Visualizing Neurotransmitter Secretion at Individual Synapses
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Visualizing neurotransmitter secretion at individual synapses.
To advance understanding of the brain, the ability to measure both nerve cell electrical spiking and chemical neurotransmission with high spatial resolution is required. In comparison to the development of voltage sensors and Ca(2+) indicator dyes over the past several decades, high resolution imaging of neurotransmitter (NT) release at single synapses has not been possible. In this Viewpoint, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: ACS Chemical Neuroscience
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1948-7193,1948-7193
DOI: 10.1021/cn4000956