Long-term potentiation. In pursuit of a retrograde messenger.
Platelet-activating factor is the latest candidate retrograde messenger involved in transmitting a signal from the postsynaptic to the presynaptic cell during long-term potentiation.
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Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, California 92037.
D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000502:physiology; D015290:Second Messenger Systems; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology
D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D002118:Calcium