The effects of glutamate on spontaneous acetylcholine secretion processes in the rat neuromuscular synapse

Abstract

Glutamate was shown to inhibit non-quantal release but not spontaneous and evoked quantal secretion of ACh in the rat neuromuscular synapse

Keywords

• Glutamate
• non-quantal release
• spontaneous release
• evoked quantal secretion
• acetylcholine