Organization of GABAA receptor α-subunit clustering in the developing rat neocortex and hippocampus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2475-2487

  Hutcheon, B ^a   Fritschy, J M ^b   Poulter, M O ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clustering; Cortex; Development; GABAA receptors; Hippocampus; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 2442615053     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03349.x     Document Type: Article

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