Kinetics, Ca2+ dependence, and biophysical properties of integrin- mediated mechanical modulation of transmitter release from frog motor nerve terminals

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 904-916

  Chen, Bo Ming ^c   Grinnell, Alan D ^a,b  

^a Department of Physiology JLNRC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

EPPs; mechanotransduction; mEPPs; muscle length; muscle stretch; neuromuscular junction; RGD; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INTEGRIN; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; KINETICS; MOTOR NERVE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; EVOKED RESPONSE; MOTONEURON; NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY;

NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; INTEGRINS; KINETICS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RANA PIPIENS; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 0030614369     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-03-00904.1997     Document Type: Article

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