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A PROMINENT feature of synaptic transmission through the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) in the cat1–3 and in the rat4 is the large and prolonged depression of transmission which occurs following a single shock to the optic nerve. In the work reported here an attempt was made to discover the cause of this depression.
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SEFTON, A., BURKE, W. Reverberator Inhibitory Circuits in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of the Rat. Nature 205, 1325–1326 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2051325a0
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