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Synaptic Currents

Synaptic Currents is a physiological phenomenon representing the transmembrane ionic current flow generated at a synapse in response to neurotransmitter release, distinguished from other membrane currents by its origin in presynaptic activity and its role in mediating interneuronal communication.

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Currents carried by sodium and potassium ions through the membrane of the giant axon of <i>Loligo</i>

A. L. Hodgkin, A. F. Huxley · The Journal of Physiology · 1952 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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The Asynchronous State in Cortical Circuits

Alfonso Renart, Jaime de la Rocha, Péter Barthó et al. · Science · 2010 · 1.2K citations

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Long‐lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission in the dentate area of the unanaesthetized rabbit following stimulation of the perforant path

T.V.P. Bliss, A. R. Gardner‐Medwin · The Journal of Physiology · 1973 · 1.2K citations

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The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Richard F. Thompson · Science · 1986 · 1.2K citations

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Cellular and Synaptic Mechanisms of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

Ethan G. Hughes, Xiaoyu Peng, Amy J. Gleichman et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2010 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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    Stefano Vicini

    Georgetown University, United States

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    Stuart Cull-Candy

    University College London, United Kingdom

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    Norio Akaike

    Kyushu University, Japan

    15 publications · 921 citations

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    Ricardo Miledi

    University of California, Irvine, United States

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    Roger A. Nicoll

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

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  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

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    Paris, France

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  4. University of Washington

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  5. Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, United States

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  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

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  7. National Institutes of Health

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  8. University of California, San Francisco

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