Transmitter release is evoked with low probability predominately by calcium flux through single channel openings at the frog neuromuscular junction

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2480-2489

  Luo, Fujun ^a,b   Dittrich, Markus ^a,c   Cho, Soyoun ^a   Stiles, Joel R ^a,c   Meriney, Stephen D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Calcium channels; MCell; Neuromuscular junction; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CURARE;

ADULT; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA PIPIENS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RANA PIPIENS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 84979852070     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00879.2014     Document Type: Article

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