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Excitatory Synaptic Transmission

Excitatory Synaptic Transmission is a type of synaptic transmission in which presynaptic neuronal activity elicits a postsynaptic response that increases the likelihood of action potential generation through depolarization of the postsynaptic membrane.

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Regulation of Synaptic Efficacy by Coincidence of Postsynaptic APs and EPSPs

Henry Markram, Joachim Lübke, Michael Frotscher et al. · Science · 1997 · 3.9K citations · Full text

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A Requirement for the Intercellular Messenger Nitric Oxide in Long-Term Potentiation

Erin M. Schuman, Daniel V. Madison · Science · 1991 · 1.1K citations

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Role of NMDA Receptor Subtypes in Governing the Direction of Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity

Lidong Liu, Tak Pan Wong, Mario F. Pozza et al. · Science · 2004 · 1.1K citations

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Gain Modulation from Background Synaptic Input

Frances S. Chance, L. F. Abbott, Alex D. Reyes · Neuron · 2002 · 1K citations · Full text

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Physiology and anatomy of synaptic connections between thick tufted pyramidal neurones in the developing rat neocortex.

Henry Markram, Joachim Lübke, Michael Frotscher et al. · The Journal of Physiology · 1997 · 981 citations · Full text

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  1. MZ
    Min Zhuo

    University of Toronto, Canada

    29 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. RA
    Roger A. Nicoll

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    24 publications · 4K citations

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  3. SF
    Stephen F. Traynelis

    Emory University, United States

    21 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. RL
    Richard L. Huganir

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    18 publications · 4.6K citations

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  5. TT
    Tomoyuki Takahashi

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    16 publications · 1.2K citations

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  1. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    56 h-index

    240 publications

    38.1K citations

  2. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    52 h-index

    189 publications

    50.3K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    47 h-index

    172 publications

    16.3K citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    46 h-index

    190 publications

    28.2K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    43 h-index

    253 publications

    20.4K citations

  6. Inserm

    Paris, France

    40 h-index

    209 publications

    14.3K citations

  7. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    37 h-index

    155 publications

    14.3K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    37 h-index

    125 publications

    19.2K citations

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  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    506 publications · 54.9K citations

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  2. The Journal of Physiology

    327 publications · 34.7K citations

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  3. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 434 publications · 30.4K citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 120 publications · 15.4K citations

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  5. Neuron

    64 publications · 13.5K citations

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