The vesicular GABA transporter, VGAT, localizes to synaptic vesicles in sets of glycinergic as well as GABAergic neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 9733-9750

  Chaudhry, Farrukh A ^a,b   Reimer, Richard J ^b   Bellocchio, Elizabeth E ^b   Danbolt, Niels C ^a   Osen, Kirsten K ^a   Edwards, Robert H ^b   Storm Mathisen, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; GABA; Glycine; Immunogold; Microscopy; Neurotransmitter transport; Synaptic vesicles

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MOSSY FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0032402061     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-23-09733.1998     Document Type: Article

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