Burst-induced synaptic depression and its modulation contribute to information transfer at Aplysia sensorimotor synapses: Empirical and computational analyses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 8392-8401

  Phares, Gregg A ^a   Antzoulatos, Evangelos G ^a   Baxter, Douglas A ^a   Byrne, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst; Depression; Facilitation; Modulation; Synaptic filtering; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STEADY STATE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0141521718     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-23-08392.2003     Document Type: Article

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