Rescue of γ2 subunit-deficient mice by transgenic overexpression of the GABA(A) receptor γ2S or γ2L subunit isoforms

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2639-2643

  Baer, Kristin ^a   Essrich, Christian ^a   Balsiger, Sylvia ^a   Wick, Marilee J ^b   Harris, R Adron ^c   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^a   Lüscher, Bernhard ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Gephyrin; Hippocampus; Immunofluorescence; Postsynaptic receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUMAZENIL; GEPHYRIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TRITIUM; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DRUG BINDING SITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA SPLICING; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; AGE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOMERISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GABA MODULATORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOMERISM; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES; TRITIUM;

EID: 0033624268     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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