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residual calcium hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Neuroscience

the proposal that calcium remaining in a nerve terminal after one impulse adds to the next influx and causes short-term facilitation.

In neuroscience, residual calcium hypothesis refers to the proposal that calcium remaining in a nerve terminal after one impulse adds to the next influx and causes short-term facilitation. This meaning comes from Katz (1968) in The Journal of Physiology.[1]

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References

Katz, B., & Miledi, R. (1968). The role of calcium in neuromuscular facilitation. The Journal of Physiology, 195(2), 481-492. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1968.sp008469

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