Kinetics of synaptic depression and vesicle recycling after tetanic stimulation of frog motor nerve terminals

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3003-3009

  Wu, Ling Gang ^a   Betz, William J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; FROG; KINETICS; MOBILIZATION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TETANY;

EID: 0031835794     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)78007-5     Document Type: Article

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