Synaptic release rather than failure in the conditioning pulse results in paired-pulse facilitation during minimal synaptic stimulation in the rat hippocampal CA1 neurones

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 204-208

  Chen, Ying ^a   Chad, John E ^a   Wheal, Howard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Hippocampus; Paired pulse facilitation; Presynaptic release

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030575909     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13149-9     Document Type: Article

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