Electrical advantages of dendritic spines

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Gulledge, Allan T ^a   Carnevale, Nicholas T ^b   Stuart, Greg J ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; SOMATIC CELL; STANDARDIZATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84859940338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036007     Document Type: Article

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