Compensatory alteration of inhibitory synaptic circuits in cerebellum and thalamus of γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor α1 subunit knockout mice

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 495, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 408-421

  Kralic, Jason E ^a   Sidler, Corinne ^a   Pakpan, Franziska ^a   Homanics, Gregg E ^b   Morrow, A Leslie ^c   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gephyrin; Postsynaptic clustering; Purkinje cell; Targeted gene deletion; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Ventral basal complex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3; GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; GEPHYRIN; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; GENE LOSS; GENE TARGETING; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBELLUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL INHIBITION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 33644858656     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20866     Document Type: Article

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