Rapid calcium-current kinetics in synaptic terminals of goldfish retinal bipolar neurons

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1051-1056

  Mennerick, Steven ^a,b   Matthews, Gary ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Calcium channel; Neurotransmitter; Presynaptic; Retina

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLDFISH; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SYNAPTOSOME; TIME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLDFISH; KINETICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032213224     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898156043     Document Type: Article

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