Transient release kinetics of rod bipolar cells revealed by capacitance measurement of exocytosis from axon terminals in rat retinal slices

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1469-1487

  Oltedal, Leif ^a   Hartveit, Espen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXOCYTOSIS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; TRANSPORT VESICLES;

EID: 77952934718     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.186916     Document Type: Article

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