Calcium currents, transmitter release and facilitation of release at voltage-clamped crayfish nerve terminals

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 496, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 363-378

  Wright, Sterling N ^a,c   Brodwick, Malcolm S ^b   Bittner, George D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOSOME; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029823296     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021691     Document Type: Article

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