Differential expression of GABAA and glycine receptors in ALS-resistant vs. ALS-vulnerable motoneurons: Possible implications for selective vulnerability of motoneurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3161-3170

  Lorenzo, Louis Etienne ^a,b   Barbe, Annick ^a   Portalier, Paule ^a   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^c   Bras, Hélène ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brainstem motoneurons; Gephyrin; Immunocytochemistry; Inhibitory synaptic transmission; Neurodegenerative disease; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3; GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; GEPHYRIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA1; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ABDUCENS NERVE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FACIAL NERVE; FATALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; STAINING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TROCHLEAR NERVE; ADULT; ANIMAL; CRANIAL NERVE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRANIAL NERVES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE;

EID: 33745203481     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04863.x     Document Type: Article

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