Functional interactions between presynaptic calcium channels and the neurotransmitter release machinery

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 308-314

  Spafford, J David ^a   Zamponi, Gerald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN; SYNTAXIN; SYNTAXIN 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0037899216     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(03)00061-8     Document Type: Review

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