Dynamics of glutamatergic synapses in the medial vestibular nucleus of the mouse

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 502-517

  Broussard, Dianne M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Facilitation; Short term plasticity; Vestibular; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEAD MOVEMENTS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 59149090891     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06604.x     Document Type: Article

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