The number of morphological synapses between neurons does not predict the strength of their physiological synaptic interactions: A study of dendrites in the nematode Ascaris suum

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 432, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 512-527

  Angstadt, James D ^a   Donmoyer, Judith E ^a   Stretton, Antony O W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Neurobiology; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COBALT; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035897252     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1116     Document Type: Article

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