Quantal size is correlated with receptor cluster area at glycinergic synapses in the rat brainstem

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 516, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 505-512

  Lim, Rebecca ^a   Alvarez, Francisco J ^b   Walmsley, Bruce ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; GEPHYRIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROBIOTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ANTEROVENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MINIATURE INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC CURRENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTAL SIZE; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; WHOLE CELL; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CARRIER PROTEINS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033560859     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0505v.x     Document Type: Article

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