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IN spite of phylogenetic differences, the vertebrate (frog) myoneural junction and the giant synapse in the squid stellate ganglion have similar characteristics of transmitter release1–8. In this article I report quantitative data on this similarity, on the roles of Ca2+ and Mg2+, and the dependence on temperature.
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LESTER, H. Biological Sciences: Transmitter Release by Presynaptic Impulses in the Squid Stellate Ganglion. Nature 227, 493–496 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227493a0
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