Calcium secretion coupling at calyx of held governed by nonuniform channel-vesicle topography

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1648-1667

  Meinrenken, Christoph J ^a   Borst, J Gerard G ^b   Sakmann, Bert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active zone; Buffer; Diffusion; Domain; Glutamate; Heterogeneity; Synapse; Transmitter release; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CALYX OF HELD; CELL VACUOLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036523041     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-05-01648.2002     Document Type: Article

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