The molecular machinery of neurotransmitter release (nobel lecture)

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 12696-12717

  Südhof, Thomas C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hormone secretion; intracellular signaling; membrane fusion; synaptic plasticity; vesicular transport

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANES; MACHINERY;

INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR MACHINERY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLE; VESICULAR TRANSPORT;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALCIUM; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

CALCIUM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOBEL PRIZE; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTOTAGMINS;

EID: 84911392999     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406359     Document Type: Review

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