Recovery from open channel block by acetylcholine during neuromuscular transmission in zebrafish

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 140-148

  Legendre, Pascal ^a   Ali, Declan W ^b,c   Drapeau, Pierre ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fast flow; Locomotion; MEPC; Neuromuscular junction; Nonstationary kinetics; Single channels

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0034000996     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-01-00140.2000     Document Type: Article

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