The reticulospinal glutamate synapse in lamprey: plasticity and presynaptic variability
Brodin L, Shupliakov O, Pieribone VA, Hellgren J, Hill RH. The reticulospinal glutamate synapse in lamprey: plasticity and presynaptic variability. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1994, 72: 592-604. PMID: 7983521, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1994.72.2.592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsReticulospinal axonsAction potentialsPulse stimulationSynaptic areaBody stimulationElectrotonic componentUse-dependent modulationAxonal action potentialsSecond action potentialDifferent postsynaptic cellsGiant reticulospinal axonsNet facilitationSpinal neuronsPostsynaptic potentialsEPSP componentsGlutamatergic synapsesPresynaptic elementsSynaptic responsesPresynaptic axonsTransmitter releaseGlutamate synapsePostsynaptic cellDegree of facilitationDirect stimulation