hayashi for his comments on the manuscript. This work was supported by a Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan) grant-in-aid (to T.M. and T.T.), the Uehara Memorial Foundation (T.M. and T.T.), and the Brain Science Foundation (T.M.).