Estimating transmitter release rates from postsynaptic current fluctuations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 9638-9654

  Neher, Erwin ^a   Sakaba, Takeshi ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calyx of Held; Cumulants; Exocytosis; Noise analysis; Skewness; Synaptic transmission; Vesicle pool

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXOCYTOSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035894856     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-24-09638.2001     Document Type: Article

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