Large amplitude miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons are of mossy fiber origin

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1075-1086

  Henze, Darrell A ^a   Card, J Patrick ^a   Barrionuevo, German ^a   Ben Ari, Yezekiel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hpital de la Salptrire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOSSY FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 0030949547     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1075     Document Type: Article

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