Imaging and analysis of evoked excitatory-postsynaptic-calcium-transients by individual presynaptic-boutons of cultured Aplysia sensorimotor synapse

Cell Calcium

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-325

  Malkinson, Guy ^a   Spira, Micha E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Calcium levels; Glutamate; Presynaptic boutons; Sensorimotor synapse; Synaptic potential; Varicosities

Indexed keywords

6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; NITRENDIPINE; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GILL; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAMMAL; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

APLYSIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77950865681     PISSN: 01434160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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