John Heuser
Synaptotagmin SNARE Complex VGCC Ca 2+
Synaptotagmin SNARE Complex VGCC
Ca 2+ Synaptotagmin SNARE Complex VGCC
Diffusion
Fick’s First Law of Diffusion
distance concentration flux -
Fick’s Second Law of Diffusion
distance concentration - + flux
Fick’s Second Law of Diffusion distance concentration - + flux -
Calcium Buffers
Membrane Calcium Pumps
VGCC local calcium global calcium
VGCC local calcium global calcium
BAPTA EGTA
Squid giant synapse
EGTABAPTA
Fluorescent Calcium Dyes
10 μm
photolysi s Uncaged Calcium Caged Calcium Calcium Cage
The Calyx of Held