Dye Coupling without Gap Junctions Suggests Excitatory Connections of γ-Aminobutyric Acidergic Neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 468, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-164

  Meek, Johannes ^a   Kirchberg, Gaby ^b   Grant, Kirsty ^c   Von Der Emde, Gerhard ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dendrodendritic contacts; Electrosensory lateral line lobe (ELL); Neurobiotin; Nonvesicular synaptic transmission; Puncta adhaerentia; Synapse; Transneuronal labeling

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FISH; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GAP JUNCTION; GRANULE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE CELL; SPINDLE CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; COLORING AGENTS; FISHES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GAP JUNCTIONS; NEURONS;

EID: 0344981410     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10951     Document Type: Article

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