Synaptic vesicle populations in saccular hair cells reconstructed by electron tomography

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-132

  Lenzi, David ^a   Runyeon, Jonathan W ^a   Crum, John ^b   Ellisman, Mark H ^b   Roberts, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Docked vesicles; Endocytosis; Exocytosis; Hair cell; Microperoxidase; Rana pipiens; Ribbon synapse; Sacculus; Synaptic body; Synaptic vesicle; Tomography; Vesicle concentration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COATED PIT; COATED VESICLE; CYTOLYSIS; DEPOLARIZATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FROG; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032911943     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-01-00119.1999     Document Type: Article

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