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Quantal Content

Quantal Content is a neurophysiological construct that denotes the average number of synaptic vesicles released per presynaptic action potential, distinguishing it from related measures by quantifying the multiplicative factor between the quantal size and the observed postsynaptic response amplitude.

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Activity-dependent scaling of quantal amplitude in neocortical neurons

Gina G. Turrigiano, Kenneth R. Leslie, Niraj S. Desai et al. · Nature · 1998 · 2.3K citations

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Quantal components of the end‐plate potential

J. del Castillo, B. Katz · The Journal of Physiology · 1954 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Co‐operative action of calcium ions in transmitter release at the neuromuscular junction

F. A. Dodge, R Rahamimoff · The Journal of Physiology · 1967 · 1.3K citations

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Quantitative Ultrastructural Analysis of Hippocampal Excitatory Synapses

Thomas Schikorski, Charles F. Stevens · Journal of Neuroscience · 1997 · 998 citations · Full text

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On the quantal nature of speech

Kenneth N. Stevens · Journal of Phonetics · 1989 · 763 citations

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Authors

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  1. HL
    H. L. Atwood

    University of Toronto, Canada

    14 publications · 713 citations

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  2. WV
    William Van der Kloot

    Stony Brook University, United States

    10 publications · 211 citations

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  3. MR
    Max R. Bennett

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    9 publications · 276 citations

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  4. HL
    Harold L. Atwood

    University of Toronto, Canada

    9 publications · 714 citations

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  5. FV
    F. Vyskočil

    Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physiology, Czechia

    9 publications · 428 citations

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492

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    25 h-index

    76 publications

    5K citations

  2. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    14 h-index

    43 publications

    7.5K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    29 publications

    3.9K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    44 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

    Göttingen, Germany

    13 h-index

    33 publications

    8K citations

  6. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    13 h-index

    25 publications

    577 citations

  7. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    12 h-index

    31 publications

    4.7K citations

  8. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    12 h-index

    36 publications

    10.9K citations

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  1. The Journal of Physiology

    168 publications · 16.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    90 publications · 9.4K citations

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  3. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 47 publications · 2.7K citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 27 publications · 4.3K citations

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  5. British Journal of Pharmacology

    BJP · 25 publications · 852 citations

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