Neurotransmitter release from tottering mice nerve terminals with reduced expression of mutated P- and Q-type Ca2+-channels

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-18

  Leenders, A G Miriam ^a   Van den Maagdenberg, Arn M J M ^b   Lopes da Silva, Fernando H ^c   Sheng, Zu Hang ^c   Molenaar, Peter C ^b   Ghijsen, Wim E J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid release; Ca2+ channels; Cholecystokinin release; Presynaptic terminal

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FOREBRAIN; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, Q-TYPE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROSENCEPHALON; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0036460264     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01839.x     Document Type: Article

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