Quantal glutamate release is essential for reliable neuronal encodings in cerebral networks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Yu, Jiandong ^a,b   Qian, Hao ^a,b   Chen, Na ^a   Wang, Jin Hui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL RECORDING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80052941959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025219     Document Type: Article

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