Functional compensation of P/Q by N-type channels blocks short-term plasticity at the calyx of Held presynaptic terminal

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 46, 2004, Pages 10379-10383

  González Inchauspe, Carlota ^a   Martini, Francisco J ^a   Forsythe, Ian D ^b   Uchitel, Osvaldo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium currents; Calyx of Held; Facilitation; Knock out mice; P Q channels; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; FACILITATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOSOME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, Q-TYPE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 9244252518     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2104-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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