Vesicle pools and Ca2+ microdomains: New tools for understanding their roles in neurotransmitter release

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 389-399

  Neher, Erwin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; DYE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALCIUM;

AMPEROMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

CALCIUM; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0032008553     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80983-6     Document Type: Review

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