Short-term synaptic plasticity: A comparison of two synapses

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 630-640

  Blitz, Dawn M ^a   Foster, Kelly A ^a   Regehr, Wade G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CEREBELLUM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENICULATE BODY; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 3543045591     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1475     Document Type: Review

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