Summation of excitatory postsynaptic potentials in electrically-coupled neurones

Neuroscience

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 202-212

  Vazquez, Y ^a   Mendez, B ^a   Trueta, C ^b   De Miguel, F F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

electrical synapse; EPSP; leech; summation; synaptic integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GANGLION; GAP JUNCTION; KINETICS; LEECH; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE;

EID: 68549092434     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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