Loss of postsynaptic GABA(A) receptor clustering in gephyrin-deficient mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 9289-9297

  Kneussel, Matthias ^a   Brandstätter, Johann Helmut ^a   Laube, Bodo ^a   Stahl, Sabine ^a   Müller, Ulrike ^a   Betz, Heinrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; GABA(A) receptor; Gephyrin; Hippocampal cultures; Knock out mice; NMDA receptor; PSD 95; Receptor clustering

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GEPHYRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MUTANT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0343729350     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-21-09289.1999     Document Type: Article

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