Extracellular domains of α-neurexins participate in regulating synaptic transmission by selectively affecting N- and P/Q-type Ca2+ channels

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 4330-4342

  Zhang, Weiqi ^a   Rohlmann, Astrid ^a   Sargsyan, Vardanush ^a   Aramuni, Gayane ^a   Hammer, Robert E ^b,c   Südhof, Thomas C ^b,c   Missler, Markus ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Calcium channels; Cell adhesion; Synapse; Transgenic mouse; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NEUREXIN; BETA NEUREXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; NEUREXIN; NEUREXIN 1ALPHA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE DELETION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 18244407522     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0497-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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