Paired recordings from neurones

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 387-394

  Miles, Richard ^a,b   Poncer, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL COMMUNICATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030176251     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80124-3     Document Type: Article

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