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Pool rules

Nature Neuroscience volume 12, pages 671–673 (2009)Cite this article

A study in this issue uses a new technique to show that synaptic vesicles released spontaneously and those released in response to action potentials are drawn from distinct, non-overlapping pools that coexist in presynaptic terminals.

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Figure 1: Evoked and spontaneous release in the presence of green and red fluorescent dyes, respectively, label distinct and non-overlapping pools of vesicles.

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