Threshold serotonin concentration required to produce synaptic facilitation differs for depressed and nondepressed synapses in Aplysia sensory neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 843-854

  Emptage, Nigel J ^a,b   Mauelshagen, Juliane ^a   Carew, Thomas J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

APLYSIA; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; GANGLION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029924043     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.2.843     Document Type: Article

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