Involvement of silent synapses in the induction of long-term potentiation and long-term depression in neocortical and hippocampal neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 323-330

  Voronin, L L ^a   Volgushev, M ^b,c,e   Chistiakova, M ^b,c   Kuhnt, U ^d   Singer, W ^b  

^a BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

hippocampus; intracellular tetanization; long term depression; long term potentiation; neocortex; silent synapses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030593460     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00207-2     Document Type: Article

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