Quantal size is independent of the release probability at hippocampal excitatory synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 223-232

  Biró, Ágota A ^a   Holderith, Noémi B ^a   Nusser, Zoltan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Hippocampus; Interneurons; Paired recordings; Patch clamp; Quantal analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12144281315     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3688-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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