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Biosystems. 2002;67:287-294
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fusion pore structure and AMPA
receptors activation according to
Brownian simulation of glutamate
diffusion. Biological Cybernetics. 2003;
88:201-209
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fluctuation of the quantal EPSC
amplitude in computer simulated
excitatory synapses of hippocampus.
Biosystems. 2003;71:195-204
[35] Liu G, Choi S, Tsien RW. Variability
of neurotransmitter concentration and
nonsaturation of postsynaptic AMPA
receptors at synapses in hippocampal
cultures and slices. Neuron. 1999;22:
395-409
[36] Schikorski T, Stevens CF.
Morphological correlates of functionally
defined synaptic vesicle populations.
Nature Neuroscience. 2001;4:391-395
[37] Karunanithi S, Marin L, Wong K,
Atwood HL. Quantal size and variation
determined by vesicle size in normal
and mutant Drosophila glutamatergic
synapses. The Journal of Neuroscience.
2002;22(23):10267-10276. ISSN:
1529-2401
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mode shapes the postsynaptic response
at hippocampal synapses. Journal of
Physiology. 2009;587(Pt 21):5073-5080.
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.175315
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transitions in the synaptic SNARE
complex during Ca
2+ -triggered
exocytosis. The Journal of Cell Biology.
2006;172(2):281-293. DOI: 10.1083/
jcb.200510012
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Uriu Y, Nonaka M, Bito H, et al. Rim1
confers sustained activity and
neurotransmitter vesicle anchoring to
presynaptic Ca
2+ channels. Nature
Neuroscience. 2007;10:691-701. DOI:
10.1038/nn1904
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modelling of receptor activation in
hippocampal excitatory synapses:
Analysis of multivesicular release,
release location, temperature and
synaptic cross-talk. Brain Structure and
Function. 2010;215:49-65
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H, Wadiche JI. The ubiquitous nature of
multivesicular release. Trends in
Neurosciences. 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.
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0166-2236. Available from: http://www.
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/
S0166223615001228
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Nonsaturation of AMPA and NMDA
receptors at hippocampal synapses.
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences of the United States of
America. 2000;97:6173-6178
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receptors: Similarities and differences in
their synaptic distribution. Current
Opinion in Neurobiology. 2000;10(3):
337-341. DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(00)
00086-6. Available from: http://www.
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/
S0959438800000866
[45] Liao D, Scannevin RH, Huganir R.
Activation of silent synapses by rapid
activity-dependent synaptic
recruitment of ampa receptors. Journal
of Neuroscience. 2001;21(16):
6008-6017. DOI: 10.1523/
JNEUROSCI.21-16-06008.2001.
Available from: http://www.jneurosci.
org/content/21/16/6008
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dendritic spines. Journal of Neuroscience.
2013;33(2):678-686. DOI: 10.1523/
JNEUROSCI.1404-12.2013. Available
107
Information Processing and Synaptic Transmission
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.88405