Discharge of the readily releasable pool with action potentials at hippocampal synapses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3221-3229

  Stevens, Charles F ^a   Williams, James H ^a,b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTONIC SOLUTION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 37549060270     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00857.2007     Document Type: Article

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