Pressure exposure unmasks differences in release properties between high and low yield excitatory synapses of a single crustacean axon

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-193

  Golan, H ^a   Moore, H J ^b   Grossman, Y ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacean neuromuscular junction; Glutamatergic transmission; Hyperbaric pressure; Miniature synaptic currents; Quantal analysis; Synaptic kinetics

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERBARISM; KINETICS; LOBSTER; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029985657     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(95)00173-5     Document Type: Article

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