Capacitance measurements at the calyx of Held in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-131

  Sun, Jian Yuan ^a   Wu, Xin Sheng ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Jin, Shan Xue ^a   Dondzillo, Anna ^a   Wu, Ling Gang ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calyx of Held; Capacitance measurements; Endocytosis; Exocytosis; Presynaptic; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; CADMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; ISOQUINOLINES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542375380     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2003.11.018     Document Type: Article

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