Dendritic spine density and LTP induction in cultured hippocampal slices

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1614-1623

  Collin, Carlos ^a   Miyaguchi, Katsuyuki ^a   Segal, Menahem ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PICROTOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030903814     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1614     Document Type: Article

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