Efficacy and short-term plasticity at GABAergic synapses between Purkinje and cerebellar nuclei neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 704-715

  Pedroarena, Christine M ^a   Schwarz, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ACTIVATION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037322885     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00558.2002     Document Type: Article

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