Quantal analysis of excitatory synapses in rat hippocampal CA1 in vitro during low-frequency depression

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 505, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 457-471

  Larkman, A U ^a   Jack, J J B ^a   Stratford, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOGRAM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STATISTICS; STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME; VARIANCE; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; QUANTUM THEORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031451077     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.457bb.x     Document Type: Article

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