The reduced release probability of releasable vesicles during recovery from short-term synaptic depression

Neuron

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 821-832

  Wu, Ling Gang ^a,b   Borst, J Gerard G ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MODEL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033180609     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)80039-8     Document Type: Article

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