Activity-dependent properties of synaptic transmission at two classes of connections made by rat neocortical pyramidal axons in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 502, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-147

  Thomson, Alex M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL SUMMATION; FACILITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PAIRED PULSE DEPRESSION; PAIRED PULSE FACILITATION; POSTSYNAPTIC HYPERPOLARIZATION; PROFOUND FREQUENCY DEPENDENT FACILITATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030762861     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.131bl.x     Document Type: Article

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