Calcium channel isoforms underlying synaptic transmission at embryonic Xenopus neuromuscular junctions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 412-422

  Thaler, C ^a   Li, W ^a   Brehm, P ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Conotoxin; Dihydropyridine; End plate current; Exocytosis; Spinal neuron

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; ISOPROTEIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

EID: 0035863197     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-02-00412.2001     Document Type: Article

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