Properties of paired-pulse firing thresholds and the relationship with paired-pulse plasticity in hippocampal CA3-CA1 synapses

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3253-3263

  Huang, Fen Sheng ^a   Meng, Kai ^a   Tang, Jing Shi ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activation reliability; Excitability; Firing probability; Hippocampus; Paired pulse plasticity; Release probability

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249874333     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05539.x     Document Type: Article

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