Unipolar brush cells form a glutamatergic projection system within the mouse cerebellar cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 434, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 329-341

  Nunzi, Maria Grazia ^a   Birnstiel, Susanne ^a   Bhattacharyya, Bula J ^a   Slater, N Traverse ^a   Mugnaini, Enrico ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calretinin; Cerebellum; Glutamate; Glutamate receptors; Mossy fibers; Organotypic slice culture; Patch clamp recording; Unipolar brush cell

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRUSH BORDER; CELL LABELING; CEREBELLUM; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL SIZE; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 0035806342     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1180     Document Type: Article

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