Characterization of functional GABAergic synapses formed between rat hypothalamic neurons and pituitary intermediate lobe cells in coculture: Ca2+ dependence of spontaneous IPSCs

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4835-4845

  Poisbeau, Pierrick ^a   René, Frédérique ^a   Egles, Christophe ^a   Félix, Jean Marc ^a   Feltz, Paul ^a   Schlichter, Rémy ^a,b  

^a Lab de Neurobiologie Cellulaire   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

GABA; hypothalamo hypophyseal coculture; inhibitory postsynaptic currents; neuroendocrine interaction; synaptic transmission; synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; SYNAPSIN I; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EMBRYO; ENDOCRINE CELL; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0029781571     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-04835.1996     Document Type: Article

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