Control of neurotransmitter release by presynaptic waveform at the granule cell to Purkinje cell synapse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3425-3435

  Sabatini, Bernardo L ^a   Regehr, Wade G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium sensitive indicators; parallel fiber; Purkinje cell; spike broadening; synaptic transmission; tetraethylammonium; voltage sensitive dyes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; PURKINJE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; RAT; SPIKE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0030919178     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-10-03425.1997     Document Type: Article

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