Hippocampal long-term potentiation preserves the fidelity of postsynaptic responses to presynaptic bursts

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1236-1246

  Selig, David K ^a   Nicoll, Roger A ^a,b   Malenka, Robert C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Presynaptic bursts; Rat; Redistribution of synaptic strength; Short term synaptic depression; Short term synaptic facilitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS POTENTIAL; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 0033557633     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-04-01236.1999     Document Type: Article

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