The number and organization of Ca2+ channels in the active zone shapes neurotransmitter release from schaffer collateral synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 18157-18176

  Scimemi, Annalisa ^a   Diamond, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHAFFER COLLATERAL SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CALCIUM CHANNELS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 84871018784     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3827-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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