447 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0345
phone: 303-735-0077
fax: 303-492-8063
email:
Juan.Varela@Colorado.EDU
Electrophysiological andcomputational studies studies of synaptic and intrisinc modulation of plasticity by Dopamine and its effects on behavior in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.
1. Varela JA, Hirsch SJ, Chapman D, Leverich LS, Greene RW (2009). D1/D5 modulation of synaptic NMDA receptor currents. J Neurosci. 2009 Mar 11;29(10):3109-19.
PMID: 19279248 | pubmed abstract |
2. Abbott LF, Varela JA, Sen K, Nelson SB. Synaptic depression and cortical gain control. Science. 1997 Jan 10;275(5297):220-4.
PMID: 8985017 | pubmed abstract |
3. Varela JA, Sen K, Gibson J, Fost J, Abbott LF, Nelson SB. A quantitative description of short-term plasticity at excitatory synapses in layer 2/3 of rat primary visual cortex. J Neurosci. 1997 Oct 15;17(20):7926-40.
PMID: 9315911| pubmed abstract |
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