Quantal release at visualized terminals of a crayfish motor axon: Intraterminal and regional differences

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 583-600

  Cooper, R L ^a,b   Harrington, C C ^a   Marin, L ^a   Atwood, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

active zone; motorneuron; postsynaptic; presynaptic; synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; AXONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029859341     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961125)375:4<583::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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