Mice lacking the major adult GABAA receptor subtype have normal number of synapses, but retain juvenile IPSC kinetics until adulthood

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 338-346

  Bosman, Laurens W J ^a   Heinen, Klaartje ^a,b   Spijker, Sabine ^a   Brussaard, Arjen B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KINETICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 21544443132     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00084.2005     Document Type: Article

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