Constant amplitude of postsynaptic responses for single presynaptic action potentials but not bursting input during growth of an identified neuromuscular junction in the lobster, Homarus americanus

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-61

  Pulver, Stefan R ^a   Bucher, Dirk ^a   Simon, David J ^a,b   Marder, Eve ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generators; Crustaceans; Electrical coupling; Homeostasis; Stomatogastric ganglion; Summation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOBSTER; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HOMEOSTASIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLES; NEPHROPIDAE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PERIODICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; STOMACH; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOTAGMINS;

EID: 10444259884     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20066     Document Type: Article

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