Switching off and on of synaptic sites at Aplysia sensorimotor synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 626-638

  Royer, Sebastien ^a   Coulson, Rosalind L ^a   Klein, Marc ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Miniature synaptic potentials; Quantal analysis; Synaptic depression; Synaptic facilitation; Synaptic plasticity; Synaptic transmission; Transmitter release

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034651107     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-02-00626.2000     Document Type: Article

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