Illuminating the calcium sensor for exocytosis in a flash
Ruth Heidelberger1
& Henrique von Gersdorff2
1
Ruth Heidelberger is in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. ruth.heidelberger@uth.tmc.edu
2
Henrique von Gersdorff is at the The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.
A new paper quantifies the dependence of synaptic transmission on transient local changes in internal calcium, examining the equilibrium dynamics of the calcium sensor for exocytosis and its contribution to short-term changes in synaptic strength.
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