Sr2+ and quantal events at excitatory synapses between mouse hippocampal neurons in culture

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 495, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-125

  Abdul Ghani, Muhammad A ^a,b,d   Valiante, Taufik A ^a,c   Pennefather, Peter S ^a,b,c  

^a MRC Nerve Cell and Synapse Group   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; STRONTIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029802574     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021578     Document Type: Article

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