Quantal unit populations at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1497-1511

  Wong, K ^a   Karunanithi, S ^b   Atwood, H L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LARVA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032846540     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.3.1497     Document Type: Article

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