Stochastic properties of neurotransmitter release expand the dynamic range of synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 14406-14416

  Yang, Hua ^a   Xu Friedman, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLAMP; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THEORY VALIDATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84883339878     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2487-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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