LTP promotes formation of multiple spine synapses between a single axon terminal and a dendrite

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6760, 1999, Pages 421-425

  Toni, N ^a   Buchs, P A ^a   Nikonenko, I ^a   Bron, C R ^b   Muller, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE ENDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AXONS; CALCIUM; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0033604506     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/46574     Document Type: Article

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