Glutamate-induced long-term potentiation enhances spontaneous EPSC amplitude but not frequency

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1909-1918

  Cormier, Robert J ^a   Kelly, Paul T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IONTOPHORESIS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029894901     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.1909     Document Type: Article

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