Modulation of hippocampal synaptic transmission and plasticity by neurotrophins

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2000, Pages 231-241

  Lu, Bai ^a   Gottschalk, Wolfram ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034589064     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(00)28020-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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