The structure and function of ‘active zone material’ at synapses

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1672, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Szule, Joseph A ^a   Jung, Jae Hoon ^a   McMahan, Uel J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone material; Docking; Electron tomography; Priming; Synaptic transmission; Synaptic vesicle

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; FROG; LABORATORY METHOD; MEMBRANE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANURA;

CALCIUM CHANNEL; MACROMOLECULE;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STRIATED MUSCLE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MUSCLE, STRIATED; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 84930989232     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0189     Document Type: Article

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