Individual synaptic vesicles from the electroplaque of Torpedo californica, a classic cholinergic synapse, also contain transporters for glutamate and ATP

Physiological Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Huinan ^a   Harlow, Mark L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuromuscular junction; Single molecule detection; Synaptic transmission; Synaptic vesicle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPLAQUE; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

EID: 85008869160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phy2.206     Document Type: Article

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