Patch-clamp recording from mossy fiber terminals in hippocampal slices

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2075-2081

  Bischofberger, Josef ^a   Engel, Dominique ^a   Li, Liyi ^a   Geiger, Jörg R P ^b   Jonas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFRARED RADIATION; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STORAGE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 33846639674     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.312     Document Type: Article

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