Synaptic transmission in pair recordings from CA3 pyramidal cells in organotypic culture

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2787-2797

  Pavlidis, Paul ^a,b   Madison, Daniel V ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032981425     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.6.2787     Document Type: Article

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