Depletion of calcium in the synaptic cleft of a calyx-type synapse in the rat brainstem

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 521, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-133

  Borst, J G G ^a,b   Sakmann, B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; BARIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; TIME; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM DEPLETION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; ION TRANSPORT; SYNAPTIC CLEFT; TRAPEZOID BODY;

EID: 0033571187     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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