Multivesicular release at developing schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses: An analytic approach to describe experimental data

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-26

  Ricci Tersenghi, F ^a   Minneci, F ^c   Sola, E ^c   Cherubini, E ^c   Maggi, L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 33745756389     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01202.2005     Document Type: Article

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