Reliability and precision of the mouse calyx of Held synapse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 44, 2009, Pages 13770-13784

  Lorteije, Jeannette A M ^a   Rusu, Silviu I ^a   Kushmerick, Christopher ^b   Borst, J Gerard G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALYX OF HELD SYNAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 70449441242     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3285-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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