The extent and strength of electrical coupling between inferior olivary neurons is heterogeneous

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1089-1101

  Hoge, Gregory J ^a   Davidson, Kimberly G V ^b   Yasumura, Thomas ^b   Castillo, Pablo E ^a   Rash, John E ^b   Pereda, Alberto E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 36; Electrical synapse; Gap junction; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL JUNCTION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLIMBING FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; FREEZE FRACTURE; GLOMERULUS; GOLDFISH; LEARNING; MALE; MODULATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GAP JUNCTIONS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79955161296     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00789.2010     Document Type: Article

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