Synaptic depression enables neuronal gain control

Nature

Volumn 457, Issue 7232, 2009, Pages 1015-1018

  Rothman, Jason S ^a   Cathala, Laurence ^a   Steuber, Volker ^a   Silver, R Angus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INHIBITION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NOISE; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITE; GRANULE CELL; MOSSY FIBER; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

RATTUS;

EID: 60549084149     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07604     Document Type: Article

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