The effects of ethanol on pre-synaptic components of synaptic transmission in a model glutamatergic synapse: The crayfish neuromuscular junction

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 395-404

  Strawn, Jeffery R ^a   Cooper, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; EtOH; Glutamate (GLU); Neuromuscular junction (NMJ); Quantal; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ASTACOIDEA;

EID: 0036127716     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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