Clustering of gephyrin at GABAergic but not glutamatergic synapses in cultured rat hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3166-3177

  Craig, Ann Marie ^a   Banker, Gary ^b   Chang, Weiru ^a   McGrath, Maureen E ^a   Serpinskaya, Anna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA receptor; gephyrin; glutamate receptor; hippocampal neuron; postsynaptic site; receptor clustering; synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE CLUSTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

EID: 0029968898     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-10-03166.1996     Document Type: Article

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