Probabilistic secretion of quanta and the synaptosecretosome hypothesis: Evoked release at active zones of varicosities, boutons, and endplates

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1815-1829

  Bennett, M R ^a   Gibson, W G ^a   Robinson, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPTOBREVIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; EXOCYTOSIS; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOSOME;

EID: 0030867543     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78212-2     Document Type: Article

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