Synaptic Transmission: Excitatory Autapses Find a Function?

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Bekkers, John M ^a  

^a Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APLYSIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 64049100953     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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