Vesicle size and transmitter release at the frog neuromuscular junction when quantal acetylcholine content is increased or decreased

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 541, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 385-393

  Van Der Kloot, William ^a   Molgó, Jordi ^b   Cameron, Roger ^a   Colasante, Cesare ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c Universidad De Los Andes Facultad de Medicina   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMMONIA; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUCONIC ACID; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; VESAMICOL; ANION; QUANTAL ACETYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHOLINE UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR SIZE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANURA; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; ENERGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HYDRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUCONATES; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR ENDPLATE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RANA PIPIENS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0036623633     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.014407     Document Type: Article

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