Multivesicular release at single functional synaptic sites in cerebellar stellate and basket cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4532-4547

  Auger, Céline ^a   Kondo, Satoru ^a,b   Marty, Alain ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basket cells; Cerebellum; GABA; Quantal analysis; Stellate cells; Synaptic transmission; Vesicular release

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032526735     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-12-04532.1998     Document Type: Article

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