Synapse-specific contribution of the variation of transmitter concentration to the decay of inhibitory postsynaptic currents

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1251-1261

  Nusser, Zoltan ^a,c   Naylor, David ^b   Mody, Istvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CEREBELLUM; CONDUCTANCE; GRANULE CELL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035116149     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76101-2     Document Type: Article

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