Long-term enhancement of central synaptic transmission by chronic brain- derived neurotrophic factor treatment

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 7025-7036

  Sherwood, Nina Tang ^a,b   Lo, Donald C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autapses; BDNF; Excitatory synaptic transmission; Hippocampal neurons; Microcultures; Neurotrophins; Synaptic plasticity; Trk receptors; TrkB

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SODIUM CURRENT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033567012     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-16-07025.1999     Document Type: Article

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