Presynaptic strontium dynamics and synaptic transmission

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2029-2042

  Xu Friedman, Matthew A ^a   Regehr, Wade G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; STRONTIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; GRANULE CELL; ION PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033061836     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77360-1     Document Type: Article

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