Facilitation of presynaptic calcium currents in the rat brainstem

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 513, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-155

  Borst, J G G ^a   Sakmann, B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0032533732     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.149by.x     Document Type: Article

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