Calcium-channel number critically influences synaptic strength and plasticity at the active zone

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 998-1006

  Sheng, Jiansong ^a   He, Liming ^a   Zheng, Hongwei ^b   Xue, Lei ^a   Luo, Fujun ^a   Shin, Wonchul ^a   Sun, Tao ^a   Kuner, Thomas ^b   Yue, David T ^c   Wu, Ling Gang ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM CHANNELS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 84862845536     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3129     Document Type: Article

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