Short-term afferent axotomy increases both strength and depression at Ia-motoneuron synapses in rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1142-1147

  Seburn, Kevin L ^a   Cope, Timothy C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Axotomy; La afferent; Monosynaptic; Motoneuron; Probability of transmitter release; Rat; Synaptic depression; Synaptic efficacy; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031892348     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-03-01142.1998     Document Type: Article

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