GAT-3, a high-affinity GABA plasma membrane transporter, is localized to astrocytic processes, and it is not confined to the vicinity of GABAergic synapses in the cerebral cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 6255-6264

  Minelli, Andrea ^a   DeBiasi, Silvia ^b   Brecha, Nicholas C ^c,d,e   Zuccarello, Laura Vitellaro ^b   Conti, Fiorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

astrocytes; GABA; GABA transporters; neocortex; symmetric and asymmetric synapses; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN GAT 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029789256     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-19-06255.1996     Document Type: Article

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