Minis: whence and wherefore?

Robert S Zucker

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2005.02.003

Minis: whence and wherefore?

Neuron. 2005 Feb 17;45(4):482-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.02.003.

Author

Robert S Zucker¹

Affiliation

¹ Helen Willis Neuroscience Institute, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

PMID: 15721234
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.02.003

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Sara et al. find that spontaneously released miniature synaptic potentials arise from a pool of vesicles distinct from those released by neural activity. This modification of a basic tenet of the quantal hypothesis has important implications for the analysis of changes in synaptic transmission.

Publication types

Comment
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Models, Biological
Synapses / physiology*
Synaptic Transmission / physiology*
Synaptic Vesicles / metabolism