Short-term synaptic plasticity, simulation of nerve terminal dynamics, and the effects of protein kinase C activation in rat hippocampus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 541, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 545-559

  Brager, Darrin H ^a   Capogna, Marco ^b   Thompson, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MRC Anat Neuropharmacology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTOSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXOCYTOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHORBOL ESTERS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0036623637     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.015842     Document Type: Article

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