Properties of quantal transmission at CA1 synapses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2456-2467

  Raghavachari, Sridhar ^a   Lisman, John E ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOGRAM; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PREDICTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SECRETORY VESICLE; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BENZOTHIADIAZINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIURETICS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); RECEPTORS, AMPA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4644325469     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00258.2004     Document Type: Article

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