Critique: An inevitable gate for quantal acetylcholine release

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 763-767

  Dunant, Y ^a   Israel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MEDIATOPHORE; CALCIUM; ION CHANNEL;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EXOCYTOSIS; MAST CELL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL; CYTOPLASM; METABOLISM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CYTOPLASM; ION CHANNELS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0031304229     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(97)00041-7     Document Type: Article

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