Presynaptic capacitance measurements and Ca2+ uncaging reveal submillisecond exocytosis kinetics and characterize the Ca2+ sensitivity of vesicle pool depletion at a fast CNS synapse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 7059-7068

  Wölfel, Markus ^a   Schneggenburger, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium sensitivity; Readily releasable pool; Release probability; Synaptic transmission; Synaptotagmin; Vesicle fusion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EXOCYTOSIS; KINETICS; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0041573299     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-18-07059.2003     Document Type: Article

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