The enigma of transmitter-selective receptor accumulation at developing inhibitory synapses

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 311, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-276

  Meier, Jochen ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Development; GABAA receptor; Gephyrin; Glycine receptor; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; GEPHYRIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037365088     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-002-0694-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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