Presynaptic regulation of quantal size by the vesicular glutamate transporter VGLUT1

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 6221-6234

  Wilson, Nathan R ^a   Kang, Jiansheng ^a   Hueske, Emily V ^a   Leung, Tony ^a   Varoqui, Helene ^b   Murnick, Jonathan G ^a   Erickson, Jeffrey D ^b   Liu, Guosong ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory; Glutamate release; Homeostatic; Quantal size; Vesicular transporter; VGLUT1

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PC12 CELLS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; QUANTUM THEORY; RATS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 21544471198     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3003-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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