Calcium dependence of neurotransmitter release

Seminars in the Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 329-334

  Matthews, Gary ^a   Gersdorff, Henriquevon ^a,b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Exocytosis; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030271754     PISSN: 10445765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smns.1996.0040     Document Type: Review

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