Quantal size and variation determined by vesicle size in normal and mutant Drosophila glutamatergic synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 10267-10276

  Karunanithi, Shanker ^a   Marin, Leo ^a   Wong, Kar ^b   Atwood, Harold L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dig mutant; Drosophila; Glutamate; Lap mutant; Neuromuscular junction; Quantal size; Quantal variance; Synaptic strength; Synaptic transmission; Tumor suppressor genes; Ultrastructure; Vesicle size

Indexed keywords

POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENOTYPE; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0036895764     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-23-10267.2002     Document Type: Article

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