Temporal dynamics of graded synaptic transmission in the lobster stomatogastric ganglion

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 5610-5621

  Manor, Yair ^a   Nadim, Farzan ^a   Abbott, L F ^a   Marder, Eve ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

central pattern generation; Graded synaptic transmission; Inhibition; oscillations; Pyloric network; Synaptic depression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LOBSTER; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030748130     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-14-05610.1997     Document Type: Article

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