Presynaptically silent synapses: Spontaneously active terminals without stimulus-evoked release demonstrated in cortical autapses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2805-2815

  Kimura, Fumitaka ^a   Otsu, Yo ^a,b   Tsumoto, Tadaharu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXOCYTOSIS; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0030901863     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.5.2805     Document Type: Article

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