The α6 subunit of the GABAA receptor is concentrated in both inhibitory and excitatory synapses on cerebellar granule cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-114

  Nusser, Zoltan ^a   Sieghart, Werner ^b   Stephenson, F Anne ^c   Somogyi, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Immunocytochemistry; Inhibition; Ion channel; Neurotransmission; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GOLGI APPARATUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 0029670816     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-01-00103.1996     Document Type: Article

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