Porocytosis: A new approach to synaptic function

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 20-32

  Kriebel, Mahlon E ^a   Keller, Bruce ^a   Silver, Robert B ^b,c   Fox, Geoffrey Q ^d   Pappas, George D ^e  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Porocytosis; Porosome; Quanta; Synaptic vesicle; Synaptomere; Transmitter secretion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION;

AMPEROMETRY; BEHAVIOR; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXOCYTOSIS; FACILITATION; FLUORESCENCE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0035690926     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(01)00066-2     Document Type: Review

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