Effects of variance in mini amplitude on stimulus-evoked release: A comparison of two models

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2078-2091

  Frerking, Matthew ^a   Wilson, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VARIANCE;

EID: 0029925447     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79774-6     Document Type: Article

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