Determinants of the time course of facilitation at the granule cell to Purkinje cell synapse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5661-5671

  Atluri, Pradeep P ^a   Regehr, Wade G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; cerebellum; magnesium green; parallel fiber; presynaptic terminal; short term enhancement; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EGTAZIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; GRANULE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029835618     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-18-05661.1996     Document Type: Article

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