Synaptic vesicles: Turning reluctance into action

Neuroscientist

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-15

  Moulder, Krista L ^a   Mennerick, Steven ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Readily releasable pool of vesicles; Release probability; Synaptic vesicle

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPOLARIZATION; EXOCYTOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 31044437814     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858405282431     Document Type: Review

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