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Measurement of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials, postsynaptic current and presynaptic activity.
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Dudel, J. (1969). Electrical Activity of Synapses. The Crayfish Neuromuscular Junction. In: Passow, H., Stämpfli, R. (eds) Laboratory Techniques in Membrane Biophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87259-4_16
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