Silent glutamatergic synapses and long-term facilitation in spinal dorsal horn neurons

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 129, Issue , 2000, Pages 101-113

  Zhuo, Min ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; FACILITATION; HYPERALGESIA; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0034589383     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(00)29008-0     Document Type: Article

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