Calcium entry related to active zones and differences in transmitter release at phasic and tonic synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 8419-8434

  Msghina, M ^a,c   Millar, A G ^a   Charlton, M P ^a   Govind, C K ^b   Atwood, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Active zone; Calcium imaging; Crayfish; Crustacea; Focal recording; Phasic; Quantal release; Synaptic differentiation; Tonic; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM GREEN 1; CALCIUM ION; FLUORESCENT DYE; FURA 2; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; FREEZE FRACTURE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033216111     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-19-08419.1999     Document Type: Article

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