TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultraweak Signals Can Cause Synaptic Depression and Adaptation
AU - Demb, Jonathan B.
AU - von Gersdorff, Henrique
PY - 2008/3/27
Y1 - 2008/3/27
N2 - Synaptic depression at conventional synapses is usually caused by strong or prolonged stimuli, like tetanic bursts of afferent fiber discharge at high frequencies. In this issue of Neuron, Dunn and Rieke report that, in the retina, even the weakest stimuli, single photons, can lead to synaptic depression at ribbon-type synapses and adaptation of neuronal output to ambient light levels.
AB - Synaptic depression at conventional synapses is usually caused by strong or prolonged stimuli, like tetanic bursts of afferent fiber discharge at high frequencies. In this issue of Neuron, Dunn and Rieke report that, in the retina, even the weakest stimuli, single photons, can lead to synaptic depression at ribbon-type synapses and adaptation of neuronal output to ambient light levels.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.03.005
DO - 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.03.005
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 18367079
AN - SCOPUS:40849146071
SN - 0896-6273
VL - 57
SP - 802
EP - 804
JO - Neuron
JF - Neuron
IS - 6
ER -