Two actions of calcium regulate the supply of releasable vesicles at the ribbon synapse of retinal bipolar cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 6309-6317

  Gomis, Ana ^a   Burrone, Juan ^a   Lagnado, Leon ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Depolarizing bipolar cell; EGTA; Exocytosis; Refilling; Retina; Ribbon synapse; Synapse; Synaptic depression; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; EGTAZIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; GOLDFISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0033179011     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-15-06309.1999     Document Type: Article

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