Ultrastructural contributions to desensitization at cerebellar mossy fiber to granule cell synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2182-2192

  Xu Friedman, Matthew A ^a   Regehr, Wade G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclothiazide; Desensitization; Glomerulus; Paired pulse depression; Short term plasticity; Spillover

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CYCLOTHIAZIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRANULE CELL; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE SHEATH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0037444457     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-06-02182.2003     Document Type: Article

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