Multiple forms of short-term plasticity at excitatory synapses in rat medial prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 3031-3041

  Hempel, Chris M ^a   Hartman, Kenichi H ^a   Wang, X J ^a   Turrigiano, Gina G ^a   Nelson, Sacha B ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 0034031837     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.5.3031     Document Type: Article

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