The presynaptic active zone

Neuron

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-25

  Südhof, Thomas C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LIPRIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ELKS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUNC13 PROTEIN; RIM BP PROTEIN; RIM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC ACTIVE ZONE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 84863826404     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.06.012     Document Type: Review

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