Reorganization of GABAergic circuits maintains GABAA receptor-mediated transmission onto CA1 interneurons in α1-subunit-null mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3287-3304

  Schneider Gasser, Edith M ^a   Duveau, Venceslas ^a   Prenosil, George A ^a   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; GABAA receptor subtypes; Gephyrin; mIPSC; Targeted gene deletion

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; GEPHYRIN; KAINIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE NET; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34249877956     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05558.x     Document Type: Article

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