Optical Measurements of Presynaptic Release in Mutant Zebrafish Lacking Postsynaptic Receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 33, 2003, Pages 10467-10474

  Li, Weiyan ^a   Ono, Fumihito ^a   Brehm, Paul ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Exocytosis; Motor neuron; Mutant; Neuromuscular junction; Presynaptic differentiation; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYE; FM 1-43; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; EXOCYTOSIS; MEASUREMENT; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; TARGET CELL; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0344011472     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-33-10467.2003     Document Type: Article

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