Effects of mobile buffers on facilitation: Experimental and computational studies

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2735-2751

  Tang, Yun Gui ^a   Schlumpberger, Thomas ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Lueker, Martin ^a   Zucker, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CRAYFISH; DIFFUSION; EXOCYTOSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PLASTICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034087763     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76819-6     Document Type: Article

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