Synapsins as regulators of neurotransmitter release

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1381, 1999, Pages 269-279

  Hilfiker, Sabine ^a   Pieribone, Vincent A ^a,b   Czernik, Andrew J ^a   Kao, Hung Teh ^a   Augustine, George J ^c   Greengard, Paul ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Neurotransmitter release; Synapsins; Synaptic depression; Synaptic plasticity; Synaptic vesicle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 0033611685     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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