Heterogeneity of release probability, facilitation, and depletion at central synapses

Neuron

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 995-1008

  Dobrunz, Lynn E ^a   Stevens, Charles F ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030919664     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80338-4     Document Type: Article

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