Bidirectional control of quantal size by synaptic activity in the hippocampus

Science

Volumn 271, Issue 5253, 1996, Pages 1294-1297

  Oliet, Stéphane H R ^b   Malenka, Robert C ^b   Nicoll, Roger A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; STRONTIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029879243     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5253.1294     Document Type: Article

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37. We thank colleagues in our laboratories for valuable discussion and comments on the manuscript. S.H.R O. is supported by an International Human Frontier Science Program fellowship, R.A.N. is a member of the Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience and the Silvio Conte Center for Neuroscience Research, and R.C.M. is a member of the Center for Neurobiology and Psychiatry. This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health.