Clumping and oscillations in evoked transmitter release at the frog neuromuscular junction.
- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 278 (1) , 513-523
- https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1978.sp012321
Abstract
Time series analysis of evoked transmitter release was performed at the frog [Rana ridibunda] neuromuscular synapse. Clumping of end-plate potentials with similar amplitude was found in the time domain. At low quantal contents periodic oscillations were observed with a period of 14 s. Clumping and oscillations are phenomena of presynaptic origin. The hypothesis that periodic fluctuations occur in Ca concentration inside the presynaptic nerve terminal is concluded.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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