Changes in quantal size distributions upon experimental variations in the probability of release at striatal inhibitory synapses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2999-3011

  Behrends, Jan C ^a   Ten Bruggencate, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMBRYO; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031869442     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.6.2999     Document Type: Article

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