The role of neurotrophins in neurotransmitter release

Neuroscientist

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 524-531

  Tyler, William J ^a   Perrett, Stephen P ^a   Pozzo Miller, Lucas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Docked vesicles; Fusion pore; Hippocampus; mEPSC; Poisson stimulation; Quantal release; SNARE proteins; Synaptic vesicles; TrkB; Voltage gated Ca2+ channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CELL PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; EXOCYTOSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036891990     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858402238511     Document Type: Review

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