[PDF][PDF] Compartmentalization of the submembrane calcium activity during calcium influx and its significance in transmitter release

SM Simon, RR Llinás - Biophysical journal, 1985 - cell.com
Biophysical journal, 1985cell.com
Quantitative modeling indicates that, in presynaptic terminals, the intracellular calcium
concentration profile during inward calcium current is characterized by discrete peaks of
calcium immediately adjacent to the calcium channels. This restriction of intracellular
calcium concentration suggests a remarkably well specified intracellular architecture such
that calcium, as a second messenger, may regulate particular intracellular domains with a
great degree of specificity.
Quantitative modeling indicates that, in presynaptic terminals, the intracellular calcium concentration profile during inward calcium current is characterized by discrete peaks of calcium immediately adjacent to the calcium channels. This restriction of intracellular calcium concentration suggests a remarkably well specified intracellular architecture such that calcium, as a second messenger, may regulate particular intracellular domains with a great degree of specificity.
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