Intracellular calcium dependence of transmitter release rates at a fast central synapse

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6798, 2000, Pages 889-993

  Schneggenburger, Ralf ^a   Neher, Erwin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; KINETICS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSOR; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; KINETICS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034710645     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35022702     Document Type: Article

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