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1 online resource (1 streaming video file (54 min.) : color, sound) |
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Synapses, neurotransmitters and receptor channels, 2056-452X |
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Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Synapses, neurotransmitters and receptor channels
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Contents: What is short-term synaptic plasticity? -- Use of quantal analysis to show that plasticity arises presynaptically -- Synaptic depression and the "Depletion Model" -- Relationship of depletion model parameters to binomial statistical parameters -- Refinements to the depletion hypothesis -- Origin of slow phases of depression -- Role of multiple vesicle pools -- Role of vesicle endocytosis -- Role for calcium in recovery -- Why depression is sometimes absent -- Other forms of depression -- Phases of synaptic enhancement: facilitation, augmentation, and potentiation -- Presynaptic electrical events in synaptic enhancement -- Calcium and the nonlinear summation single site hypothesis -- Kinetic components of calcium removal -- Multiple sites of calcium action -- Problems with identifying molecular mediators -- Candidate molecular mediators -- A comprehensive model of presynaptic plasticity -- Other forms of synaptic enhancement -- Computational roles of short-term synaptic plasticity -- Physiological roles of short-term synaptic plasticity |
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Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration |
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Calcium -- Physiological effect.
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Neural transmission.
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Neuroplasticity.
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Synapses -- Physiology.
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Calcium -- physiology.
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Neuronal Plasticity -- physiology.
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Neurons -- physiology.
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Synapses -- physiology.
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Synaptic Transmission.
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Video recordings.
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Streaming video
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