Re-structuring of synapses 24 hours after induction of long-term potentiation in the dentate gyrus of the rat hippocampus in vivo

Neuroscience

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-227

  Stewart, M G ^a   Harrison, E ^a   Rusakov, D A ^a,c   Richter Levin, G ^b   Maroun, M ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axo spinous; Dentate; Morphology; Potentiation; Synapse restructuring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GRANULE CELL; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; TECHNIQUE; THETA RHYTHM;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034648747     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00295-5     Document Type: Article

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