Substructure and responses of cholinergic synaptic vesicles in the atomic force microscope

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 350-355

  García, Ricardo A ^a   Laney, Daniel E ^a   Parsons, Stanley M ^a   Hansma, Helen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Hyposmotic lysis; Phase mode SFM; Scanning force microscopy; Scanning probe microscopy; SPM; Synaptic vesicles; Tapping mode AFM; Torpedo californica electric organ

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ORGAN; IONIC STRENGTH; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BUFFERS; ELECTRIC ORGAN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; TORPEDO;

EID: 0032080671     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19980501)52:3<350::AID-JNR11>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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