The tortoise and the hare revisited

Elife. 2013 Sep 3:2:e01233. doi: 10.7554/eLife.01233.

Abstract

Optogenetics and electron microscopy reveal an ultrafast mode of synaptic vesicle recycling, adding a new twist to a 40-year-old controversy.

Keywords: C. elegans; active zone; high-pressure freezing; optogenetics; synaptic vesicle endocytosis; synaptic vesicle exocytosis; time-resolved electron microscopy.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism*
  • Endocytosis*
  • Neuromuscular Junction / metabolism*