Linking synaptic plasticity and spike output at excitatory and inhibitory synapses onto cerebellar Purkinje cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5559-5570

  Mittmann, Wolfgang ^a   Häusser, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Climbing fiber; LTD; Purkinje neuron; Spike timing; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CLIMBING FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250649252     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5117-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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