Immunoreactivity for the GABA transporter-1 and GABA transporter-3 is restricted to astrocytes in the rat thalamus. A light and electron- microscopic immunolocalization

Neuroscience

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 815-828

  De Biasi, S ^a,b   Vitellaro Zuccarello, L ^a   Brecha, N C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Anatomia Umana   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscope; Glia; Inhibitory neurotransmission; Reticular thalamic nucleus; Ventrobasal complex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CARRIER PROTEINS; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032484493     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00414-4     Document Type: Article

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