Connexin-36 gap junctions mediate electrical coupling between ventral tegmental area GABA neurons

Synapse

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-31

  Allison, David W ^a   Ohran, Allison J ^a   Stobbs, Sarah H ^a   Mameli, Manuel ^b   Valenzuela, C Fernando ^b   Sudweeks, Sterling N ^a   Ray, Andrew P ^c   Henriksen, Steven J ^c   Steffensen, Scott C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye coupling; Electrical synapses; Fluorescent imaging; Neurobiotin; Patch clamp; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 36; FLUORESCENT DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEFLOQUINE; QUINIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GAP JUNCTIONS; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 33646671438     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20272     Document Type: Article

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