Presynaptic Ca2+ influx and vesicle exocytosis at the mouse endbulb of Held: A comparison of two auditory nerve terminals

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4301-4320

  Lin, Kun Han ^a,b   Oleskevich, Sharon ^c   Taschenberger, Holger ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CALCIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEROVENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM INTAKE; CELL VACUOLE; CHANNEL GATING; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EXOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPHERICAL BUSHY CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; COCHLEAR NERVE; EXOCYTOSIS; MICE; NERVE ENDINGS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 80052193144     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.209189     Document Type: Article

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