Synaptic plasticity at the cerebellum input stage: Mechanisms and functional implications

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-156

  D'Angelo, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN); PROTEIN KINASE C;

CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOSSY FIBER; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM DEPRESSION (PHYSIOLOGY); LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 21944455697     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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