Short-term frequency-dependent plasticity at recurrent mossy fiber synapses of the epileptic brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5381-5390

  Feng, Li ^a   Molnár, Peter ^a   Nadler, J Victor ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Frequency dependent facilitation; Hippocampus; Kainate receptor; Mossy fiber; Short term plasticity; Type II metabotropic glutamate receptor

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR TYPE II; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; EXCITATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT FACILITATION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SHORT TERM PLASTICITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0038452350     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-12-05381.2003     Document Type: Article

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