Transmitter concentration profiles in the synaptic cleft: An analytical model of release and diffusion

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2413-2426

  Kleinle, J ^a   Vogt, K ^a   Luscher H R ^a   Muller L ^a   Senn, W ^a   Wyler, K ^a   Streit, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TISSUE SLICE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029973626     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79435-3     Document Type: Article

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