LTP mechanisms: From silence to four-lane traffic

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 352-357

  Malinow, Roberto ^a   Mainen, Zachary F ^a   Hayashi, Yasunori ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR;

HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034122617     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(00)00099-4     Document Type: Review

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