Unveiling synaptic plasticity: A new graphical and analytical approach

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 105-113

  Clements, John D ^a   Silve, R Angus ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; TECHNIQUE; VARIANCE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA DISPLAY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA AGONISTS; LIDOCAINE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034160151     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(99)01520-9     Document Type: Review

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