Synchronous release of ATP and neurotransmitter within milliseconds of a motor nerve impulse in the frog

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 492, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 815-822

  Silinsky, E M ^a   Redman, R S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEXAMETHONIUM; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SURAMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; GUINEA PIG; HYDROLYSIS; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0029994849     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021348     Document Type: Article

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