Synaptic exocytosis and endocytosis: Capacitance measurements

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 358-364

  Matthews, Gary ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

CELL MEMBRANE; DYNAMICS; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; KINETICS; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0030176347     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80120-6     Document Type: Article

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