The use of elevated divalent cation solutions to isolate monosynaptic components of sensorimotor connections in Aplysia

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-54

  Liao, Xiaogang ^a   Walters, Edgar T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential threshold; Polysynaptic; PTP; Serotonin; Spike invasion; Synaptic depression

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM ION; SEROTONIN;

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POST TETANIC POTENTIATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; CATIONS, DIVALENT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0037109229     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00189-9     Document Type: Article

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