Excitatory synaptic site heterogeneity during paired pulse plasticity in CA1 pyramidal cells in rat hippocampus in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 500, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 441-461

  Turner, Dennis A ^a   Chen, Ying ^c   Isaac, John T ^c,d   West, Mike ^b   Wheal, Howard V ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030938810     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp022032     Document Type: Article

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