Spontaneous calcium transients in autonomic boutons and varicosities

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-411

  Coop, A D ^a,b   Gibson, W G ^c   Bennett, M R ^a  

^a Institute for Biomedical Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; RYANODINE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EXOCYTOSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0032495080     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0804     Document Type: Article

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