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Miniature Postsynaptic Potentials

Known as: Postsynaptic Potential, Miniature, Potential, Miniature Postsynaptic, Miniature Postsynaptic Potential 
Postsynaptic potentials generated from a release of neurotransmitters from a presynaptic nerve terminal in the absence of an ACTION POTENTIAL. They… 
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Activation of presynaptic 5-HT3 receptors facilitates glutamatergic synaptic inputs to area postrema neurons in rat brain slices.
Whole-cell voltage-clamp recordings were performed to investigate the serotonergic modulation of neurotransmitter release onto… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor attenuates mouse cerebellar granule cell GABAA receptor‐mediated responses via postsynaptic mechanisms
In addition to exerting long‐term neurotrophic influences on developmental process such as neuronal survival and neuritic… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Developmental Increase in Vesicular Glutamate Content Does Not Cause Saturation of AMPA Receptors at the Calyx of Held Synapse
Whether a quantal packet of transmitter saturates postsynaptic receptors is a fundamental question in central synaptic… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Pathway-specific targeting of GABA(A) receptor subtypes to somatic and dendritic synapses in the central amygdala.
Neurons in the central amygdala express two distinct types of ionotropic GABA receptor. One is the classical GABA(A) receptor… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Quantal size is correlated with receptor cluster area at glycinergic synapses in the rat brainstem
1 Whole‐cell patch electrode recordings of glycinergic miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs) were obtained in… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A Reluctant Gating Mode of Glycine Receptor Channels Determines the Time Course of Inhibitory Miniature Synaptic Events in Zebrafish Hindbrain Neurons
Miniature IPSCs (mIPSCs) recorded in the Mauthner (M)-cell of zebrafish larvae have a broad amplitude distribution that is… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
ATP and adenosine inhibit transmitter release at the frog neuromuscular junction through distinct presynaptic receptors
The effects of exogenous ATP or adenosine on end‐plate currents (e.p.cs; evoked by simultaneous action of a few hundred quanta of… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Presynaptic metabotropic glutamatergic regulation of inhibitory synapses in rat cerebellar slices.
1. The effects of the metabotropic glutamate agonist trans‐ACPD (t‐ACPD) were investigated in various locations of the inhibitory… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Spontaneous epileptiform activity and alteration of GABA- and of NMDA-mediated neurotransmission in amygdala neurons kindled in vivo
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Synaptic mechanisms that generate network oscillations in the absence of discrete postsynaptic potentials.
Synaptic mechanisms were examined in the pyloric network of the lobster stomatogastric which generate network oscillations in the… 
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