Quantal Neurotransmitter Secretion Rate Exhibits Fractal Behavior
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Quantal neurotransmitter secretion rate exhibits fractal behavior.
The rate of exocytic events from both neurons and non-neuronal cells exhibits fluctuations consistent with fractal (self-similar) behavior in time, as evidenced by a number of statistical measures. We explicitly demonstrate this for neurotransmitter secretion at Xenopus neuromuscular junctions and for rat hippocampal synapses in culture; the exocytosis of exogenously supplied neurotransmitter f...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-15-05666.1997