Colocalization of multiple GABA(A) receptor subtypes with gephyrin at postsynaptic sites

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 420, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 481-498

  Sassoè Pognetto, Marco ^a   Panzanelli, Patrizia ^a   Sieghart, Werner ^b   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; GABAergic transmission; Image deconvolution; Inhibitory synapses; Synaptic clustering

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GEPHYRIN; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0042490506     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000515)420:4<481::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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