Assessment of frequency-dependent alterations in the level of extracellular Ca2+ in the synaptic cleft

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2103-2116

  Vassilev, Peter M ^a   Mitchel, Jude ^a   Vassilev, Michael ^a   Kanazirska, Marie ^a   Brown, Edward M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COMPUTER MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030893070     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78853-2     Document Type: Article

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