Active zones and the readily releasable pool of synaptic vesicles at the neuromuscular junction of the mouse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2000-2008

  Ruiz, Rocío ^a   Cano, Raquel ^a   Casañas, Juan José ^a   Gaffield, Michael A ^b   Betz, William J ^b   Tabares, Lucía ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ZONE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MINIATURE POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 79951526092     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4663-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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