Simulation analysis of the effects of the junctional folds on spontaneous generation of the miniature endplate current at neuromuscular junction

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 631-639

  Naka, Takashi ^a  

^a Saitama Junior College   (Japan)

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EID: 0008869080     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4754(98)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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