From muscle endplate to brain synapses: A short history of synapses and agonist-activated ion channels

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 381-387

  Colquhoun, David ^a   Sakmann, Bert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ION CHANNEL;

CHANNEL GATING; MOTOR NERVE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032032840     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80982-4     Document Type: Review

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