Properties and plasticity of paired-pulse depression at a central synapse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5312-5320

  Waldeck, Robert F ^a   Pereda, Alberto ^a,b   Faber, Donald S ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial relay interneuron; Depletion; Exocytosis; Mauthner cell; Metaplasticity; Paired pulse depression; Rate of evoked transmitter release; Secretory machinery; Synaptic latency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXOCYTOSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034662124     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-14-05312.2000     Document Type: Article

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