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Effect of changes in action potential shape on calcium currents and transmitter release in a calyx-type synapse of

J G Borst1, B Sakmann

  • 1Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Abt. Zellphysiologie, Heidelberg, Germany. borst@sunny.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
|April 23, 1999
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