Quantal analysis suggests strong involvement of presynaptic mechanisms during the initial 3 h maintenance of long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal CA1 area in vitro

Brain Research

Volumn 957, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-75

  Sokolov, M V ^a,b   Rossokhin, A V ^a   Astrelin, A V ^c   Frey, J U ^b   Voronin, L L ^a,d  

^a BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Quantal analysis; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; POST TETANIC POTENTIATION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROBABILITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETANY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037032629     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03600-4     Document Type: Article

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