Endocannabinoid signaling depends on the spatial pattern of synapse activation

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 776-781

  Marcaggi, Païkan ^a   Attwell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCANNABINOID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR TYPE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CEREBELLUM; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RODENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MICE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 22744447926     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1458     Document Type: Article

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