Synaptic vesicle pool size, release probability and synaptic depression are sensitive to Ca2+ buffering capacity in the developing rat calyx of held

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-104

  Leao R M ^a,b   von Gersdorff, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium buffer; Calyx of held; Capacitance measurements; Mammalian auditory brainstem; Neurotransmission; Synaptic development

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EXOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; RAT; STIMULUS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 62749130194     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2009000100014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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