Hidden synaptic differences in a neural circuit underlie differential behavioral susceptibility to a neural injury

eLife

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Sakurai, Akira ^a   Tamvacakis, Arianna N ^a   Katz, Paul S ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SPIKE WAVE; SWIMMING; TRITONIA DIOMEDEA; WAVEFORM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AXON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOFTWARE; SYNAPSE; TRITONIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SOFTWARE; SWIMMING; SYNAPSES; TRITONIA SEA SLUG;

EID: 84904439326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.02598     Document Type: Article

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