Presynaptic nanodomains: A tale of two synapses

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Wang, Lu Yang ^a,b   Augustine, George J ^c,d,e,f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^e Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^f MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Calcium signaling; Neurotransmitter release; Presynaptic terminals; Synaptic vesicle trafficking

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1, 2 BIS (2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N, N, N', N' TETRAACETIC ACID; NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CALYX OF HELD SYNAPSE; CELL MATURATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GIANT AXON; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 84921889158     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00455     Document Type: Article

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