Quantitative ultrastructural analysis of hippocampal excitatory synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 5858-5867

  Schikorski, Thomas ^a   Stevens, Charles F ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Hippocampus; Release; Release probability; Statistical distribution; Synaptic vesicle

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EXOCYTOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0030820683     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-15-05858.1997     Document Type: Article

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