Electrical and Ca2+ signaling in dendritic spines of substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons

Little is known about the density and function of dendritic spines on midbrain dopamine neurons, or the relative contribution of spine and shaft synapses to excitability. Using Ca2+ imaging, glutamate uncaging, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching and transgenic mice expressing labeled PSD-95,...

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Main Authors: Travis A Hage, Yujie Sun, Zayd M Khaliq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/13905