Transient Electrical Coupling Delays the Onset of Chemical Neurotransmission at Developing Synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 112-120

  Szabo, Theresa M ^a   Faber, Donald S ^a   Zoran, Mark J ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical synapse; Electrical synapse; Helisoma; Neurotransmitter; Synaptogenesis; Trophic

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CURARE; DYE; HEXAMETHONIUM BROMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; SNAIL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GANGLIA; KINETICS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SNAILS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0842301341     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4336-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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