Site-specific and sensory neuron-dependent increases in postsynaptic glutamate sensitivity accompany serotonin-induced long-term facilitation at Aplysia sensorimotor synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4976-4986

  Zhu, Hui ^a   Wu, Fang ^a   Schacher, Samuel ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Cell culture; Glutamate sensitivity; Long term; Serotonin; Synapse formation; Synapse plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTOSOME; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0030989730     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-13-04976.1997     Document Type: Article

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