Structural Contributions to Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-85

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

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FACILITATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; POST TETANIC POTENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0346728804     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00016.2003     Document Type: Review

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