Independent sources of quantal variability at single glutamatergic synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3186-3195

  Franks, Kevin M ^a,b,c   Stevens, Charles F ^a,b   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^a,b,c  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Glutamate concentration; Monte Carlo methods; Saturation; Synaptic geometry; Synaptic variability

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0037659131     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-08-03186.2003     Document Type: Article

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