Neurotransmitter Release

The following films are from the Multimedia Neuroscience Education Project at Williams College

When the action potential reaches the nerve terminal voltage-dependent Ca²⁺ channels open and Ca²⁺ rushes into the neuron terminal

Once in the cell, calcium triggers a phosphorylation that leads to release of the vesicles containing .

Several proteins are involved in the docking of vesicles at the pre-synaptic membrane, and in allowing fusion and exocytosis to occur

recycling the vesicles

Paul Reisberg preisberg@wellesley.edu
Chemistry Department
Date Created: November 19, 1999
Last Modified:November 19, 1999
Expires: August 30, 2001

When the action potential reaches the nerve terminal voltage-dependent Ca²⁺ channels open and Ca²⁺ rushes into the neuron terminal	Once in the cell, calcium triggers a phosphorylation that leads to release of the vesicles containing .
Several proteins are involved in the docking of vesicles at the pre-synaptic membrane, and in allowing fusion and exocytosis to occur	recycling the vesicles