Hippocampal synapses: do they talk to their neighbours?

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Investigating Long-term Synaptic Plasticity in Interlamellar Hippocampus CA1 by Electrophysiological Field Recording
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Investigating Long-term Synaptic Plasticity in Interlamellar Hippocampus CA1 by Electrophysiological Field Recording

Published on: August 11, 2019

D A Rusakov1, D M Kullmann, M G Stewart

  • 1Division of Neurophysiology, National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK NW7 1AA.

Trends in Neurosciences
|August 11, 1999
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