Mechanisms of calcium influx into hippocampal spines: Heterogeneity among spines, coincidence detection by NMDA receptors, and optical quantal analysis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1976-1987

  Yuste, Rafael ^a   Majewska, Ania ^b   Cash, Sydney S ^a   Denk, Winfried ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Dendrites; Hippocampus; NMDA; Quantal; Spines; Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DENDRITIC SPINE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033560121     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-06-01976.1999     Document Type: Article

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