Synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA receptor and gephyrin clusters

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 136, Issue , 2002, Pages 157-180

  Christie, Sean B ^a   Li, Rong Wen ^a   Miralles, Celia P ^a   Riquelme, Raquel ^a   Yang, Bih Y ^a   Charych, Erik ^a   Yu, Wendou ^a   Daniels, Stephen B ^a   Cantino, Marie E ^a   De Blas, Angel L ^a  

^a Department of Neurobiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; GEPHYRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STEROID;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL DENSITY; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 18744390283     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)36015-1     Document Type: Article

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