Presynaptic mechanism for long-term potentiation in the hippocampus

✍ Scribed by Bekkers, John M.; Stevens, Charles F.

• Book ID: 109765597
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 659 KB
• Volume: 346
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0028-0836
• DOI: 10.1038/346724a0

✦ Synopsis

Experiments analysing the statistical properties of synaptic transmission, before and after the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP), suggest that expression of LTP largely arises in a presynaptic mechanism--an increased probability of transmitter release.