Calculation of transmitter concentration in individual PC12 cell vesicles with electrochemical data and a distribution of vesicle size obtained by electron microscopy

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-170

  Anderson, Brian B ^a   Zerby, Susan E ^a   Ewing, Andrew G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Model of exocytosis; PC12 cells; Vesicle size distribution; Vesicular transmitter concentration distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXOCYTOSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXOCYTOSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PC12 CELLS; RATS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0032734682     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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