Silent synapses and the emergence of a postsynaptic mechanism for LTP

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 813-825

  Kerchner, Geoffrey A ^a,b   Nicoll, Roger A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

BRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 54249097847     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2501     Document Type: Review

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