Synaptic plasticity at thalamocortical synapses in developing rat somatosensory cortex: LTP, LTD, and silent synapses

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-101

  Feldman, D E ^a,c   Nicoll, R A ^a,b   Malenka, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Long term depression; Long term potentiation; Silent synapses; Thalamocortical synapses

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032879981     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199910)41:1<92::AID-NEU12>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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