Release sites and calcium channels in hair cells of the chick's cochlea

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 9133-9144

  Martinez Dunst, C ^a   Michaels, R L ^a   Fuchs, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Active zones; High voltage electron microscopy; Presynaptic dense bodies; Presynaptic terminals; Voltage gated calcium channels; Whole cell voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHICKEN; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; HAIR CELL; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030670599     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-23-09133.1997     Document Type: Article

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