A computational model of the ribbon synapse

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 47-61

  Sikora, Michael A ^a   Gottesman, Jon ^a   Miller, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exocytotic mechanism; Release site vesicle pool; Ribbon synapse; Ultrafast pool

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXOCYTOSIS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RETINA; SYNAPSES; URODELA;

EID: 19544366611     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.11.023     Document Type: Article

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