Gephyrin, a major postsynaptic protein of GABAergic synapses

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2205-2210

  Sassoè Pognetto, Marco ^a   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GABA(A) receptor; Glycine receptor; Inhibitory synapse; Postsynaptic specialization; Receptor clustering

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GEPHYRIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033931548     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00106.x     Document Type: Review

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