Peptide cotransmitter release from motorneuron B16 in Aplysia californica: Costorage, corelease, and functional implications

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2036-2042

  Vilim, Ferdinand S ^a   Cropper, Elizabeth C ^a   Price, David A ^b   Kupfermann, Irving ^c   Weiss, Klaudiusz R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Buccalin; Cotransmitter; Immunolocalization; Motorneuron; Myomodulin; Neuropeptide; Release; RIA

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0034161407     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-05-02036.2000     Document Type: Article

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