Morphofunctional evidence for mature synaptic contacts on the Mauthner cell of 52-hour-old zebrafish larvae

Neuroscience

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-145

  Triller, A ^a   Rostaing, P ^a   Korn, H ^b   Legendre, P ^b,c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Electron microcopy; GABA(A) receptors; Glycine receptors; Inhibitory synapses; Miniature synaptic events; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MAUTHNER CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0030753353     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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