Stable properties of spontaneous EPSCs and miniature retinal EPSCs during the development of ON/OFF sublamination in the ferret lateral geniculate nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 236-247

  Hohnke, Carsten D ^a   Sur, Mriganka ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent; AMPA synapse; LTP; Pattern formation; Retinal axons; Visual system

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FERRET; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032937112     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-01-00236.1999     Document Type: Article

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