Distinct Ca2+ channels mediate transmitter release at excitatory synapses displaying different dynamic properties in rat neocortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 386-393

  Ali, Afia B ^a,b   Nelson, Charmaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channels; Depression; Excitatory synapses; Facilitation; Rat neocortex

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CONOTOXIN; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; FACILITATION; INTERNEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 32144436708     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi117     Document Type: Article

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