Patch-clamp capacitance measurements and Ca2+ imaging at single nerve terminals in retinal slices

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 59, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Kim, Mean Hwan ^a   Vickers, Evan ^a   von Gersdorff, Henrique ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon terminal; Brain slices; Calcium imaging; Exocytosis; Goldfish; Issue 59; Membrane capacitance measurements; Neuroscience; Patch clamp; Retina microcircuits; Synaptic physiology; Synaptic ribbon; Transmitter release; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926233775     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3345     Document Type: Article

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