Synaptic release generates a tonic GABAA receptor-mediated conductance that modulates burst precision in thalamic relay neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2560-2569

  Bright, Damian P ^a   Aller, M Isabel ^b   Brickley, Stephen G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

subunit; Burst firing; GABAA receptor; Synaptic release; Thalamic relay neuron; Tonic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GRANULE CELL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDES; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENICULATE BODIES; HOMEOSTASIS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; THALAMUS;

EID: 33847788944     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5100-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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