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Monitoring presynaptic calcium dynamics with membrane-impermeant fluorescent indicators in motor nerve endings

Dmitry V Samigullin1,2, Ellya A Bukharaeva1

  • 1Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, P.O. box 261, Kazan, 420111 Russia.

Biophysical Reviews
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PubMed

Keywords:
CalciumCalcium imagingCalcium indicatorsCalcium transientConfocal microscopyFluorescence microscopyNeuromuscular junctions

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