Accounting for the shapes and size distributions of miniature endplate currents

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2175-2184

  Van Der Kloot, William ^a   Naves, Ligia A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FROG; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 0030004482     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79783-7     Document Type: Article

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