Rapid fluctuations in transmitter release from single vesicles in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1543-1552

  Zhou, Zhuan ^a,b   Misler, Stanley ^b   Chow, Robert H ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CATECHOLAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030044498     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79718-7     Document Type: Article

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