Novel presynaptic mechanisms for coincidence detection in synaptic plasticity

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 312-322

  Duguid, Ian ^a   Sjöström, Per Jesper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTORECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIZOCILPINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEAR; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745188447     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2006.05.008     Document Type: Review

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