Presynaptic calcium dynamics at the frog retinotectal synapse

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 381-400

  Feller, Marla B ^a   Delaney, Kerry R ^c   Tank, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ENCEPHALE ISOLE; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFLUOROMETRY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTIC TECTUM; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION;

EID: 0029954377     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.1.381     Document Type: Article

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