Quantitative and statistical analysis of the shape of amperometric spikes recorded from two populations of cells

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1086-1097

  Colliver, Thomas L ^a,b   Hess, Ellen J ^b   Pothos, Emmanuel N ^c   Sulzer, David ^c   Ewing, Andrew G ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amperometry; Exocytosis; Mouse chromaffin cells; PC12 cells; Single cell; Statistics

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; COLOBOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033962468     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.741086.x     Document Type: Article

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