Calcium-dependent paired-pulse facilitation of miniature EPSC frequency accompanies depression of EPSCs at hippocampal synapses in culture

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5312-5323

  Cummings, Dana D ^a   Wilcox, Karen S ^a   Dichter, Marc A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BAPTA AM; EGTA AM; hippocampal culture; mEPSC; paired pulse facilitation; paired pulse depression; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029846684     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-17-05312.1996     Document Type: Article

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