Graded synaptic transmission at the Caenorhabditis elegans neuromuscular junction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 10823-10828

  Liu, Qiang ^a   Hollopeter, Gunther ^a   Jorgensen, Erik M ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelrhodopsin 2; Graded release; Halorhodopsin; Synaptic depression; Synaptic facilitation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; HALORHODOPSIN; NICOTINE; RHODOPSIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LIGHT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SENSORY RHODOPSINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 67649770501     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903570106     Document Type: Article

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