Synaptic plasticity and calcium signaling in Purkinje cells of the central cerebellar lobes of mormyrid fish

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 49, 2007, Pages 13499-13512

  Han, Victor Z ^a   Zhang, Yueping ^a   Bell, Curtis C ^a   Hansel, Christian ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Climbing fiber; Long term depression; Long term potentiation; Parallel fiber; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; FISH; FLUOROMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC FISH; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PURKINJE CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 37149030991     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2613-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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