Spatial Distribution of Calcium Entry Evoked by Single Action Potentials within the Presynaptic Active Zone

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2877-2885

  Wachman, Elliot S ^a,e   Poage, Robert E ^b,f   Stiles, Joel R ^b,c   Farkas, Daniel L ^a,d,g   Meriney, Stephen D ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Chromodynamics   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

^g CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Calcium; Imaging; Nerve terminal; Neuromuscular junction; Presynaptic

Indexed keywords

AMINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; DIAMINOPYRIDINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; IMAGING; NERVE ENDING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GALLIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RANA PIPIENS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 1642424187     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1660-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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