Optical mapping of release properties in synapses

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2010, Pages

  Ariel, Pablo ^a,b   Ryan, Timothy A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Imaging; Phluorin; Readily releasable pool; Release probability; Synapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856806024     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2010.00018     Document Type: Article

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