Kinetics of acetylcholine quanta release at the neuromuscular junction during high-frequency nerve stimulation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1480-1489

  Kovyazina, Irina V ^a   Tsentsevitsky, Andrei N ^a   Nikolsky, Evgeny E ^a,b   Bukharaeva, Ellya A ^a,b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b KAZAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Action potential; Computer simulation; Degree of synchrony; Endplate current; Frog

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; FROG; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TIME;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RANA PIPIENS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78149248347     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07430.x     Document Type: Article

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