Synaptic and nonsynaptic localization of GABAA receptors containing the α5 subunit in the rat brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 499, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 458-470

  Serwanski, David R ^a   Miralles, Celia P ^a   Christie, Sean B ^a   Mehta, Ashok K ^b   Li, Xuejing ^a   De Blas, Angel L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Hippocampus; Immunocytochemistry; Immunogold; Tonic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33750002209     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21115     Document Type: Article

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